In Search of Darkness
Documentary • 2019 • 4 hr 24 min
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Tom Atkins, John Bloom, Doug Bradley, Lori Cardille, John Carpenter
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There isn't a better documentary for horror fans period. Great interviews, scenes, and history wrapped up into the ultimate 80s horror doc
Four hours of pure nostalgic joy for any fan of 80’s horror, great to hear everyone involved get to talk about these classic movies in depth
A terrific 80s horror movie homage series.
If you enjoy horror, you’ll love this documentarian dive into the genre. Fun to see clips of horror’s defining movies. And this is a series!
A love letter to the community of 80’s horror fans!
Loooong and informative.
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An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.
The Exorcist. The Omen. Halloween. Dawn of the Dead. Jaws. Carrie. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The Amityville Horror. Phantasm. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Alien... The '70s were an absolute golden age for horror at the movies, a collective time of cinematic greatness reflected by so many iconic films defining how we look at the genre for decades to come.
