{"id":21225,"date":"2014-10-21T02:10:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T06:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=21225"},"modified":"2016-07-01T02:14:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T06:14:04","slug":"terror-in-the-aisles-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/terror-in-the-aisles-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror in the Aisles (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"terrorintheaisles\"<\/a>If there\u2019s one film I\u2019d suggest to blossoming horror fans that need a primer course for the genre, I\u2019d suggest \u201cTerror in the Aisles.\u201d It\u2019s not a horror movie, so much as a compilation of some of the most interesting thrillers and horror movies from the seventies and eighties, and it touches on the idea of horror\u2019s role in our everyday lives. Why do people love to be scared? What keeps us coming back to horror movies? Why do so many people frighten by horror cinema when there are valid threats in reality? One of the more interesting ideas behind \u201cTerror In the Aisles\u201d is the exploration of movie going as a communal experience.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time we could sit in a large dark room with a bunch of strangers and soak in a horrific experience together. We\u2019d laugh, flinch, scream, and feel some sense of camaraderie, in the end. That\u2019s become something of an antiquated habit with the advent of home entertainment. I won\u2019t be seeing \u201cTerror in the DVD Player\u201d any time soon. The gorgeous Nancy Allen and Donald Pleasance host what is a pretty well put together montage that examines fear and how we use it as a means of excitement and exhilaration, even when we\u2019re sitting in the comfort of a movie theater. Allen and Pleasance\u2019s hosting is fantastic as they indulge the audience with charismatic introductions of key moments in some great horror films.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re fitted to topics like sex, natural terrors, the occult, and despicable villains. One of the reasons why the documentary is still so resonant is because there are moments during the compilation where we\u2019re given a glimpse at movie goers watching and reacting to horror movies. Scripted as they may be, director Andrew J. Kuehn captures the thrill of the movie theater and losing yourself in frights accurately, and they result in some fun and funny slices of life. I\u2019m still a bit taken aback that there are no clips to \u201cDawn of the Dead\u201d or \u201cThe Exorcist.\u201d You figure two films with such impact on the horror medium, including the latter title would be the centerpiece of the documentary.<\/p>\n

Despite that glaring omission, there are still a myriad iconic moments from great films like \u201cScanners,\u201d \u201cStrangers on a Train,\u201d and \u201cCarrie.\u201d Kuehn\u2019s documentary is a thrilling and excellent celebration of horror and the movie theater community, and is a must see to this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one film I\u2019d suggest to blossoming horror fans that need a primer course for the genre, I\u2019d suggest \u201cTerror in the Aisles.\u201d It\u2019s not a horror movie, so much as a compilation of some of the most interesting thrillers and horror movies from the seventies and eighties, and it touches on the idea […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[292,357,359,477,950,1020,1087,1221],"class_list":["post-21225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-documentary","tag-film-history","tag-filmmaking","tag-horror","tag-slasher","tag-t","tag-thriller","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21227,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225\/revisions\/21227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}