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The American Nightmare - A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright
 
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The American Nightmare - A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright (2000)
Starring: David Cronenberg, Tom Savini Director: Adam Simon Rating
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Product Details
  • Actors: David Cronenberg, Tom Savini, John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper
  • Directors: Adam Simon
  • Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
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  • Studio: New Video Group
  • DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004
  • Run Time: 73 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 customer reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00018YCJQ
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #60,303 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The explosion of gruesome horror cinema in the wake of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead is explored in this serious documentary, which has a welcome respect for an easily derided genre. A few academics make piquant observations (no film critics, although Robin Wood pioneered this line of thinking years ago), but mostly we hear from the filmmakers themselves: Romero, John Carpenter (on Halloween), Wes Craven (Last House on the Left), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and David Cronenberg (Shivers). The directors focus on those films, not their entire careers, which limits the scope of the movie. Juxtapositioning newsreel horrors with movie scenes introduces provocative ideas about where horror comes from, but also feels a little facile. Unexpected bonus: the enthusiasm of John Landis, in describing the out-of-kilter experience of watching these affronts to good taste, and suggesting why they thrill as well as scare us. --Robert Horton

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Disfigured knife-wielding murderers. Buxom teens fleeing for their lives through dark woods. Hordes of the undead limping along deserted streets. These images, now synonymous with horror movies, were born in the groundbreaking films of horror masters su

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