A2 Film: Resource material for MS3 Small Scale Project - 'The American Nightmare'...horror film documentary

For those researching horror films for their MS3 Small Scale Research Project, I fully recommend you watch Adam Simon's superb documentary, The American Nightmare, uploaded here in five parts. Absolutely essential viewing and most definitely one of the resources which should make the annotated bibliography.

The documentary looks at the development of the horror film from 1968 to the 2000s, interviewing important directors working in the genre throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, such as George A. Romero (Night of the  Living Dead), Wes Craven (Last House on the Left), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), David Cronenberg (Shivers) and John Carpenter (Halloween)

Part 1. George A. Romero and the influences and influence of Night of the Living Dead from 1968

Part 2. Wes Craven and his debut horror, The Last House on the Left, from 1971

Part 3. Tobe Hooper highlights the social  influences on his seminal slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, from 1974

Part 4. David Cronenberg talks about the advent of 'body horror' in the 1970s and '80s, in his films such as Shivers, made in 1976

Part 5. The final part sees John Carpenter discussing his influential slasher, Halloween, produced in 1978, and the documentary's conclusion