Terror in the Aisles
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| Directed by | Andrew J. Kuehn |
| Produced by | Andrew J. Kuehn Stephen Netburn |
| Written by | Margery Doppelt |
| Starring | Donald Pleasence Nancy Allen |
| Music by | John Beal |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 26, 1984 |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $10,004,817 |
Terror in the Aisles is a 1984 documentary film about horror films featuring clips from Friday the 13th I and/or II, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween I and II, Jaws 1 and 2, Alien, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Shining and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and The Birds. The film is hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen. The original music score is composed by John Beal.
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[edit] Plot
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of horror films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. Halloween actor Donald Pleasence and Dressed to Kill star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill, Klute, Ms. 45, The Seduction), loathsome villains (Marathon Man, Nighthawks, Vice Squad, Wait Until Dark), and the occult (Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, Carrie, The Shining). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies.
[edit] Release
Rare for a documentary about horror films, the film was released theatrically in the United States by Universal Pictures in October 1984. It grossed $10,004,817 at the box office.[1]
The film was released on VHS by MCA Home Video in 1985.[2] The film is currently available, for the first time on a digital format, as a Special Feature on the 30th Anniversary Edition of Halloween II (1981) Blu-ray.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Terror in the Aisles". boxofficemojo.com. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terrorintheaisles.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Company Credits for Terror in the Aisles". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088249/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ ""HALLOWEEN II" Blu causes "TERROR IN THE AISLES"". Fangoria. http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4963:qhalloween-iiq-blu-causes-qterror-in-the-aislesq&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
