Review of Terror in the Aisles (1984) by Elizabeth K — 28 Jun 2013

Terror in the Aisles is a documentary made in the 80's that talks about lots of different horror and thriller films and how they affect us as we watch them. It doesn't get technical or anything though.

It's more or less a greatest hits package of scary and gory moments from many movies up to that point. Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen both host the film and there are just too many films to list that are featured in the documentary, so I won't even try.

The film was lost to the VHS heap for many years until Universal saw fit to release it as an extra on a blu-ray release of Halloween II, which I felt was a smart move on their part. It probably doesn't need its own release, and the rights to the many clips from many different studios and production companies (as well as score) would cost a pretty penny, so it got folded over into the Halloween II blu-ray to pay the bill I'm sure.

It's a fun documentary that goes on a bit longer than it needs to but if you haven't seen it, you might spot a few movies from the genres that you've missed out on.