The commentary of the directors and people like Savini is júst interesting enough to elevate this to something more than a glorified series of clips. Some of the camerawork during the interviews is terrible though. "Let's move around constantly or have a nearby object block the shot. Art!"

Focuses on American films exclusively ignoring the fact that the genre started in the late 60s and early 70s in JAPAN; before moving to Southern Asia, the Med; with Italian and Greek films, Africa in the mid 70s with Egyptian slashers, and finally the Cannibal craze in Italy and South America (Mexico and Brazil) before taking off in the late-mid 70s in the US. To that end; it can probably be traced back even farther to 60s/70s Samurai films; and before that Chinese/Shaw, Blood-fu films!

A very good & comprehensive documentary that examines the rise & fall Of the modern day slasher films

Well made.

Fun to watch.

A reminder of how god-awful 99% of these movies were, unintentionally highlighting the staggeringly precipitous drop in quality btwn the genre's touchstones:Psycho, Halloween,& immediately flatlining w/ Friday the 13th! Any genre where originality SOLELY boils down2 picking a holiday, what mask ur killer will wear& what body part ur going 2 skewer doesn't easily lend itself2 discussion but somehow this doc finds some amusing backstories 2 mine about all the horrible copycat attempts2 cash in

Having grown up in the late 80s, I can't count how many hours I wasted strolling the horror aisles of mom-n-pop video stores (Easy Video, what up?!), soaking up the wonderfully gory VHS covers of the genre's golden era. Alot of times I was too afraid to actually rent the movies, so being able to finally see some clips from things like The Prowler and Maniac was a real treat. It's not only a lovingly crafted doc, but it doubles as a greatest hits list of the decade's goriest fake deaths. F-U-N!!

Pretty interesting if you're a nerd for slashers.