It’s a remarkable era of genre filmmaking. “Looking at how much ground we’ve covered, I’m stunned that we’ve accomplished so much, yet there are still literally hundreds of horror films produced in the ‘80s that we haven’t even paid lip-service to. “The In Search of Darkness trilogy combined is a 14-plus hour exploration of one of the most amazing decades in the history of filmmaking, featuring more than 100 interviews with icons and experts of the genre,” Weiner concludes. They can also be purchased as part of a special trilogy boxset. 31) Parts I and II are currently available to stream on Shudder. We’re a devoted group of like-minded genre fans, who just happen to make movies.”įans can purchase a copy of In Search of Darkness Part: III through Halloween. They accomplish magic daily to make these projects work - from ideation and development to production, marketing, manufacturing, and community building. I wouldn’t be making these films without the leadership of executive producer Robin Block and our company of 10 people, far-flung across the globe in both the U.S. He continues: “It’s very important to me to single out our amazing, tight-knit team at CreatorVC. "In Search of Darkness: Part III" posters Courtesy of CreatorVC The Dark Woods Trilogy includes The Dark Woods (a novelette), The Runner (a story), and Master of Fright (a novelette). ![]() Revisiting, discussing, and celebrating these films in a long-form documentary time-capsule format is one of the greatest ways to keep the spark alive for so many beloved films.” ![]() These films are like the nostalgia of a sense memory, or an unexpected song that takes you back to one of the best times in your life. “It’s about who we were, who we were with, and where we were when we first experienced them. They’re also meant to get at the heart of why these titles have shaped us so profoundly. “We also discuss the horror backlash during the Satanic Panic - and the defiant Heavy Metal horror movies that rose up in resistance.”įor Weiner, the trio of jumbo-sized documentaries is not just about celebrating films. Viewers will also be treated to an examination of “some of the controversies surrounding the explosion of horror in the ‘80s, reflecting on such topics as marginalization and representation in both positive and negative casting depictions of the time,” he teases. ![]() While each tale is also sold separately, they have been combined in this volume with but minor revisions from the originals.“In addition to celebrating individual films with the stars and filmmakers who made them, we also track the rise of indie horror filmmakers and distributors amid the home video boom, and the influence of Mexican, European, Canadian, and Asian horror films of the ‘80s,” Weiner continues. But how do you find something as elusive as the wind? How do you stop the unstoppable?The Dark Woods Trilogy includes The Dark Woods (a novelette), "The Runner" (a story), and Master of Fright (a novelette). Now the farm has once again changed hands, and Sheriff Randal Hayes, with the help of big-game hunter Byron Wilkes, is determined to find-and to kill-the thing in the woods before it can destroy the new owner and his family. A trained athlete dies a horrifying death. A young wife slowly descends into madness. A local hunter is mauled beyond recognition. No one knows what it is, but each time the farm changes ownership, tragedy ensues. There's something terrible in the woods behind the bucolic farm in the North Georgia Mountains. ![]()
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