Sunday, October 10, 2004
THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
2000
Directed By Adam Simon
Running time 73 Minutes
For those who would like to take a more historical and theoretic approach to horror, you can thank your PUSSY ASSES for The American Nightmare.
Written and directed by cheesy horror dude, Adam Simon, The American Nightmare is the kind of documentary one could watch without being scared necessarily, yet walk away with an understanding of why, how and where horror movies get started.
Instead of taking a super geeky approach to behind-the-scenes horror movie special effects or subjecting you to slightly creepy Trekkie-like dorks spitting and frothing at the mouth explaining how horror movies changed their lives, the thorough approach of this documentary gives the horror genre (most noteably the 60s to mid 80s era) a high-class, intellectual edge.
One of the best reasons for watching this movie: get yourselves educated by the masters themselves. In the 73 minutes your eyeballs are glued to the TV, you will be listening to the legends of the 1960's, 70's & 80's...the directors, writers and creaters of the movies that changed most of our lives: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, George A. Romero....just to name a few. You'll learn about their personal nightmares and how they metamorphesized onto the big screen in the forms of Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, etc.
So if you find yourself too scared this Halloween season to watch an actual horror movie, the least you can do is still act cool by saying you're EDUCATED on the subject.
Now go change your diapers before mommy comes back to find you've wet your little panties again.
