Directors John Landis, John Carpenter, and David Cronenberg engage in a lively and enjoyable round table discussion on several of their movies and the horror genre in general. Landis points out that the MPAA reflect the mores of any given era while Cronenberg reveals that in Canada a person can go to jail for showing a graphic uncut movie. Both Landis and Carpenter admit that special effects scenes take a long time to shoot, with Landis noting that the transformation sequence in "An American Werewolf in London" took a whole week to film. Carpenter also talks about his version of "The Thing" being a more faithful adaptation of John W. Campbell's short story 'Who Goes There?". Cronenberg confesses that the horror aspect of his work tends to be about the various things that can happen to the human body. The topic of previews provides some of the best stories, with Landis revealing that he cut a sequence with the bums being killed on screen in "American Werewolf" that he felt hurt the film and Carpenter owning up to the fact that he did reshoots on 'The Fog" in the wake of a disastrous test screening. Recommended viewing for fans of these guys.
2 Reviews
Three Masters Discussing Horror
Michael_Elliott29 April 2016
Take One "Fear on Film" (1982)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg all discussing their favorite scare films as well as what they think makes them work.
If you're a horror fan then this here is certainly a must see as all three men tell some wonderful stories about making horror films, battling the MPAA and test screenings among other things. Carpenter was in production on THE THING and Cronenberg was still making VIDEODROME at the time this was recorded so there are hints about those two films. There are some wonderful stories told about AN American WEREWOLF IN London and a certain scene that was cut, which Landis thinks really hurt the movie. There's also a lot of talk given to the special effects of movies and the time it takes to create them.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg all discussing their favorite scare films as well as what they think makes them work.
If you're a horror fan then this here is certainly a must see as all three men tell some wonderful stories about making horror films, battling the MPAA and test screenings among other things. Carpenter was in production on THE THING and Cronenberg was still making VIDEODROME at the time this was recorded so there are hints about those two films. There are some wonderful stories told about AN American WEREWOLF IN London and a certain scene that was cut, which Landis thinks really hurt the movie. There's also a lot of talk given to the special effects of movies and the time it takes to create them.
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