Search - 100 Years of Horror on DVD

Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 01/06/1998 Format: DVD - Black and White SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 0 mins Studio: Passport International Total Copies: 1 Genres: Film, TV & Radio, Film & Television History

Condensed from the 13-episode series directed by Ted Newsom and hosted by horror movie star Christopher Lee, 100 Years of Horror, the two-hour version, is a celebratory overview of the Hollywood horror genre, rich with film clips from horror movies throughout most of the 20th century. Stars getting screen time here include old masters Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Claude Rains, as well as The Omega Man himself, Charlton Heston, Halloween babysitter Jamie Lee Curtis, and horror dabblers Robert De Niro and Kenneth Branagh. The program includes interviews with directors Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Carpenter, and Herschell G. Lewis, and with actors (host) Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Claude Rains. Highlights include outtakes from the surprisingly effective Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and from the 1960 version of The Lost World. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide

Christopher Lee is your host for this look at the history of the horror film, following the genre's progress from the days of silent movies to the latest waves of cinematic terror. A number of the horror cinema's top stars appear in film clips, including Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, and Jamie Lee Curtis. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide