Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

lakewoodmatt67 Back before "Scream", "Saw" torture porn and endless sequels became the norm in horror films, moviegoers were treated to legitimate, creative and well thought out scares and shocks when they wanted to see a scary movie. "Terror In The Aisles" is both a retrospective of that time, and the ultimate love letter to that genre. A documentary type film, hosted by Donald Pleasence (Halloween) and Nancy Allen (Dressed To Kill; Robocop) take us on a ninety minute guided tour of the horror film genre. Along the way, we get all the best parts of so many great horror films from the last half of the twentieth century. Since Pleasence is basically the host of this memory lane trip, "Halloween" is given ample exposure, but make no mistake: If it was a scary film from the 60's on through the mid 80's, it's represented here, in some form.No matter if it's Linda Blair barfing up pea soup from "The Exorcist", Jack Nicholson's iconic freak out in "The Shining" or David Naughton turning into a very scary werewolf from "American Werewolf In London", if you were young in the last half of the 20th century, you probably saw most of these films, you remember what made you jump, scream, have nightmares, and then laugh about it all later with your friends. And it's all here, in all their gory, creepy, grisly glory. Along the way, several themes are discussed: Why do we like scary movies? What really scares us? Are we afraid of evil monsters from space or from Hell, or are the monsters within our own minds and subconscience even scarier? As we go along, we get lots of nifty montages from similar types of horror films: people being killed, bad guys and monsters moving in for the kill, people running for their lives, sometimes escaping, sometimes not. From a film editing standpoint, "Terror In The Aisles" is the ultimate horror remix. We've seen all these clips before many times, but put together in this format, with this type of presentation, they feel fresh and exhilarating once again.Even films that weren't strictly classified as "horror", such as "Marathon Man" and "Nighthawks", still contained harrowing visual shocks and nerve wracking suspense so their inclusion into this potpourri of terror feels quite natural.And at the end of it all, you can appreciate just how carefully and skillfully the American film industry has cultivated the art of horror films through the decades.Great retrospective film! Check it out! (And with the lights out while you watch it, if you dare, hee hee hee...)

TheExpatriate700 Terror in the Aisles is a compilation of clips from various horror movies, focusing primarily on works from the 1970s and early 1980s. Although it was produced by Universal, it casts a wide net, featuring Friday the 13th and other franchises from different studios.The film is a rather bland appreciation of the modern horror genre. Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen provide adequate narration, although they don't offer any real insights. Furthermore, all the movie does is show clips, without offering any analysis of why these movies scare us.Furthermore, some of the films excerpted seem rather odd choices. For instance, there are numerous clips from the Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks, never mind the fact that it is an action film. This kind of sloppiness undermines the film as a whole.

haildevilman If you've seen the films, no need to see this.If you haven't seen the films, this will hardly inspire you.Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen narrate a documentary on fear using classic horror movie clips as a backing. Decent idea, it just DIDN'T WORK.Hearing Pleasance cheer Jamie Lee Curtis on during the Halloween clips was kind of funny though.They also showed a handful of horror comedies from years gone by. Abbot & Costello and Martin & Lewis made cameos.And I never saw Vice Squad or Nighthawks as horror films. I did like the scenes though. And the movies were good too. They aren't horror however.And Frogs made me laugh.I saw this in a theater in New Jersey in 1984 and had a good time. I saw it on video in 2005 and noticed it hasn't aged well.Dated badly, but it might still be a curiosity piece.

Schlockmeister Saw this one in a drive in back in 1984. It was a great place to see this compilation of the best clips of (mostly) more recent Horror and Suspense movies. This movie was released in theatres first, not direct to video as with many other compilations, so the highlighting of 1970s slasher movies is totally understandable from a marketing viewpoint. For fans of early horror, I recommend the documentary "Universal Horror" which highlights the classic horror films and influences of Universal Studios. Donald Pleasance was at his prime then, starring in slasher films galore, he camps it up here as does Nancy Allen, trying to keep the suspense up in between clips. It all works. For horror fans, its a fantastic sampler platter of some of the greatest moments in Horror film. It will steer you toward films you may not be aware of, or it will give you peeks at films you may have heard of but never seen.