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Generation Terror

Generation Terror

2024DocumentaryHorror

Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.

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Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.

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Sarah AppletonDirectorPhillip EscottPhillip EscottDirector

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Simon BarrettSimon BarrettSelf
Thomas FentonThomas FentonSelf
Xavier GensXavier GensSelf
Adam WingardAdam WingardSelf
Rob ZombieRob ZombieSelf
Sheri Moon ZombieSheri Moon ZombieSelf
Glen MorganGlen MorganSelf
James WongJames WongSelf
Amber TSelf
Zoé Rose SmithSelf
Christopher SmithChristopher SmithSelf
Neil MarshallNeil MarshallSelf
Ariel Powers-SchaubSelf
Prince JacksonSelf
Jeffrey ReddickJeffrey ReddickSelf
Madeleine Sims-FewerMadeleine Sims-FewerSelf
Alice LoweAlice LoweSelf
Srđan SpasojevićSrđan SpasojevićSelf

Director

Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott

Writers

Phillip Escott, Sarah Appleton

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15 Oct 2024

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