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Adam SimonScenario:
Adam SimonActeurs:
Tom Savini, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, George A. Romero, John Landis, Wes Craven, Fred Doederlein, Evelyn Ankers (a.b.) (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Legendary horror directors reveal the inspirations behind their groundbreaking films of the 1960s and '70s in this thought-provoking documentary from filmmaker Adam Simon. Through film clips and interviews, masters of mayhem George Romero, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, John Landis, John Carpenter, and Tom Savini discuss how their disturbing cinematic creations were a direct social commentary on the real-life political horrors happening in the U.S. during that turbulent era, including Vietnam, the Cold War, racial segregation, political assassinations, and the Kent State shootings. By placing seminal films like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, SHIVERS, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE in their proper historical context, THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE finally gives the horror genre the credit it so rightly deserves as a barometer of the American sociopolitical landscape. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Tom Savini
USA
Beste films:
Django Unchained (2012)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
David Cronenberg
Canada
Beste films:
The Fly (1986)
The Judge (2001) (Tv-film)
Last Night (1998)
John Carpenter
USA
Tobe Hooper
USA
Beste films:
Coming to America (1988)
Body Bags (1993) (Tv-film)
Sleepwalkers (1992)
George A. Romero
USA
Beste films:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
In de greep van de zombies (1978)
John Landis
USA
Beste films:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (compilatievideo)
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (compilatievideo)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Wes Craven
USA
Beste films:
Scream (1996)
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Fred Doederlein
Frankrijk
Beste films:
Huivering (1975)
Scanners (1981)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Evelyn Ankers (a.b.)
Chili
Beste films:
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Fire Over England (1937)
Lon Chaney Jr. (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Jamie Lee Curtis (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Knives Out (2019)
8 (2012) (toneelregistratie)
Trading Places (1983)
Samantha Eggar (a.b.)
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus (1992)
Hercules (1997)
Columbo (1971) (serie)
Marilyn Chambers (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Still Insatiable (1999)
Rabid (1977)
De Uil en de Pussycat (1970)
Robert F. Kennedy (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
The Doors (1991) - a.b.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - a.b.
Bobby (2006) - a.b.
Boris Karloff (a.b.)
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
De generaal (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Martin Luther King (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (compilatievideo)
JFK: Het verhaal dat nooit ophoudt (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.b.
Russell Streiner (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.b.
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Kyra Schon (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (2009) - a.b.
Charles Craig (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Chasing Dreams (1982)
George Kosana (a.b.)
USA
Beste films:
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.b.
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (2009) - a.b.