But Sooner or Later... It's Time to Go Home.
Added 5/20/2009
Awesome, one of my favorite horror films. Great clips from both good and bad horror films. From the classics to the cookie cutter to the thoroughly idiotic and everything in between. This movie inspired me to watch several films I'd never seen before and to look back on favorites lost in the mists of the past. Watch for the late (and greatly missed) Donald Pleasance and also the late Fred Asparagus for a cameo. Expertly written and enjoyed.
It's only a movie, but sooner or later, you must leave the theater and go home. Perhaps alone...
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A nice look at horror.
Added 1/1/2009
Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen narrate "Terror in the Aisles", which is a movie that attempts to present scenes from various horror movies in the hope of tying together common themes of "terror", showing horror from different perspectives, mostly. Rather than analyzing horror movies, "Terror in the Aisles" is a more of a celebration of horror movies.
"Terror in the Aisles" uses different scenes from different horror movies in order to provide the viewer with a well-rounded selection of some of the scariest movies ever made. However, "terror" is obviously defined a good bit more liberally than I would like in "Terror in the Aisles" because some of the movies that are portrayed as being scary are rather silly in my opinion e.g. giant tarantula movie, etc. That being said, there are significant scenes from the best and scariest horror movies ever made like: "Halloween", "The Shining", "When A Stranger Calls", "The Omen", "Psycho", "Halloween II" and "The Exorcist". Just about all of the scariest movies ever made were present in some capacity, although I would have liked to have seen more scenes from "Salem's Lot" starring David Soul, and this was disappointing to me as I do not remember seeing much from this movie, although it has been awhile since I've seen "Terror in the Aisles".
In "Terror in the Aisles", there are other scenes from movies that are very old as well as scenes from lesser known movies that may be of some interest to horror movie completists like myself. Overall, I was pleased with what I saw, notwithstanding some of the silliness that was also evident. Another point worth noting is that "Terror in the Aisles" is a 1984 movie, so if you are looking for anything post 1984, you obviously will not find it. However, there are only a few scary movies that are worth mentioning that are post-1984 in my opinion. In other words, you will not be missing much.
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Should've been put on DVD by now
Added 1/30/2008
This is a neat flick the way they had spliced clips from horror flicks together the way they did, especially from popular old flicks like PSYCHO, HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN 2, FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II, THE FOG, DRESSED TO KILL, CARRIE, THE OMEN, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE SHINING, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, POLTERGEIST, NIGHTHAWKS, THE SEDUCTION, THE BIRDS, SCANNERS, THE FURY, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, JAWS, JAWS II, MARATHON MAN, THE EXORCIST, VICE SQUAD, etc., so I don't see what's taking them so long to put "TERROR IN THE AISLES" on DVD, because I would've bought this flick a long time ago if it was on DVD.
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Great stuff!
Added 3/9/2007
I love this movie. It's a rarity. The hosts Nancy Allen & Donald Pleasence were wonderful and the scenes from some of the best horror movies ever are enticing. I've actually rented, bought and recorded movies that were in this film just from watching Terror In The Aisles. It is unfortunate that film rights and stuff interfere with this movie being released on DVD. It's a great promotional piece for other movies so I don't see why they can't get the rights to release this on DVD. Still it is worth it to buy this on VHS. One of my favorite movies about horror movies ever!
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Horror 101
Added 8/17/2003
You cannot consider yourself a true horror buff if you do not own this piece of cinematic history. Donald Pleasance & Nancy Allen take us through some of the most memorable scenes of horror films (from B&W's up until 1983), while explaining the subtle geniuses behind them. There's more to macabre movies than meets the eye. Demon children, manmade monstrosities, serial killers... We are in love w/horror in all forms and this film takes a fascinating look at the relationship between horror, entertainment and the psychological need we have to scare ourselves.
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But Sooner or Later... It's Time to Go Home.
Added 5/20/2009
Awesome, one of my favorite horror films. Great clips from both good and bad horror films. From the classics to the cookie cutter to the thoroughly idiotic and everything in between. This movie inspired me to watch several films I'd never seen before and to look back on favorites lost in the mists of the past. Watch for the late (and greatly missed) Donald Pleasance and also the late Fred Asparagus for a cameo. Expertly written and enjoyed.
It's only a movie, but sooner or later, you must leave the theater and go home. Perhaps alone...
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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A nice look at horror.
Added 1/1/2009
Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen narrate "Terror in the Aisles", which is a movie that attempts to present scenes from various horror movies in the hope of tying together common themes of "terror", showing horror from different perspectives, mostly. Rather than analyzing horror movies, "Terror in the Aisles" is a more of a celebration of horror movies.
"Terror in the Aisles" uses different scenes from different horror movies in order to provide the viewer with a well-rounded selection of some of the scariest movies ever made. However, "terror" is obviously defined a good bit more liberally than I would like in "Terror in the Aisles" because some of the movies that are portrayed as being scary are rather silly in my opinion e.g. giant tarantula movie, etc. That being said, there are significant scenes from the best and scariest horror movies ever made like: "Halloween", "The Shining", "When A Stranger Calls", "The Omen", "Psycho", "Halloween II" and "The Exorcist". Just about all of the scariest movies ever made were present in some capacity, although I would have liked to have seen more scenes from "Salem's Lot" starring David Soul, and this was disappointing to me as I do not remember seeing much from this movie, although it has been awhile since I've seen "Terror in the Aisles".
In "Terror in the Aisles", there are other scenes from movies that are very old as well as scenes from lesser known movies that may be of some interest to horror movie completists like myself. Overall, I was pleased with what I saw, notwithstanding some of the silliness that was also evident. Another point worth noting is that "Terror in the Aisles" is a 1984 movie, so if you are looking for anything post 1984, you obviously will not find it. However, there are only a few scary movies that are worth mentioning that are post-1984 in my opinion. In other words, you will not be missing much.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Should've been put on DVD by now
Added 1/30/2008
This is a neat flick the way they had spliced clips from horror flicks together the way they did, especially from popular old flicks like PSYCHO, HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN 2, FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II, THE FOG, DRESSED TO KILL, CARRIE, THE OMEN, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE SHINING, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, POLTERGEIST, NIGHTHAWKS, THE SEDUCTION, THE BIRDS, SCANNERS, THE FURY, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, JAWS, JAWS II, MARATHON MAN, THE EXORCIST, VICE SQUAD, etc., so I don't see what's taking them so long to put "TERROR IN THE AISLES" on DVD, because I would've bought this flick a long time ago if it was on DVD.
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