Review of Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) by D M — 12 Apr 2013
Decent documentary about horror films. Though it is supposed to be solely about American horror films, it does cover a few of the European entries such as "Nosferatu" and the Hammer films. A lot of clips from films almost every horror buff should already be familiar with.
It follows mostly chronologically from the Universal Monsters-era through the giant monster and alien invasion films of the 50s, then to the first gore films of the 60s and more trippy horror of the 70s.
A lot of time is spent on my favorite era, the 1980s, but continues into the 90s and 2000s. In between the clips of the films are talking heads (some directors, writers, producers, critics, etc) who were mostly idiotic, reading waayyy too much commentary into the scripts.
I only found one movie during this entire films I had never been familiar with ("When a Stranger Calls").
This review of Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) was written by D M on 12 Apr 2013.
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue has generally received positive reviews.
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