USA, 31 October 1992
35mm film, black and white, colour, 4:3
mono
An American television special directed by Steve Purcell and Neil Steinberg.
Premise
A documentary looking at horror and science fiction films from the silent era to the 1990s.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Steve Purcell, Neil Steinberg
Created by: Rebecca Young
Executive Producer: Buddy Young
Supervising Producers: Michael Blum, Neil Steinberg
Producer: Barbara Romen
Co-producers: Judy Toll, Mif Baldwin
Associate Producers: Carol Weiler, Kathleen Mawhinney
Written by: Mitchell Barry
Director of Photography: Tom Feldman
Editor: Lawrence Bessler
Original Music by: Jan Pomerans
Location Sound Recorder: Damon Lance
Make-up: Marilyn Young, Wendy Schaeffer
Production Designer: Mark Laskowski
Cast
George Hamilton (host) [not credited but he introduces himself at the start of the show]
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira)
Kevin West (Eddie the Ghoul)
Elayne Dahl, Antoinette Dorian, Deborah Dutch, Gail Harris, Becky Le Beau (the scream queens)
John Kassir (voice-over announcer)
Links
Includes extracts from
Alien³ (1992)
Aliens (1986)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Day the World Ended (1955)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Deathstalker II (1987)
Demonic Toys (1992)
Dollman (1990)
Dracula (1931)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Halloween (1978)
Hard to Die (1990)
The Haunting of Morella (1990)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
The Howling (1980)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Innocent Blood (1992)
It Conquered the World (1956)
Killbots (1986)
King Kong (1933)
Love at First Bite (1979)
Meridian (1990)
Metropolis (1927)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Not of This Earth (1988)
Parasite (1982)
Pet Sematary (1989)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Puppetmaster (1989)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Trancers II (1991)
Transylvania Twist (1989)
