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Genre
  
Documentary, Horror

Initial DVD release
  
March 20, 2007

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.2/10
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Director
  
Jeff McQueen

Music director
  
Harry Manfredini

Country
  
USA

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film movie poster

Release date
  
13 October 2006 (USA) 14 August 2010 (Australia)

Writer
  
J. Albert Bell, Rachel Belofsky, Michael Derek Bohusz, Adam Rockoff (book), Rudy Scalese

Cast
  
Ed Green
(Narrator),
John Carpenter
(Himself),
Rob Zombie
(Himself),
Lilyan Chauvin
(Herself),
Betsy Palmer
(Herself),
Malek Akkad
(Himself)

Similar movies
  
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
,
The Collector
,
Friday the 13th
,
Shocker
,
Back in Time
,
Halloween

Tagline
  
Every Evil, Every Nightmare, Together in One Film

Going to pieces the rise and fall of the slasher film


Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film is a 2006 documentary film about slasher films. It makes reference to many popular horror and thriller films.

Contents

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Plot

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film movie scenes

The film is a historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, beginning with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Ronald Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal diminishes. Then, A Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jumping to the late 1990s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix. Although some criticize the genre as misogynistic, most of the talking heads celebrate the films: as long as there are teenagers, there will be slasher films.

Interviews

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  • Christa Campbell
  • John Carpenter
  • Lilyan Chauvin
  • Wes Craven
  • Sean S. Cunningham
  • John Dunning
  • Amy Holden Jones
  • Jeff Katz
  • Paul Lynch
  • Harry Manfredini
  • Armand Mastroianni
  • Gregory Nicotero
  • Robert Oppenheimer
  • Betsy Palmer
  • Felissa Rose
  • Tom Savini
  • Robert Shaye
  • Joseph Stefano
  • Natasha Talonz
  • Anthony Timpone
  • Fred Walton
  • Stan Winston
  • Joseph Zito
  • Rob Zombie

    • Production

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    The documentary film based on Adam Rockoff's book Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986, which was released 2002 over the McFarland & Company.


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