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Going To Pieces [2006] [DVD]

DVD ~ John Carpenter; Rob Zombie; Wes Craven; Stan Winston; Greg Nicotero; Paul Lynch

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Actors: John Carpenter; Rob Zombie; Wes Craven; Stan Winston; Greg Nicotero; Paul Lynch
Directors: Jeff McQueen
Format: Dolby, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 18
Studio: Metrodome Distribution
DVD Release Date: 25 Jun 2007
Run Time: 93 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000PMLDPO
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,439 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The feature-length documentary provides a comprehensive and original look at the importance, prominence and newfound legitimacy of the horror film sub-genre: the "slasher film". This pop culture phenomenon delighted fans with its iconic psychopaths, gory special effects, brainless teenagers in peril, and more than a bit of soft-core sex. Through their unconventional methods of production, distribution, exhibition and marketing, these slasher films forever changed the face of cinema.

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Gorehounds will love GOING TO PIECES, a documentary filled with the best scenes in slasher film history. From essential classics like PSYCHO to newer films like CABIN FEVER, this movie features interviews with horror's biggest names like Wes Craven and Rob Zombie. With clips featuring frightening villains Freddy Krueger, Jason, and Michael Myers, an evening with this film is sure to include nightmares.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Going to Pieces, 10 Jul 2007

By	Hudweiser "huddie" - See all my reviews

The slasher movie has always been looked upon with much disdain by critics, fans of 'real' film and even some horror fans for many years, which is strange considering its endurance; there are well over 500 in existence from the roots of 'Psycho' all the way up to forthcoming features like 'All the Boys Love Mandy Lane' and a remake of 'April Fool's Day'. As an advocate of the genre with an academic background in film, I was glad that somebody finally took the time to make a serious documentary that didn't spend all its time telling us things we already knew.

'Going to Pieces' is based on Adam Rockoff's book (which restricted itself to covering the years 1974-1986) and goes through the central elements of the genre with interjections from individuals who have contributed landmark productions to it (Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sean Cunningham, even Amy Holden Jones!) and clips from a large cross-section of films. The only possible flaw is that it focuses much of its time on the well-known franchises. Even through tribute is paid to the likes of 'Happy Birthday to Me', 'Graduation Day', 'The Burning' and the ultra-trashy 'Pieces', where is 'Hell Night'? More importantly, where is the original 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'? While this is a minor point, it's more than compensated for with some previously banned footage, most notably the pitchfork-shower scene from 'The Prowler', which was heavily scissored by the BBFC.

Time is taken to attempt to defend the genre somewhat, by drawing analogies between 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and Buddhist properties and making a case for (most of) these films really being more than simplistic body count gorefests; slasher movies CAN be cathartic. Genre-haters Ebert and Siskel appear in their famous rant about sleazy horror, which centered around misogyny and the lack of art - I wonder what they'd make of this?

Definitely worth a look for those curious about the genre; even my anti-horror friend was slightly humbled that there could be intellectual thought surrounding these films!

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4.0 out of 5 stars the view according to www.georgevader.co.uk, 1 Sep 2007

By	R. J. Williams "Postie" (Clevedon, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

As the title suggests this is a documentary chronicling the rise of the so called slasher movie in the 1980's with such films as "Friday 13th", "Halloween", "Prom Night" and the "Nightmare on Elm Street" right up to the "Scream" series of the mid 90's.

The film contains some great slasher moments (Jason's 'death' etc) but the highlight is the vast array of interviews with big names from the genre, there's the usual big guns such as Wes Craven and John Carpenter, the genius that is Tom Savini, but you also get loads of lesser known names thrown in the mix with plenty of interesting anecdotes such as Paul Lynch ("Prom Night") and Fred Walton ("When a Stranger Calls", "April Fool's Day").

If you're a fan of the genre, which I am, then you'll love this highly enjoyable documentary

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1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish, 7 Jan 2009

By	KM (England) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

`Going to Pieces' is a documentary celebrating the slasher film. On here are interviews with all the masters of the genre like Wes Craven, Rob Zombie and Sean S Cunningham and clips from over 30 years of scares and gore.

The problem with this documentary is that after the big sections on Halloween and Friday the 13th, it tends to focus on the lesser-known flops from the late-70's and early-80's rather than some of the better known classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream or the dozens of others that have splatted the screen over the past 30 years. Personally I found this really dull and was constantly fast-forwarding through a lot of the sections. Also, if you haven't seen some of these movies the twists and identities of the killers are given away for every film talked about. There is literally 5 minutes at the end talking about films like Final Destination and more recent movies, so if you're not into very poor B movies, then this probably won't appeal to you.

Overall this is a real waste of time and comes across as an over-long special feature on a DVD. Actually - the documentary on the Jason X special features is miles better than this.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Okay, if you've never seen a documentary about horror
'Going to Pieces' is an okay documentary which chronicles the slasher genre. It features some quite good interviews with key figures but never really gets under the skin of the... Read more

Published 20 days ago by jim

5.0 out of 5 stars gore by the people who made it!
being a huge fan of horror films, I've always been on the look out for a feature length docu-DVD because it's been so long since a horror 101 type tv show had lived up to... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Kat

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST EVER SLASHER MOVIE DOCUMENTARY!!!!!
IF YOU LOVE SLASHER FILMS THEN YOU MUST BUY THIS INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY THAT COVERS MOST OF THE MOVIES FROM THE GENRE.

Published on 23 Jun 2007 by Mr. Simon P. Hinstridge

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