So I just finished watching this GREAT documentary on American horror films, which I have almost always been a been a fan of, for the second time. I stumbled upon this film by looking through IMDb and happened to see that it was available on Amazon Instant Video. To make things even better, I saw that it was FREE to rent with Amazon Prime, which I had be considering getting for a few weeks now. So to be able to watch "Nightmares" for free I decided to finally sign up for the free trial of Prime, which lasts for a month. But I will definitely be getting the full year, which actually a pretty good price.
But back to the documentary...
Carpender, Romero, and others go through many of the the key films throughout the 20th century and into the first few years of the 2000s. They point of the cultural relevancy of these films, such as the fear of communism connecting to the 1956 film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and how these films influenced the future films.
This documentary has made me want to see a lot of films that I haven't seen as well as it has made me want to revisit horror films that I haven't seen in sooo long.
Another thing that this film was great for, for me, is that about a week or so ago I bought this great DVD set of 50 different classic horror films and there were a lot of them that I had never heard of, but I decided to get it anyways because it was such a good deal (50 movies for only $10!!!). But this documentary talked about several films that were on that DVD set that now I know a little about them and now I am more encouraged to watch these films.
After watching the documentary for the second time I noticed that it said it was based off of a book of the same name, so I looked it up and I do plan of reading it which could give me even deeper intellect on the genre.
I highly encourage people to watch this documentary if you have the least bit interest in horror films, especially if you already have Amazon Prime because you can watch it for free. It is worth while, I PROMISE!!!
