Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Director:

Andrew Monument

Writers:

Joseph Maddrey (book), Joseph Maddrey (screenplay)

Stars:

Lance Henriksen, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante

Cast

Cast overview:
Lance Henriksen	...	Narrator (voice)
Larry Cohen	...	Himself
Joe Dante	...	Himself
John Carpenter	...	Himself
Darren Lynn Bousman	...	Himself
Mick Garris	...	Himself
Tom McLoughlin	...	Himself
George A. Romero	...	Himself
Brian Yuzna	...	Himself
Dennis Fischer	...	Himself
Roger Corman	...	Himself
Anthony Timpone	...	Himself (as Tony Timpone)
John Kenneth Muir	...	Himself

Storyline

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

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Plot Keywords:

director | film | interview | movie actor | film actress | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Efialtes se kokkino, lefko kai ble

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Digital Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Darren Lynn Bousman: Speaking of Horror: Most of the power that it has relates to the time that it is made.

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Connections

Features The Shining (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Original Rag"
Composer: Scott Joplin
Performed by Andrew Monument

User Reviews

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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)

*** (out of 4)

Lance Henriksen narrates this documentary that takes a look at the history of horror movies in American cinema. We start off in the silent era and move all the way through the recent "torture/porn" films and get interviews with such people as Carpenter, Corman, Cohen, Yunza, Dante, Garris, Romero, Bousman and McLoughlin. NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE is a pretty good documentary but it's certainly not oging to teach die-hard fans anything that they didn't already know. I think the biggest problem with the film is that it really doesn't shine any new light on the subject as everything here has been covered before in other documentaries and even those interviewed here are giving the same stories that they have before. With that being said, as a die-hard horror fan I always enjoy hearing the stories so I'm sure others like myself will enjoy the film. If you're unfamiliar with the genre then this film does a pretty good job at giving you the history of the genre even though it does skip around quite a bit and doesn't appear to be following any real plan. We start off in the silent era where Lon Chaney is discussed and then we hit the Universal monsters, the Val Lewton productions, the atomic films, the monsters from outer space, the Norman Bates of the world and then into the 70s attitude with graphic movies, the slashers and then there's the recent torture movies. You're certainly going to get a lot of film clips and I'm sure those who don't particularly like slashers won't enjoy that segment as there's all sorts of gore and violence. The one thing I found to be really fun was the Friday THE 13TH tribute where we see all the death and sex scenes from the entire series edited together in a little montage. Fans of the genre aren't going to learn anything new but this is still a fun film.