A documentary on the history of the slasher film.
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Title: Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
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Ed Green | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Wes Craven | ... | Self | |
| John Carpenter | ... | Self | |
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Joseph Stefano | ... | Self |
| Jeff Katz | ... | Self | |
| Debra Hill | ... | Self | |
| Malek Akkad | ... | Self | |
| Greg Nicotero | ... | Self | |
| Amy Holden Jones | ... | Self (as Amy Holden-Jones) | |
| Stan Winston | ... | Self | |
| Rob Zombie | ... | Self | |
| Sean S. Cunningham | ... | Self | |
| Tom Savini | ... | Self | |
| Betsy Palmer | ... | Self | |
| Anthony Timpone | ... | Self (as Tony Timpone) | |
This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with "Halloween," "Friday the 13th," and "Prom Night." The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, "Nightmare on Elm Street" revives the genre. Jump to the late 90s, when "Scream" brings humor and TV stars into the mix. Although some criticize the genre as misogynistic (Siskel and Ebert), most of the talking heads celebrate the films: as long as there are teenagers, there will be slasher films, says one. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I am a huge horror movie and slasher fan and I was shocked to see this on my Starz On Demand list. It is pretty good, but I think they try to cover a little too much ground in its short running time to really go into one subject too much. I have seen a lot of the movies that are discussed and it also introduced me to a few that I wasn't familiar with that I can now try to watch. It is good for an introductory course on slasher films and I seriously could have watched another hour's worth of material, but I understand why they had to trim to a shorter time. It does one of my least favorite things in documentaries though, when the subtitles would come up showing a person's name and what film they worked on, the font was very small and it was only on the screen for a second, so I had to keep rewinding to see the name's of people that I didn't recognize (which admittedly wasn't a lot, but still.) If you are a fan of the genre, this is a good little documentary to get you acquainted with some classic movies and maybe introduce a few new titles to track down.