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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (USA/2006)
Directed  Mike Bohusz Script  Mike Bohusz  Produced  Rachel Belofsky e Rudy Scalese  Com  John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tom Savini, Stan Winston, Rob Zombie  Country  USA  Year  2006  Duration  88'  Language  English Subtitles  Português  Format  DigiBeta
For decades, there was a horror subgenre that generated more antibodies in western societeies than any other, the Slasher Film, responsible for all those modern boogeymans, call it Michael Myers, or Freddy Kruger or Jason Vorhees. Now, for anyone who has ever wondered just what motivated the filmmakers behind these brutal classics, this look at the history of the modern slasher film offers demented insight into some of the most terrifying motion pictures ever released. From Psycho to the giallo genre to Freddy Vs. Jason, Going to Pieces offers a comprehensive overview of the entire slasher genre as discussed by such horror luminaries as Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sean S. Cunningham and Rob Zombie.