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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This documentary on how the horror slasher craze peaked in the early 1980's only to fizzle at the end of that particular era prior to being revitalized in the mid-1990's by the smash success of "Scream" may not cover much in the way of fresh ground on the subject, but it nonetheless does offer a wealth of fun information and insightful observations on this much maligned sub-genre just the same. Naturally, "Psycho," "Halloween," and "Friday the 13th" are noted as the three key trailblazers in the slasher genre, plus there's some choice excerpts of Siskel and Ebert's legendary early 1980's PBS program in which they raked slasher movies through the coals and even some extraordinary vintage newsreel footage of angry parents picketing theaters showing the notorious "Silent Night, Deadly Night." Better still, such lesser known entries as "Graduation Day," "The Prowler," and "He Knows You're Alone" are given a little attention as well as various Canadian cash-ins like "Prom Night," "My Bloody Valentine," and "Happy Birthday to Me." The interviews are quite good, with John Carpenter, "Sleepaway Camp" star Felissa Rose, Wes Craven, Rob Zombie, "Slumber Party Massacre" director Amy Jones, former Fangoria magazine editor/publisher Tony Timpone, make-up ace Tom Savini, and producer John Dunning in particular all saying some spot-on incisive comments on how horror pictures address the darker aspects of human nature and serve as reflections on society at any given point in time (for example, the whole have sex and die cliché in 80's body count flicks was emblematic of the AIDS epidemic that was causing dread and fear in people throughout the country in that decade). Although not without its flaws (neither "Black Christmas" nor "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" are mentioned by name), this doc overall provides an enjoyable and enlightening overview on slice'n'dice cinema.

An awesome, must-see documentary! If you are a slasher buff, gore buff, or 80s horror buff you need to watch this. The film chronicles the essential rise and eventual fall of the slasher genre. It also touches on the rebirth of the genre in the mid-90s. All the great ones are included. Friday the 13th, Nightmare on elm street, Halloween, etc. Along with some underrated, smaller gems like Maniac, Proweler, and the Burning. The doc also shows rare footage, behind the scene clips, and also helps open your eyes to a couple of titles you might not have heard of. COntains all the gore and blood you want to see from all your favorites. I really enjoyed. Only problem...no mention at all of Black Christmas! I've seen it about a 5 times since it's release....always entertaining.

A really interesting study on the Slasher sub-genre but lacks on profundity on the investigation field.It clearly skips some important movies like "Black Christmas" or "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" because it doesn't gives the respect to them. But that's just my opinion.The featured movies are really well chosen although more footage would be great. Still, this is a movie recommended ONLY FOR FANS of 80's slashers. If you are looking for more interesting Horror movies, look elsewhere.As a fan of 80's Horror I truly enjoyed the movie because I grew up with Jason and company.It was also a great detail to show interviews from important Horror icons from the time such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and Sean S. Cunningham.

OK, I liked this documentary a lot. It had great information, great interviews with the actors and creators, and all of that.All in all, it was very entertaining, informative, well researched, etc.So, you may ask why say that I have a "spoiler" in such a film, or how is it possible.Well, here it is: They left out one very important Series of movies (or they covered it so fast that I didn't even see it in 2 viewings).What did they leave out, you ask. Candyman, Candyman, Candyman.Those movies certainly deserved a little credit. Also, no mention was made about how Science Fition spliced itself together with slasher films in movies like Shocker and The Hidden. Aren't they slasher films? Anyway, they couldn't include every movie ever made, of course, but no Candyman? How is it possible? Other than that, I thought this documentary was excellent.Desert-Buddha