5/10
A horror mash-up
9 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Terror in the Aisles once was only available as a bonus feature on the Shout! Factory Halloween II blu ray, but now that it's available on its own, I'm excited for other people to see it. It was a multi-watch on HBO for me when I was young. Even better, this played theaters!

Andrew J. Kuehn revolutionized movie trailers - he created the trailers for Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Top Gun, the Indiana Jones movies and more - before he started producing and directing movies like Get Bruce and the remake of D.O.A.

There are so many scenes clipped into this film, which is hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen who are sitting with a crowd of fake moviegoers who react to the rapid-fire scenes as they come hard and fast. Instead of a laundry list of films - I mean, do you want to read 78 (91 in the network TV version) titles? - let me tell you the more interesting ones, like What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Phantom of the Paradise, Suspiria, The Car, The Legacy, The Funhouse and, of course, the first two Halloween films.

For some reason, even though nearly every movie here was R-rated (Dawn of the Dead was released unrated), this film had to endure several cuts to avoid an X rating.
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