Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

if you like horro movies and want to know the history about then, with some good horror movie clips. and get the background on them this is the movie to see!... Full review

For a T.V. movie this was incredibly well done. They showed famous Horror legend film clips and brought in the true masters of horror (John Carpenter, Wes Craven etc.) They also tell you a lot of things you may not know... Full review

this is the best documentary on the horror genre i have ever seen in my life! it has all a fan of the genre could ever want! it also has great interviews from John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and many, many more.... Full review

GOING TO PIECES Is Fantastic i am one of the biggest horror fans i own almost every horror movie i can watch all day When i saw this was coming out i was so excited i went ouit the first day... Full review

I am a huge horror movie and slasher fan and I was shocked to see this on my Starz On Demand list. It is pretty good, but I think they try to cover a little too much ground in its short... Full review

I was raised on Dracula and Frankenstein, and was living in Europe during the rise and fall of the slasher film. I have not seen most of the films mentioned in this film. However, I was pleased at the presentation and... Full review

'Going to Pieces' is a good and quite complete review of the history of the slasher movie genre. It succeeds to show quite well the origins of the genre in the American horror movies, and then provides quite an extensive review... Full review

The positive things about "Going To Pieces" are that it tries hard to include as many Slasher flicks as possible and deliver pieces of trivia for each of them. There are interviews with some influential directors of the genre (John Carpenter,... Full review

The slasher film has got to be the Rodney Dangerfield of horror movies. As to be expected critics hate them, but so do many horror fans. In general (there are exception to this of course) slashers don't have the social commentary... Full review

Previously available in a book version, this entertaining and interesting documentary delivers just what it promises: an exploration of the world of slasher cinema - how it started, how it stayed popular, and what may have led to its decline. There... Full review

FIRST PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2007 Tools: Send to a friend Watching "Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film" is kind of like hooking up with an ugly girl after you've been alone for several years. Why there's never been a slasher film based on those religious pamphlets by Jack Chick, I'll never know. ... Full Review

The highlights of the entire eighty-eight-minute documentary occur whenever the charmingly energized Tom Savini appears to talk about the gore he created.....Going to Pieces" takes an in-depth look at the "Slasher" craze that ripped through cineplexes throughout the early eighties.....The lack of any foreign film coverage is simply unacceptable, though.....In fact, the earliest slasher film on record is often considered to be the Hitchcock classic, "Psycho..... ... Full Review

Since horror films are traditionally overlooked from a historical perspective, "Going to Pieces" is a terrific encapsulation of the era and the product. Going to Pieces" expands on Adam Rockoff's 2002 book to visually explore the history of the genre, including new interviews with some of horror's greatest artists and forgotten footage of the genre in its throat-slitting prime. ... Full Review

On a more whimsical note, a particularly enjoyable bit consists of brief clips of Hollywood stars who appeared in slasher films early ( George Clooney ) or late ( Glenn Ford ) in their careers. Based on Adam Rockoff's 2002 book of the same name, the unrated DVD contains interviews with several masters of graphic horror: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Rob Zombie, Joseph Stefano (screenwriter of the original Psycho ) and special- effects gurus Tom Savini and Harry Winston, and several others. ... Full Review

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Independent film distributor ThinkFilm and Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) are pleased to announce the start of principal photography on a new film entitled "Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film." ... Full Article

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