100 Years of Horror (1996)

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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, Rovi

Director(s):: Ted Newsom

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of 100 Years of Horror

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 750 mins

Complete Cast of 100 Years of Horror

Christopher Lee - Himself (Narrator)
Fred Olen Ray - Himself

Brinke Stevens - Herself

Director(s):: Ted Newsom

Categories:: Documentary, Special Interest

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	Kevin B.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Christopher Lee narrates with all the emotion of a wooden table. The film begins with a very unfortunate sequence on slasher films which renders it unusable for children. Entirely too much gore and sexual violence in the first 15 minutes. The rest of the film features poorly shown film trailers. The great monsters of Universal studios receive "okay" treatment, but I've seen better. Interviews are remarkable for the no-name actors that are featured. All in all a big disappointment and a little revolting.

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	Lisa A.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

Extremely long and repetitious. I even heard Christopher Lee deliver the same introductions more than once in several different episodes! Seriously!!! That's bad! Too many repetitive film clips and boring testimonials. . Lee's delivery is as wooden and impassionately expressed (facially) as a wooden stake may be driven in the heart of any horror fan. Overall a resounding disappointment...it took me weeks and weeks to finish this series. The most redemptive factor is that the episodes are condensed from 45 minutes to 25 minutes or less as they episodes unfold.

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	George P.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

Nice to go back when horrow omitted gore

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