100 Years of Horror (1996)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production:
Running Times: 13 parts
Format: black and white / colour
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

see individual episodes for credits

EPISODES

The Count and Company (1996)
Freaks (1996)
Giants and Dinosaurs (1996)
Maniacs (1996)
Scream Queens (1996)
Sorcerers (1996)
The Aristocrats of Evil (1996)
The Double Demons (1996)
The Evil Unseeable (1996)
The Frankenstein Family (1996)
The Monster Makers (1996)
The Walking Dead (1996)
Witchcraft and Demons (1996)

PLOT SUMMARY

A huge, thirteen part video documentary on the history of the horror movie, covering the genre from the silents to the 90's.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A lovingly compiled history of the genre that mostly uses trailers but which is pretty comprehensive (with a few notable exceptions - where are Psycho (1960) and Night of the Living Dead (1968)) that one can forgive this minor flaw (presumably the actual clips would have been too expensive). Christopher Lee is the perfect choice for narrator and his self deprecating comments about his own work are priceless.

USA
Video Distributor: Passport Video
DVD Distributor: Passport Video (DVD 2226)

TIMELINE

1997
December
16: USA - DVD release (Passport Video (DVD 2226))

LINKS

SEE ALSO
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)

KEYWORDS

film history; film making

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009