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The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

Released R 73 min 7.2/10 Votes: 1995
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
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2000-09-11
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  • The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
  • Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary
  • Living Among Us
  • The Movies That Made Us
  • To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
  • The Horror Crowd
  • In Search of Darkness: Part II
  • The American Nightmare
  • Document of the Dead
  • You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
  • Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
  • Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
  • The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
  • Under the Silver Lake
  • The Fear: Resurrection
  • The Sinister Surrogate
  • Hocus Pocus 2
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  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
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