Terror in the Aisles (1984)

A compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s.

Director:

Andrew J. Kuehn

Writer:

Margery Doppelt

Stars:

Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself - Host
Nancy Allen	...	Herself - Hostess
Fred Asparagus	...	Featured Moviegoer
Lainie Cooke	...	Featured Moviegoer
Joel S. Rice	...	Featured Moviegoer
Ángel Salazar	...	Featured Moviegoer
Diane Stilwell	...	Featured Moviegoer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Hackett	...	Christian Sorenson

Storyline

Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen take us through some of Hollywood's most terrifying moments in horror history in this anthology, which features many of the finest science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s. Included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), The Fog (1980), Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), as well as countless others. Furthermore, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock discusses his visionary ideas on creating suspense. Blood and gore abound making this movie not very much for the squeamish audiences.

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Plot Keywords:

film clips | compilation | film history | 

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Taglines:

It's only a movie, but it's more than enough.

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Genres:

Horror | Documentary | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Terror en los pasillos

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,009,866, 28 October 1984

Gross USA:

$10,004,817

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kaleidoscope Films, T.E.M. Programs International, TEC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 95 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of a Hollywood cycle of compilation documentaries that were made between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s after the box-office success of That's Entertainment! (1974) and That's Entertainment, Part II (1976). The movies include That's Dancing! (1985), That's Carry On! (1977), Terror in the Aisles (1984) and It Came from Hollywood (1982).

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Goofs

When mentioning The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Donald Pleasence says the movie was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, pronouncing this Ed Gine, when actually Gein's name is pronounced Geen.

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Alternate Versions

British cinema and video versions were deleted by 10 seconds by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) to remove shots of a woman being beaten during the extracts from Vice Squad, a crotch-grabbing shot from Dressed to Kill and footage of nunchuks during the extract from Ms .45.

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Connections

Features Hold That Ghost (1941)

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Soundtracks

Special Effects
(uncredited)
Composed and Conducted by John Beal

User Reviews

Clips of terror in manifold

What can I really say about a film that dedicates it's running time to showcasing clips from some of the scariest movies, intercepted, by two horror icons, sitting in a almost empty cinema, passing on their remarks. Not much. Why make a film like this, or what was the point to it? It's a money stealer, robbing people of their time and money, with endless clips from past flicks, who many of course, would of been familiar with, and they're not just horror flicks. May'be too, on the flipside, the film would have sold scenes to budding moviegoers, who hadn't seen that particular film, if enticing them, to see it. Whatever, the movie does work wonderfully to terrifying effect, with some thought provoking commentary, but it can't hide the fact, that all it is, is scenes from past movies, strung together, where as a films, such as Creepshow is a film, constructed of original scary moments. Although TITA (great title) does amazingly work, where these days it wouldn't, the best bits are the icons delivering their after words.