Horror film legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen serve as the hosts and narrators for a compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama, and horror movies of the 1930s throu... Read allHorror film legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen serve as the hosts and narrators for a compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama, and horror movies of the 1930s through the 1980s.Horror film legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen serve as the hosts and narrators for a compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama, and horror movies of the 1930s through the 1980s.
- Chick Young
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- Elizabeth Driscoll
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- Roat
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- Chrissie Watkins
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- Terry Fisher
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- Det. Milton Arbogast
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- Dr. Abraham Sapirstein
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- Roman Castevet
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- Ginger
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- Regan MacNeil
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- Doctor Blair
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- TriviaThe producers had to edit the movie in order to avoid an X rating from the MPAA, despite the fact that none of the movies featured had received a rating higher than R when they were initially released.
- GoofsWhen mentioning The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Donald Pleasence says the movie was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, pronouncing this Ed Gine, when actually Gein's name is pronounced Geen.
- Quotes
Nancy Allen (Host): [her first line] ... It's strange, isn't it? In real life, nobody cares to think about violence and pain, blood, and death. But project these experiences on a screen, and people form lines in the street. That's because a terror film is a lot like a roller-coaster ride... Only you're sitting in a theater, which is *relatively* safe.
Donald Pleasence (Host): ... Deep down, some of us actually have a need to be scared. Why else would we go to these movies? Perhaps we're taking a dare, proving to ourselves that we're not afraid. Besides, there's something delicious about fear; especially somebody else's... Scary movies tap into your childhood fears of the dark, and of being alone.
Nancy Allen (Host): ... Young or old, we go to the movies so we can see our dreams and fantasies come to life. But not all of our fantasies are wholesome or dignified.
Donald Pleasence (Host): In the privacy of our thoughts, we can be as childish as we like. There, all the little scenarios of power and revenge we conjure up can be quite satisfying... Resorting to violence in order to get back at someone might not be your cup of tea. But it's a safe bet you thought about it. We all carry a certain amount of resentment and rage, because we can't let it out - except in the movies.
- Alternate versionsThe television network version has additional movie clips added for network viewing as well as replacing violent clips from other movies. The additional movie clips are from the movies: The Legacy (1978), Firestarter (1984), Frenzy (1972), The Car (1977), The Ghost Breakers (1940), The Funhouse (1981), This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Tarantula (1955), The Deadly Mantis (1957) and Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,004,817
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,009,866
- Oct 28, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $10,004,817
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1