1 00:00:01,409 --> 00:00:04,027 Male narrator: I'm eli roth. 2 00:00:04,046 --> 00:00:07,322 I want to introduce you to nine uncategorizable films 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:08,632 That pushed the boundaries of horror... 4 00:00:08,784 --> 00:00:10,917 [terrifying music] 5 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:14,412 Nine films that tell us dark truths about society 6 00:00:14,565 --> 00:00:15,997 And ourselves. 7 00:00:16,017 --> 00:00:17,516 - [screams] 8 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:19,576 Narrator: Nine films filled with fear... 9 00:00:19,595 --> 00:00:20,869 And fun. 10 00:00:20,871 --> 00:00:22,512 - [screaming] 11 00:00:22,665 --> 00:00:25,006 Narrator: Nine nightmares you'll never forget. 12 00:00:25,026 --> 00:00:26,208 [tense music] 13 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:27,192 - [screams abruptly] 14 00:00:27,344 --> 00:00:30,261 [eerie music] 15 00:00:30,281 --> 00:00:37,077 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:38,088 --> 00:00:39,538 - [screams] 17 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:48,547 [chainsaw revving] 18 00:00:55,205 --> 00:00:58,057 Narrator: Horror is the outlier genre of cinema. 19 00:00:58,208 --> 00:00:59,950 Some people fear it. 20 00:00:59,968 --> 00:01:02,728 Others don't respect it, 21 00:01:02,813 --> 00:01:05,481 But that renegade status lets it go places 22 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,924 No other genre can reach. 23 00:01:07,943 --> 00:01:12,229 Great horror films entertain us and provoke us. 24 00:01:12,381 --> 00:01:14,990 They put society under a microscope... 25 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:16,742 - Sam? 26 00:01:16,893 --> 00:01:18,385 Narrator: Making us question not just what we fear... 27 00:01:18,403 --> 00:01:21,138 [bell rings] - [screams] 28 00:01:21,156 --> 00:01:22,639 Narrator: But why we fear it. 29 00:01:22,658 --> 00:01:24,933 [suspenseful music] 30 00:01:24,935 --> 00:01:27,144 And there's no better recent example 31 00:01:27,162 --> 00:01:29,538 Than jordan peele's "us." 32 00:01:29,690 --> 00:01:31,648 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:36,945 In 2017, jordan released his first film, "get out," 34 00:01:36,947 --> 00:01:39,098 An oscar-winning commercial and critical hit 35 00:01:39,249 --> 00:01:42,458 Satirizing racism in america. 36 00:01:42,478 --> 00:01:43,769 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,339 - The armitages are so good to us. 38 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:50,234 - What you experienced in your first movie is, like, 39 00:01:50,385 --> 00:01:51,593 To come up with the academy award, 40 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,178 To make a movie that is, like, 41 00:01:53,197 --> 00:01:55,672 Probably the most culturally significant horror film 42 00:01:55,691 --> 00:01:57,449 Since "night of the living dead," 43 00:01:57,601 --> 00:01:59,709 And then you're like, "now I have to follow that up." 44 00:01:59,711 --> 00:02:03,013 - The expectations were a bitch. 45 00:02:03,031 --> 00:02:05,582 As you know, you, like-- you kind of have to say, 46 00:02:05,734 --> 00:02:07,935 "okay, well what got me here in the first place?" 47 00:02:07,953 --> 00:02:10,778 Looking at "get out" and imagining 48 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:12,030 What people are expecting. 49 00:02:12,182 --> 00:02:13,190 [ominous notes] 50 00:02:13,208 --> 00:02:14,908 [heart pounding] 51 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:17,210 If I can kind of start to understand or pinpoint 52 00:02:17,363 --> 00:02:19,954 What I think people are expecting, 53 00:02:19,974 --> 00:02:23,791 I can start to plot how to subvert that. 54 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,735 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:25,737 --> 00:02:28,664 [deep ominous notes] 56 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:35,729 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:35,881 --> 00:02:39,324 - There is a black family vacationing in santa cruz 58 00:02:39,476 --> 00:02:40,934 At their summer home, 59 00:02:41,086 --> 00:02:42,861 Basically the only black family you can see 60 00:02:43,013 --> 00:02:44,354 On this beach. 61 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:47,090 So it speaks to isolation almost immediately. 62 00:02:47,092 --> 00:02:51,152 And over the course of a normal evening, the young son, jason, 63 00:02:51,172 --> 00:02:53,321 Realizes there's a family standing outside. 64 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,565 ♪ ♪ 65 00:02:55,584 --> 00:02:57,158 [dramatic musical sting] 66 00:02:57,178 --> 00:02:59,827 And once the family breaks into the house, 67 00:02:59,847 --> 00:03:03,031 We realize these are doppelgangers, 68 00:03:03,033 --> 00:03:05,166 That everyone who's broken into the house 69 00:03:05,186 --> 00:03:08,854 Is a mirror image of this family. 70 00:03:09,005 --> 00:03:11,114 ♪ ♪ 71 00:03:11,116 --> 00:03:12,766 - You know, I think both films, in a strange way, 72 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:15,360 Are about losing your identity and sort of who you are-- 73 00:03:15,512 --> 00:03:17,437 Like, what the external world sees 74 00:03:17,589 --> 00:03:19,239 And what you are on the inside. 75 00:03:19,391 --> 00:03:22,517 - Both of these movies became clear to me 76 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:24,903 When I decided to be vulnerable 77 00:03:25,055 --> 00:03:26,830 And--and--and look--look within. 78 00:03:26,982 --> 00:03:28,265 - [shouts unintelligibly] 79 00:03:28,283 --> 00:03:30,191 [pants wheezily] 80 00:03:30,211 --> 00:03:32,711 Asked myself what really scares me, 81 00:03:32,862 --> 00:03:36,356 Asked myself what I'm not ready to face. 82 00:03:36,375 --> 00:03:38,275 - What are you people? 83 00:03:38,293 --> 00:03:41,611 - Which felt related to what we're not ready to face. 84 00:03:41,630 --> 00:03:44,122 - [hoarsely] we're americans. 85 00:03:44,274 --> 00:03:45,891 [ominous music] 86 00:03:46,042 --> 00:03:47,559 - What would it be like to see someone 87 00:03:47,711 --> 00:03:49,043 Who looked exactly like you? 88 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:50,812 Who is that person? What does that mean? 89 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:52,564 Are they taking something away from you, 90 00:03:52,716 --> 00:03:54,699 Or are you taking something away from them? 91 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:57,143 - [hoarsely] run! - [yelping] 92 00:03:57,296 --> 00:03:58,895 Narrator: At first, 93 00:03:58,981 --> 00:04:01,180 The film seems to be about one family in peril... 94 00:04:01,333 --> 00:04:03,057 - [roaring] 95 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:04,743 Narrator: Then we discover 96 00:04:04,894 --> 00:04:07,729 Everyone has a doppelganger living underground, 97 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:11,291 Invisibly tethered to their counterparts on the surface. 98 00:04:11,443 --> 00:04:14,086 Now, our tethered twins have emerged 99 00:04:14,237 --> 00:04:15,587 To murder us. 100 00:04:15,739 --> 00:04:17,180 [sharp musical sting] 101 00:04:17,182 --> 00:04:20,283 [suspenseful music] 102 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:21,876 I remember you telling me after we shot last year 103 00:04:22,029 --> 00:04:22,961 That you were gonna go shoot something 104 00:04:23,113 --> 00:04:24,321 That felt like "lost boys." 105 00:04:24,339 --> 00:04:28,583 ♪ ♪ 106 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:30,176 - Yeah, we're in the same place-- 107 00:04:30,329 --> 00:04:32,679 Santa cruz boardwalk-- the exact same location. 108 00:04:32,831 --> 00:04:34,797 Did you hear the line about "lost boys" in there? 109 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:36,583 - You know, they're filming something about a carousel. 110 00:04:36,601 --> 00:04:38,335 You should see if they're looking for extras. 111 00:04:38,337 --> 00:04:39,669 - [screams] 112 00:04:39,688 --> 00:04:40,670 [shouts unintelligibly] 113 00:04:40,689 --> 00:04:42,638 [dramatic music] 114 00:04:42,658 --> 00:04:43,699 - But I always thought this idea of "lost boys"-- 115 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:46,009 That there's a monster up here, 116 00:04:46,028 --> 00:04:47,602 And so I thought, with that same location, 117 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:49,846 What if there's a monster underneath as well? 118 00:04:49,865 --> 00:04:50,914 - Mm-hmm. - On the opposite side. 119 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:52,565 - Yeah. 120 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:55,352 - [hoarsely] they created the tethered 121 00:04:55,370 --> 00:04:57,963 So they could use them to control the ones above. 122 00:04:58,114 --> 00:04:59,947 [unsettling music] 123 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:02,651 Like puppets. 124 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,253 - I was thinking about, uh, incarceration. 125 00:05:05,406 --> 00:05:06,829 I was thinking about class. - Mm-hmm. 126 00:05:06,849 --> 00:05:09,641 - I--I was thinking about the term "us and them," 127 00:05:09,793 --> 00:05:11,959 The--the idea of "us and them" 128 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:13,812 And the--the--the division 129 00:05:13,963 --> 00:05:16,540 When--when you sort of identify an "us." 130 00:05:16,558 --> 00:05:19,592 You create a "them." you create an other. 131 00:05:19,611 --> 00:05:21,987 - Don't waste your strength. Don't try to fight it. 132 00:05:22,138 --> 00:05:24,581 You can't stop the inevitable. 133 00:05:24,583 --> 00:05:26,307 - Much like "get out," 134 00:05:26,327 --> 00:05:29,711 This is a--a systemic monster we're dealing with. 135 00:05:29,713 --> 00:05:31,371 - It really does appear to be, 136 00:05:31,523 --> 00:05:33,332 On a fairly straightforward level, 137 00:05:33,483 --> 00:05:35,575 A story about the haves and the have-nots. 138 00:05:35,727 --> 00:05:38,562 [pleasant orchestral music] 139 00:05:38,580 --> 00:05:43,991 ♪ ♪ 140 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:47,195 - Sort of existing with a privilege 141 00:05:47,197 --> 00:05:50,423 And--and a privilege that many of us enjoy 142 00:05:50,576 --> 00:05:52,434 Is a violent act. 143 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:54,335 And that's--that's the central theme of "us," 144 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:56,237 Is this idea that, 145 00:05:56,239 --> 00:05:58,172 When we look at the mirror, 146 00:05:58,192 --> 00:06:00,083 Both individually and collectively, 147 00:06:00,102 --> 00:06:01,601 We might realize, well, 148 00:06:01,753 --> 00:06:04,887 It's not as simple as, "I'm the good guy." 149 00:06:04,907 --> 00:06:07,014 - You know, we're all part of a system. 150 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:10,068 There's a story behind everything we enjoy. 151 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:12,603 There's a factory. There's a--a line. 152 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:14,114 There's--there's somebody working overtime, 153 00:06:14,266 --> 00:06:16,041 You know, to--to try to make us happy 154 00:06:16,192 --> 00:06:17,358 If we can afford it. 155 00:06:17,378 --> 00:06:18,960 ♪ ♪ 156 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:21,121 Our little pleasures are coming 157 00:06:21,273 --> 00:06:22,947 At the cost of invisible people 158 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,691 That we really don't want to acknowledge or see 159 00:06:24,693 --> 00:06:26,735 Because it's inconvenient. 160 00:06:26,737 --> 00:06:28,703 [ominous notes] 161 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,614 Narrator: The family at the center of the film 162 00:06:30,632 --> 00:06:32,707 Are better equipped to handle the tethered 163 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,375 Than most horror film protagonists... 164 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:36,286 - [shrieks] 165 00:06:36,304 --> 00:06:38,622 Narrator: Partly because, as black people in america, 166 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,857 They are always on guard. 167 00:06:41,009 --> 00:06:42,216 - Let's make some traps or something, 168 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:43,735 Like some "home alone"-type stuff. 169 00:06:43,887 --> 00:06:45,328 That way if she comes-- 170 00:06:45,330 --> 00:06:47,105 - Tell me you did not just reference "home alone." 171 00:06:47,257 --> 00:06:48,389 - Well, having a black protagonist 172 00:06:48,409 --> 00:06:49,966 In--in a horror movie, 173 00:06:49,968 --> 00:06:51,392 As a writer, is a trap 174 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:54,971 Because you can't have them do the stupid response. 175 00:06:54,973 --> 00:06:56,898 - They have the upper hand. 176 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,642 This is the time to run, 177 00:06:58,660 --> 00:07:02,129 Not to be sprinkling micro machines on the floor. 178 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:03,422 - What are micro machines? 179 00:07:03,573 --> 00:07:04,923 - What's "home alone"? 180 00:07:05,074 --> 00:07:07,333 - It's--it's partly a satirical comment, 181 00:07:07,486 --> 00:07:10,028 But partly very grounded in real--real life. 182 00:07:10,046 --> 00:07:12,489 This country is--is a-- 183 00:07:12,491 --> 00:07:13,765 Is a horror show... 184 00:07:13,917 --> 00:07:14,933 - Yeah. - For black people, you know? 185 00:07:15,084 --> 00:07:16,000 This is-- we're in a horror movie. 186 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:18,937 [eerie music] 187 00:07:19,088 --> 00:07:20,830 I try and access 188 00:07:20,849 --> 00:07:21,923 What I'm actually afraid of or what I'm--you know. 189 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:23,442 - Mm-hmm. 190 00:07:23,593 --> 00:07:26,186 - And that--part of the process of making these movies, 191 00:07:26,338 --> 00:07:28,838 I swear, I kind--I-- I overcome my fear. 192 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,273 [match snaps and hisses] 193 00:07:30,425 --> 00:07:31,766 - [rasping] 194 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:33,285 Narrator: Race and class divisions 195 00:07:33,436 --> 00:07:36,596 Can turn everyday lives into horror movies, 196 00:07:36,615 --> 00:07:38,290 But what about people 197 00:07:38,441 --> 00:07:40,792 In the most privileged position in society? 198 00:07:40,944 --> 00:07:43,086 What nightmares stalk the ruling class? 199 00:07:43,238 --> 00:07:44,171 - [screams wildly] 200 00:07:48,116 --> 00:07:50,694 Narrator: In the year 2000, 201 00:07:50,712 --> 00:07:52,862 Christian bale gave an unforgettable performance 202 00:07:52,881 --> 00:07:55,456 As the antihero of "american psycho"... 203 00:07:55,476 --> 00:07:56,883 [chainsaw revving] 204 00:07:57,035 --> 00:07:59,102 A dark satire of human behavior 205 00:07:59,254 --> 00:08:01,104 At the top of the economic ladder. 206 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:03,123 [suspenseful music] 207 00:08:03,141 --> 00:08:04,724 - "american psycho," 208 00:08:04,876 --> 00:08:07,652 Based on the notorious novel by bret easton ellis, 209 00:08:07,804 --> 00:08:11,047 Is about a young, wealthy businessman 210 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:13,041 Who seems to have a perfect life. 211 00:08:13,043 --> 00:08:14,976 - I work on wall street. 212 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:16,495 - So he's, uh, very handsome; 213 00:08:16,646 --> 00:08:18,104 He has a perfect apartment; 214 00:08:18,123 --> 00:08:20,890 He has a-- you know, a high-paying job. 215 00:08:20,909 --> 00:08:22,334 So it's about someone 216 00:08:22,485 --> 00:08:24,244 Whose life is full of perfect surfaces 217 00:08:24,396 --> 00:08:27,080 And who is so filled with, sort of, rage and emptiness 218 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:30,099 That he disembowels young women. 219 00:08:30,101 --> 00:08:31,676 - I like to dissect girls. 220 00:08:31,828 --> 00:08:33,561 Did you know I'm utterly insane? 221 00:08:33,563 --> 00:08:34,879 - Uh... [chuckles] 222 00:08:35,032 --> 00:08:37,365 Uh, great tan, marcus. 223 00:08:37,367 --> 00:08:38,767 I mean, really impressive. 224 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:40,652 Where do you tan? - Salon. 225 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:42,354 [musical sting] 226 00:08:42,505 --> 00:08:46,799 - "american psycho" is one of the best satires of all time. 227 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:49,736 - You can always be thinner, look better. 228 00:08:49,887 --> 00:08:53,665 - To me, it really, really caught what the '90s was about. 229 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:55,308 ♪ ♪ 230 00:08:55,460 --> 00:08:57,610 Suddenly, metrosexuality came in 231 00:08:57,763 --> 00:09:00,038 And men became obsessive with grooming products, 232 00:09:00,189 --> 00:09:02,782 Skin care, waxing, tanning booths. 233 00:09:02,934 --> 00:09:05,026 - What beautiful skin you have, mr. Bateman. 234 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,853 - And what suits you were wearing, 235 00:09:06,871 --> 00:09:09,881 The kind of explosion in fashion and commerce 236 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:11,907 And restaurants and status. 237 00:09:11,927 --> 00:09:14,368 It was just this wall street world. 238 00:09:14,388 --> 00:09:16,363 - Gene, great jacket. Matsuda? 239 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:18,214 - Valentino couture. 240 00:09:18,367 --> 00:09:20,016 - It's really a satire of consumerism... 241 00:09:20,168 --> 00:09:22,376 - Where did you get that overnight bag? 242 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:24,229 [car trunk slams] - jean paul gautier. 243 00:09:24,380 --> 00:09:25,897 - You know, american vulture capitalism 244 00:09:26,049 --> 00:09:27,957 At the end of the 20th century. 245 00:09:27,976 --> 00:09:30,860 And it's all expressed in this person who looks good, 246 00:09:31,012 --> 00:09:33,071 But is actually a monster. 247 00:09:33,222 --> 00:09:34,573 - [hollowly] I guess you could say 248 00:09:34,724 --> 00:09:35,965 I just want to have meaningful relationship 249 00:09:35,984 --> 00:09:37,817 With someone special. 250 00:09:37,969 --> 00:09:40,387 - I wanted bateman to be the object of fear. 251 00:09:40,405 --> 00:09:42,822 [tense music] 252 00:09:42,974 --> 00:09:44,791 When christian and I were in preparation 253 00:09:44,942 --> 00:09:46,643 For "american psycho," 254 00:09:46,661 --> 00:09:48,311 We talked about him as being like a--a martian-- 255 00:09:48,330 --> 00:09:49,987 Someone from another planet 256 00:09:50,007 --> 00:09:51,889 Who doesn't know how to be a human being. 257 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,408 ♪ ♪ 258 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:56,728 So when bateman's going to have sex with someone, 259 00:09:56,730 --> 00:09:58,488 He watches a porno movie. 260 00:09:58,506 --> 00:10:00,156 [chainsaw revving and woman screaming on tv] 261 00:10:00,175 --> 00:10:01,766 - If he's gonna, uh, commit a murder, 262 00:10:01,918 --> 00:10:03,918 He's gonna watch a--a famous horror movie. 263 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,753 [chainsaw revving and woman screaming on tv] 264 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:07,847 - The fact that it was directed by a woman, I think, 265 00:10:07,999 --> 00:10:11,384 Was such an interesting counterbalance to the book. 266 00:10:11,536 --> 00:10:14,020 Even though he's doing all of these crazy things, 267 00:10:14,172 --> 00:10:17,023 There isn't this misogynist, 268 00:10:17,175 --> 00:10:20,009 Anti-woman, kind of gross tone about the movie. 269 00:10:20,011 --> 00:10:21,077 - Jean? 270 00:10:22,814 --> 00:10:24,347 Sorbet? 271 00:10:24,366 --> 00:10:26,099 - When we were filming "american psycho," 272 00:10:26,101 --> 00:10:27,608 I realized that 273 00:10:27,628 --> 00:10:30,036 The fear a woman has of going on a date 274 00:10:30,188 --> 00:10:33,256 Or going to a guy's apartment and something bad happening 275 00:10:33,408 --> 00:10:35,408 Or him suddenly transforming 276 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:39,003 From one kind of person into another 277 00:10:39,156 --> 00:10:43,549 Is-- is a very strong female fear. 278 00:10:43,702 --> 00:10:45,718 - Can we go now? 279 00:10:45,871 --> 00:10:48,054 - We're not through yet. 280 00:10:48,206 --> 00:10:51,349 - Movies are a way of exploring those fears. 281 00:10:51,501 --> 00:10:52,651 [chainsaw revving] - [yelps] 282 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:59,065 [wet impact] - [screams] 283 00:10:59,217 --> 00:11:01,642 - We don't want to admit it, but all of us-- 284 00:11:01,662 --> 00:11:04,120 There's a part of us that is like patrick bateman, 285 00:11:04,272 --> 00:11:06,572 That is obsessive, that wants things. 286 00:11:06,725 --> 00:11:10,535 It's like this personification of all the greed 287 00:11:10,687 --> 00:11:13,046 And the vanity and the consumption 288 00:11:13,197 --> 00:11:14,898 And the vapidness-- 289 00:11:14,916 --> 00:11:16,566 All the stuff that we suppress; 290 00:11:16,584 --> 00:11:18,084 That we say we don't have; 291 00:11:18,236 --> 00:11:20,202 That we say, "that's just other people"; 292 00:11:20,222 --> 00:11:21,680 It's all reflected in patrick bateman, 293 00:11:21,831 --> 00:11:23,330 But we're watching him 294 00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:25,867 And there is a part of him that's in all of us. 295 00:11:25,869 --> 00:11:27,535 - [laughing] 296 00:11:27,537 --> 00:11:29,020 I... [gasps] 297 00:11:29,172 --> 00:11:31,523 Just have to kill a lot of people! 298 00:11:31,674 --> 00:11:33,099 And um... 299 00:11:33,251 --> 00:11:35,601 [tense music fades] 300 00:11:35,754 --> 00:11:37,270 [stutters and sniffles] 301 00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:42,367 I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. 302 00:11:42,518 --> 00:11:44,035 - He's not punished at the end, 303 00:11:44,187 --> 00:11:45,870 So you're not giving the audience that satisfaction, 304 00:11:46,022 --> 00:11:47,205 Actually. 305 00:11:47,356 --> 00:11:48,856 But I felt like the-- 306 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:51,951 The satirical and also of the moral point 307 00:11:52,103 --> 00:11:54,028 Of bret easton ellis's book 308 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,272 Was that he wouldn't get found out 309 00:11:56,291 --> 00:11:58,775 Because society didn't care to find him out. 310 00:11:58,793 --> 00:12:02,387 - I chopped allen's (bleep) head off. 311 00:12:02,538 --> 00:12:07,650 The whole message I left on your machine was true. 312 00:12:07,652 --> 00:12:10,770 - Excuse me. I really must be going now. 313 00:12:10,922 --> 00:12:12,379 - Society just didn't care 314 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:15,066 As long as he conformed to the perfect, you know, 315 00:12:15,218 --> 00:12:17,143 Surfaces and perfect, uh, stereotypes 316 00:12:17,295 --> 00:12:18,978 Of--of the successful businessman. 317 00:12:19,130 --> 00:12:20,797 No one would bother. 318 00:12:20,815 --> 00:12:24,634 - This confession has meant nothing. 319 00:12:24,652 --> 00:12:26,411 [unsettling music] 320 00:12:26,562 --> 00:12:28,304 [musical sting] 321 00:12:28,323 --> 00:12:30,231 Narrator: Faced with the emptiness of consumer culture, 322 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:33,217 Many turned to the spiritual comforts of religion. 323 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:34,769 - ...Accursed! 324 00:12:34,771 --> 00:12:36,312 ♪ ♪ 325 00:12:36,331 --> 00:12:37,814 Narrator: But there can be a fine line 326 00:12:37,832 --> 00:12:39,807 Between a religion and a death cult. 327 00:12:39,809 --> 00:12:41,050 - No! - No! 328 00:12:46,507 --> 00:12:50,009 Narrator: Most religions teach the way of peace, 329 00:12:50,161 --> 00:12:52,345 Yet religious differences have led 330 00:12:52,497 --> 00:12:54,664 To an almost unthinkable amount of bloodshed. 331 00:12:54,682 --> 00:12:56,416 - He brought you up to be a pagan. 332 00:12:56,418 --> 00:12:58,251 [eerie music] 333 00:12:58,269 --> 00:12:59,927 Narrator: This paradox is at the heart 334 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,395 Of two films about faith... 335 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:02,989 [musical sting] 336 00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:07,026 "midsommar" from 2019... 337 00:13:07,178 --> 00:13:08,269 And "the wicker man"... 338 00:13:08,421 --> 00:13:09,687 [all gasp] 339 00:13:09,839 --> 00:13:11,389 From 1973. 340 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:12,974 ♪ ♪ 341 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:14,876 "the wicker man" has the reputation 342 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:17,420 For being the greatest british horror film of all time. 343 00:13:17,572 --> 00:13:20,039 [goat shrieking] 344 00:13:20,191 --> 00:13:22,208 It was one of those movies I didn't see until late in life 345 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,093 Because I would look at the video box and go, 346 00:13:24,245 --> 00:13:26,404 "what's scary about a wicker man?" 347 00:13:26,422 --> 00:13:29,741 - Oh, god! Oh, jesus christ! 348 00:13:29,759 --> 00:13:31,993 [single drum beating ominously] 349 00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:33,586 - I finally saw it, 350 00:13:33,738 --> 00:13:36,539 And it's one of those movies that changed my life. 351 00:13:36,558 --> 00:13:38,875 [organ playing hymn] all: ♪ in pastures green ♪ 352 00:13:38,893 --> 00:13:41,802 ♪ he leadeth me ♪ 353 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:45,398 - It has to do with christianity versus paganism. 354 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:48,100 [tense music] 355 00:13:48,119 --> 00:13:50,152 A police inspector is sent 356 00:13:50,305 --> 00:13:52,738 To this remote isle of summerisle 357 00:13:52,891 --> 00:13:55,500 To investigate the disappearance of a young girl. 358 00:13:55,651 --> 00:14:00,413 [chalk scraping] - rowan morrison. 359 00:14:00,565 --> 00:14:02,732 - And he's this repressed, uh, christian 360 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,901 Coming to grips with this society 361 00:14:04,919 --> 00:14:08,004 That is the total opposite of everything he believes in. 362 00:14:08,156 --> 00:14:10,181 - I find degeneracy, and there is brawling in bars. 363 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,708 There is indecency in public places. 364 00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:15,395 - Open sex and wild dancing 365 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,974 And all this uninhibited craziness that he's not used to 366 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,860 And he has a hard time adjusting to that. 367 00:14:22,011 --> 00:14:24,253 - Can I do anything for you, sergeant? 368 00:14:24,272 --> 00:14:27,866 - Oh, I doubt it... Seeing you're all raving mad. 369 00:14:28,017 --> 00:14:29,492 - And the fun of the film 370 00:14:29,644 --> 00:14:32,203 Is watching him getting taken down a notch or two. 371 00:14:32,355 --> 00:14:34,964 - They do love their divinity lessons. 372 00:14:34,966 --> 00:14:38,284 - But they--they are-- are naked. 373 00:14:38,436 --> 00:14:39,435 - Naturally. 374 00:14:39,454 --> 00:14:40,861 It's much too dangerous 375 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:42,696 To jump through the fire with your clothes on. 376 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:44,607 - Oh, christopher lee did that picture for almost no money 377 00:14:44,626 --> 00:14:45,958 Because he liked the part so much. 378 00:14:46,111 --> 00:14:47,034 And I think it was his favorite part 379 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:48,202 Of anything he'd ever done. 380 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:50,129 [peaceful music] 381 00:14:50,281 --> 00:14:54,283 It's a truly weird, pagan, fascinating movie. 382 00:14:54,302 --> 00:14:55,727 It's almost a musical. 383 00:14:55,878 --> 00:14:57,878 I mean, it's got all these paul giovanni songs. 384 00:14:57,898 --> 00:14:59,805 [pianist playing slow song] - ♪ she took the tinker ♪ 385 00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:00,957 ♪ by the hand ♪ 386 00:15:00,975 --> 00:15:02,516 - They created a score 387 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:05,052 That are folk songs integral to this island 388 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:06,337 To tell the story 389 00:15:06,356 --> 00:15:07,322 Of their religion and their culture. 390 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,056 Together: ♪ for patching ♪ 391 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:12,927 ♪ and plugging is his delight ♪ 392 00:15:12,929 --> 00:15:14,195 [echoing musical sting] 393 00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:17,231 - The lyrics of these songs are so-- 394 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,475 Everything's a double entendre and everything's sexual. 395 00:15:19,494 --> 00:15:21,494 [musicians playing upbeat folk music] 396 00:15:21,546 --> 00:15:24,905 And it's a very, very subversive, sexual movie. 397 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:26,257 - [raps loudly on bar] 398 00:15:26,409 --> 00:15:28,075 [music stops] 399 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:31,078 - This police officer is unwittingly being led, 400 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,114 Thinking he's on an investigation, 401 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:36,083 Thinking he's gonna catch the killer of a little girl, 402 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:37,560 Until he realizes 403 00:15:37,712 --> 00:15:39,795 That he's been a sucker this entire time. 404 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:40,980 [ominous musical sting] 405 00:15:41,132 --> 00:15:42,498 - It's about faith 406 00:15:42,517 --> 00:15:43,641 And how faith doesn't really pan out for you. 407 00:15:43,793 --> 00:15:45,835 - There is no sun god! 408 00:15:45,853 --> 00:15:50,431 There is no... Goddess of the fields! 409 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:53,034 - I wouldn't say it's on the side of the pagans, 410 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:54,552 But it certainly comes close, 411 00:15:54,570 --> 00:15:56,287 Because as devout as the hero is, 412 00:15:56,439 --> 00:15:57,638 It doesn't save him. 413 00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,474 - No! No! Think! 414 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:00,625 Just think what you're doing! 415 00:16:00,776 --> 00:16:02,351 [words echoing] 416 00:16:02,370 --> 00:16:04,796 Think what you're doing! Think! 417 00:16:04,947 --> 00:16:08,115 - The reason "the wicker man" has such staying power is 418 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:09,892 You look at this cult 419 00:16:09,894 --> 00:16:12,795 That believes that burning and sacrificing a virgin 420 00:16:12,947 --> 00:16:14,472 Is going to bring back the crops. 421 00:16:14,623 --> 00:16:16,048 That makes perfect sense to them. 422 00:16:16,201 --> 00:16:20,085 Pagans: [together] ♪ summer is a-comin' in ♪ 423 00:16:20,105 --> 00:16:22,463 - To this other person, it's absolutely insane 424 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,098 Because everything he believes 425 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,100 Is from a christian perspective... 426 00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:28,211 Pagans: [together] ♪ and blows the mead ♪ 427 00:16:28,229 --> 00:16:30,713 - And these are coming from a pagan perspective. 428 00:16:30,732 --> 00:16:32,865 What is totally normal to one person 429 00:16:33,017 --> 00:16:35,017 Is absolutely terrifying to another, 430 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:36,810 And I think there's something very real about that. 431 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:39,222 [suspenseful music] 432 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,699 The culture clash captured by "the wicker man" 433 00:16:41,851 --> 00:16:44,702 Was a big influence on my film "hostel." 434 00:16:44,854 --> 00:16:47,071 So I visually paid tribute to it. 435 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:50,082 ♪ ♪ 436 00:16:50,235 --> 00:16:51,642 And you can see elements of both films 437 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:54,345 In ari aster's "midsommar." 438 00:16:54,497 --> 00:16:57,256 ♪ ♪ 439 00:16:57,408 --> 00:16:59,425 In the wake of a devastating loss, 440 00:16:59,577 --> 00:17:02,245 A young woman joins her self-absorbed boyfriend 441 00:17:02,263 --> 00:17:04,421 And his fellow grad students 442 00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:06,348 On a trip to the swedish countryside. 443 00:17:06,501 --> 00:17:08,225 They've been invited to witness 444 00:17:08,378 --> 00:17:09,560 An annual folk celebration. 445 00:17:09,712 --> 00:17:11,195 [locals whoop] 446 00:17:13,107 --> 00:17:16,016 - The writing of "midsommar" was pretty therapeutic. 447 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,995 I was going through a breakup and was looking for, uh, 448 00:17:19,146 --> 00:17:21,205 Kind of an angle on a breakup movie. 449 00:17:21,357 --> 00:17:22,856 ♪ ♪ 450 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:25,710 What's, like, the evil version of that? 451 00:17:25,861 --> 00:17:27,895 [echoing scream] 452 00:17:27,897 --> 00:17:30,197 Narrator: The students enter what at first appears to be 453 00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:33,367 A peaceful community of nature-worshipping pagans. 454 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,794 [bell dings] 455 00:17:34,946 --> 00:17:38,172 - I love that it is, like "the wicker man," 456 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:42,560 Set in this isolated, very homogenous community 457 00:17:42,711 --> 00:17:46,455 That is supposed to signify safety... 458 00:17:46,474 --> 00:17:47,965 - [gasps] 459 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:49,058 - And then have it completely turn around. 460 00:17:49,210 --> 00:17:51,135 - No! - No! 461 00:17:51,287 --> 00:17:52,478 - [gasps] 462 00:17:52,630 --> 00:17:54,380 - The americans are trying to be cool, 463 00:17:54,398 --> 00:17:56,315 And they want to be open and they want to embrace it 464 00:17:56,467 --> 00:17:58,134 And they want to understand it 465 00:17:58,152 --> 00:17:59,660 And they don't quite get what's going on. 466 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:02,246 - What's going on? 467 00:18:02,398 --> 00:18:05,291 - [claps] [ethereal whooshing] 468 00:18:05,442 --> 00:18:07,526 - But they get caught up in the ritual 469 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,087 And the pomp and the circumstance 470 00:18:09,238 --> 00:18:10,671 And they don't want to offend the culture 471 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:12,656 And, you know, they wind up paying the price for it. 472 00:18:12,808 --> 00:18:14,533 - [blows] 473 00:18:14,685 --> 00:18:17,035 ♪ ♪ 474 00:18:17,055 --> 00:18:19,246 Narrator: The film's protagonist is gradually drawn 475 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,540 Into what turns out to be a death cult... 476 00:18:21,692 --> 00:18:24,084 ♪ ♪ 477 00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,495 And the other travelers are ritual sacrifices. 478 00:18:26,514 --> 00:18:30,924 - She ends up finding, in this community, 479 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:32,835 What might be a home. 480 00:18:32,854 --> 00:18:34,979 - You are the family now, yes? 481 00:18:35,131 --> 00:18:37,181 Yes, you are the family! 482 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:38,765 - And of course, 483 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,619 The irony is that they are a eugenicist community 484 00:18:41,770 --> 00:18:43,520 Of murderers. 485 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,106 - [shrieking] 486 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:49,285 - But they're also much more empathic, 487 00:18:49,437 --> 00:18:50,527 They're--they're much more compassionate. 488 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,373 [all wailing] 489 00:18:54,525 --> 00:18:56,950 - And that's why people join cults. 490 00:18:57,103 --> 00:19:00,404 [eerie music] 491 00:19:00,423 --> 00:19:03,766 People don't join cults because they want to be mass murderers. 492 00:19:03,918 --> 00:19:06,793 [ominous droning music] 493 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:12,716 ♪ ♪ 494 00:19:12,735 --> 00:19:15,778 They join cults because they need connection. 495 00:19:15,930 --> 00:19:18,805 [peaceful droning music] 496 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:21,642 ♪ ♪ 497 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,694 Narrator: "midsommar" was a slow-burn film 498 00:19:23,846 --> 00:19:27,598 That built to a fiery conclusion. 499 00:19:27,617 --> 00:19:30,150 But horror can also go way over the top to make a point. 500 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:31,085 [rushing music] 501 00:19:42,105 --> 00:19:44,665 Narrator: When you think of a morality tale, 502 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,225 You might picture something like this. 503 00:19:46,377 --> 00:19:49,353 - [speaking swedish] amen. 504 00:19:49,505 --> 00:19:50,946 Others: Amen. 505 00:19:50,948 --> 00:19:53,840 [suspenseful music] 506 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,768 ♪ ♪ 507 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:59,104 - I hope you rot in hell. 508 00:19:59,257 --> 00:20:00,698 Narrator: But in horror, 509 00:20:00,849 --> 00:20:02,983 Stories about suffering terrible consequences 510 00:20:03,136 --> 00:20:06,946 For your poor behavior can be scary and fun, 511 00:20:07,098 --> 00:20:08,989 Like "creepshow." 512 00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:10,374 "creepshow" was a horror fan's dream. 513 00:20:10,526 --> 00:20:11,984 It still is. 514 00:20:12,136 --> 00:20:13,836 It's the combination of george romero, 515 00:20:13,988 --> 00:20:16,622 Stephen king, and tom savini. 516 00:20:16,774 --> 00:20:18,832 Me, as a 12-year-old horror fan, 517 00:20:18,985 --> 00:20:20,534 Knowing that this was the director 518 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:21,694 Of "dawn of the dead"... 519 00:20:21,696 --> 00:20:25,080 ♪ ♪ 520 00:20:25,099 --> 00:20:26,782 This was the guy that did all the gore 521 00:20:26,801 --> 00:20:27,642 In "dawn of the dead" and "Friday the 13th." 522 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,886 [intense string music] 523 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:33,338 And stephen king writing these stories? 524 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:36,216 This was gonna be the greatest movie ever made. 525 00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:38,294 [sparse ominous music] 526 00:20:38,312 --> 00:20:39,845 ♪ ♪ 527 00:20:39,864 --> 00:20:41,939 - Well, my first thing with george was he said, 528 00:20:42,091 --> 00:20:43,299 "why don't we do a number of stories 529 00:20:43,317 --> 00:20:44,650 Like 'tales from the crypt'?" 530 00:20:44,802 --> 00:20:47,078 And I went, "yeah, let's--let's do that." 531 00:20:47,229 --> 00:20:48,645 - It's a comic book. - What? 532 00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:50,373 - It's a comic book! - It's a comic book! 533 00:20:50,524 --> 00:20:52,399 [musical sting] - look. 534 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:54,101 - Because really, what is a comic book? 535 00:20:54,103 --> 00:20:56,212 It's a storyboard for a movie, right? 536 00:20:58,258 --> 00:20:59,882 Narrator: "creepshow" is presented 537 00:21:00,034 --> 00:21:03,177 Like an ec comic book from the 1950s, 538 00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:05,446 With five macabre stories... 539 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:06,872 ♪ ♪ 540 00:21:07,024 --> 00:21:08,415 - [shouts] 541 00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:10,192 Narrator: And an all-star cast. 542 00:21:10,194 --> 00:21:11,752 Stephen king himself 543 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,179 Plays the doomed hayseed, jordy verrill. 544 00:21:14,332 --> 00:21:15,898 ♪ ♪ 545 00:21:16,050 --> 00:21:18,684 - I'm a goner already, daddy... 546 00:21:18,836 --> 00:21:19,835 Ain't I? 547 00:21:19,854 --> 00:21:21,428 ♪ ♪ 548 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:23,221 Narrator: Each story was a moral tale 549 00:21:23,241 --> 00:21:26,767 In which sinners were rewarded with ironic deaths, 550 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:30,788 And sometimes, ironic afterlives. 551 00:21:30,939 --> 00:21:33,607 The teenaged greg nicotero was a frequent visitor 552 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:35,942 To the "creepshow" set. 553 00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:38,854 - I remember seeing them shooting the actors 554 00:21:38,873 --> 00:21:41,365 With the colored lights in the background. 555 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:44,576 - I got my cake. 556 00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:46,137 - All of a sudden, like, there's a bunch of guys 557 00:21:46,288 --> 00:21:47,822 On dimmers, and they'd go... [imitates electricity] 558 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,991 - [screaming] - happy father's day. 559 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:53,369 - Then they would turn it and the lights would change. 560 00:21:53,371 --> 00:21:57,123 They were trying to immerse you into the comic book world. 561 00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:58,807 ♪ ♪ 562 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,676 Narrator: One of my favorite stories is "the crate," 563 00:22:01,696 --> 00:22:03,562 Where a henpecked college professor 564 00:22:03,714 --> 00:22:05,430 Comes into possession of a vicious animal... 565 00:22:05,483 --> 00:22:07,508 - ...A couple of emeralds! - Don't! 566 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:10,302 Narrator: With a thirst for human blood. 567 00:22:10,321 --> 00:22:11,987 - [screaming] 568 00:22:12,073 --> 00:22:16,650 - [laughing deliriously] I don't even know what it was. 569 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:19,645 - And it's hal holbrook and fritz weaver 570 00:22:19,663 --> 00:22:22,623 And adrienne barbeau and this old crate, 571 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:23,824 And you're just waiting for fluffy. 572 00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:25,826 - [roars] 573 00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:27,403 - I remember, as a kid, I read "fangoria" magazine 574 00:22:27,421 --> 00:22:28,662 And I saw pictures 575 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,272 Of the monster that they called fluffy. 576 00:22:30,274 --> 00:22:32,257 And when that thing comes out of the crate... 577 00:22:32,410 --> 00:22:34,793 ♪ ♪ 578 00:22:34,812 --> 00:22:37,170 - The fun is inventing how to do this stuff. 579 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:40,006 ♪ ♪ 580 00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:42,860 You know, the script, kind of, is sometimes very vague. 581 00:22:43,011 --> 00:22:44,820 "we see a flash of fur and teeth." 582 00:22:44,972 --> 00:22:46,939 [dramatic tense music] 583 00:22:47,091 --> 00:22:48,757 Well, I gotta create a creature from that 584 00:22:48,776 --> 00:22:50,275 That comes out of a crate 585 00:22:50,428 --> 00:22:51,944 Underneath steps in "creepshow," you know? 586 00:22:51,996 --> 00:22:53,537 - Something shiny. 587 00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:55,605 - I had never built an animatronic creature before. 588 00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:58,733 So I called rob bottin on the phone. 589 00:22:58,753 --> 00:23:00,527 Took me to his house. 590 00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:02,446 He tore the skins off to show me 591 00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:05,049 How the mechanisms worked in the heads, 592 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,609 The fake heads that he was making. 593 00:23:06,611 --> 00:23:09,470 [suspenseful music] 594 00:23:09,621 --> 00:23:11,447 - As great as "the crate" is, 595 00:23:11,465 --> 00:23:14,617 Nothing quite prepares you for e.G. Marshall's performance 596 00:23:14,635 --> 00:23:15,917 As upson pratt. 597 00:23:15,937 --> 00:23:18,037 "this is upson pratt, the upson pratt." 598 00:23:18,055 --> 00:23:19,972 - Well, I found another cockroach this evening, george. 599 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,047 - Oh, no. 600 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:22,549 - One of those big ones 601 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:25,461 Right here in my $3,200-a-month penthouse apartment. 602 00:23:25,463 --> 00:23:28,823 ♪ ♪ 603 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,683 Narrator: Upson pratt is a wealthy and vicious germaphobe 604 00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:33,052 Who treats everyone like vermin. 605 00:23:33,070 --> 00:23:35,320 - You might go far, boy. 606 00:23:35,473 --> 00:23:37,748 I've noticed that, in service jobs, 607 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,809 People like yourself often do-- 608 00:23:40,828 --> 00:23:42,344 People of color. 609 00:23:42,346 --> 00:23:45,071 - You know, the marshall story does represent 610 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:46,573 A lot of the sociopolitical things 611 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,909 That were going on at the time, you know, 612 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:52,263 With him being a blatant racist character 613 00:23:52,414 --> 00:23:54,073 Who is trying to live 614 00:23:54,091 --> 00:23:56,325 In this sort of protected white bubble, literally, 615 00:23:56,343 --> 00:23:57,993 In his compound, 616 00:23:58,012 --> 00:23:59,503 And he's terrified 617 00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:02,122 Of other things getting into that world. 618 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:03,332 [bugs squeaking] 619 00:24:03,334 --> 00:24:05,217 - Damn bugs--ugh! 620 00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:06,669 Bugs! [shouts] 621 00:24:06,687 --> 00:24:08,803 - Now you'd have a digital cockroach. 622 00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:10,072 Back then, you really had to do it with cockroaches. 623 00:24:10,224 --> 00:24:11,431 - Cockroaches. 624 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:12,616 They were everywhere, eli! - Yeah. 625 00:24:12,768 --> 00:24:14,009 - Those cockroaches were everywhere. 626 00:24:14,011 --> 00:24:17,029 [ominous music] 627 00:24:17,181 --> 00:24:18,847 [cockroaches chittering] - [screaming] 628 00:24:18,866 --> 00:24:21,200 - And when we did the final scene, where the b-- 629 00:24:21,352 --> 00:24:24,778 He just sort of explodes with bugs all inside him-- 630 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,856 Everybody was, like, right-- 631 00:24:27,875 --> 00:24:30,301 Nervous, scared to death. 632 00:24:30,452 --> 00:24:32,244 It could be one take. - Yeah. 633 00:24:32,396 --> 00:24:33,545 - That's the only thing you could do. 634 00:24:33,698 --> 00:24:35,364 There were, like, 5,000 cockroaches 635 00:24:35,382 --> 00:24:38,267 And they were gonna blow 'em through this--this tube. 636 00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:41,437 Quiet on the set, 637 00:24:41,588 --> 00:24:43,055 Get the cockroaches ready. 638 00:24:43,207 --> 00:24:45,457 [chuckling] you know, cue the cockroaches. 639 00:24:45,476 --> 00:24:48,393 [eerie music] 640 00:24:48,546 --> 00:24:51,046 ♪ ♪ 641 00:24:51,048 --> 00:24:53,882 - [screaming] 642 00:24:53,901 --> 00:24:55,475 - And it was perfect 643 00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:58,045 And everybody in the place just exploded into applause. 644 00:24:58,047 --> 00:24:59,388 - It's one of the-- 645 00:24:59,406 --> 00:25:01,632 It's one of the great, great moments in movies. 646 00:25:01,634 --> 00:25:03,650 [cockroaches chittering] 647 00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:05,827 - "creepshow" was-- was way ahead of its time 648 00:25:05,980 --> 00:25:09,081 In terms of george and steve king's 649 00:25:09,233 --> 00:25:11,074 Sort of love letter to ec comics. 650 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:12,951 - [cackles] 651 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,753 [thunder booms] 652 00:25:14,905 --> 00:25:18,073 - Doing "creepshow" really was--was their opportunity 653 00:25:18,092 --> 00:25:21,835 To pay tribute to the stuff that inspired them. 654 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,662 [tense musical sting] - [screams] 655 00:25:23,681 --> 00:25:25,255 Narrator: In "creepshow," 656 00:25:25,274 --> 00:25:28,567 Bad people are punished with gruesome deaths. 657 00:25:28,719 --> 00:25:30,919 The violence upset audiences 658 00:25:30,938 --> 00:25:34,823 Expecting a lightweight comic book movie, 659 00:25:34,909 --> 00:25:37,201 But to really upset americans, 660 00:25:37,352 --> 00:25:38,744 Do what brian de palma did: 661 00:25:38,895 --> 00:25:42,164 Make a horror film about sex. 662 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:47,928 - [gasps] 663 00:25:47,930 --> 00:25:49,738 [dramatic music] 664 00:25:49,890 --> 00:25:51,948 [gagging] 665 00:25:51,968 --> 00:25:53,842 Narrator: Few things provoke audiences more 666 00:25:53,994 --> 00:25:56,253 Than sexual violence. 667 00:25:56,405 --> 00:25:58,072 It's a taboo region 668 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:01,725 That horror films are uniquely able to explore 669 00:26:01,877 --> 00:26:04,386 Because horror goes where the timid fear to tread. 670 00:26:04,538 --> 00:26:06,488 - [screams] 671 00:26:07,108 --> 00:26:09,208 Narrator: And even a comically bad slasher 672 00:26:09,226 --> 00:26:12,494 Can carry a surprising message about toxic masculinity. 673 00:26:12,496 --> 00:26:14,888 - Where did this filth come from? 674 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,740 [grunts] 675 00:26:16,892 --> 00:26:21,936 [screaming] 676 00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:25,899 - "pieces" is one of the greatest wtf horror films 677 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:26,934 Of all time. 678 00:26:26,936 --> 00:26:28,977 [saw scraping] 679 00:26:28,996 --> 00:26:30,646 [telephone ringing] 680 00:26:30,664 --> 00:26:31,997 For me, it might be 681 00:26:32,149 --> 00:26:33,257 My favorite horror movie of all time 682 00:26:33,408 --> 00:26:34,574 After all these years 683 00:26:34,594 --> 00:26:36,293 Because it just defies every rule 684 00:26:36,445 --> 00:26:37,678 Of what you're supposed to do. 685 00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:38,821 [dramatic synthesized music] 686 00:26:38,823 --> 00:26:40,297 - [weeps] 687 00:26:40,449 --> 00:26:42,040 - It is so absurd 688 00:26:42,059 --> 00:26:44,435 That, if you put it on with a room of people, 689 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:45,919 You will guarantee to have 690 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,212 The whole audience come out of it going, 691 00:26:47,231 --> 00:26:48,522 "that's the best movie I've ever seen." 692 00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:51,742 [dramatic music] - [screaming] 693 00:26:51,744 --> 00:26:55,087 [mirrors shattering] 694 00:26:55,105 --> 00:26:58,449 - Horror is the genre that gave us the idea of bad-good. 695 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,527 - [screams] [chainsaw revving] 696 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,121 - Like, there can be a really great horror movie, 697 00:27:04,272 --> 00:27:06,473 And that's fun to watch, but a really bad horror movie 698 00:27:06,475 --> 00:27:08,049 Can be fun to watch too. 699 00:27:08,051 --> 00:27:10,535 - [shrieking] bastard! 700 00:27:10,688 --> 00:27:13,021 Bastard! 701 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,873 [suspenseful music] 702 00:27:15,025 --> 00:27:16,800 Bastard! 703 00:27:16,952 --> 00:27:18,702 [booming musical sting] 704 00:27:18,721 --> 00:27:21,338 Narrator: The plot of "pieces" follows a campus stud 705 00:27:21,490 --> 00:27:23,873 And an undercover policewoman 706 00:27:23,893 --> 00:27:27,135 Trying to catch a mysterious chainsaw killer. 707 00:27:27,288 --> 00:27:30,205 - [screaming] [chainsaw revving] 708 00:27:30,224 --> 00:27:32,316 - It's got all the classic tropes of slasher movies. 709 00:27:32,467 --> 00:27:34,134 [chainsaw revving] 710 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:35,477 - You! 711 00:27:35,629 --> 00:27:37,229 - They have these beautiful spanish girls 712 00:27:37,381 --> 00:27:39,305 That always get naked right before they're chopped. 713 00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:41,233 [dramatic music] - [gasps] 714 00:27:41,385 --> 00:27:42,892 - The deaths are so over-the-top. 715 00:27:42,912 --> 00:27:47,055 ♪ ♪ 716 00:27:47,074 --> 00:27:48,724 At the end of the film, 717 00:27:48,742 --> 00:27:50,309 The police catch the killer 718 00:27:50,327 --> 00:27:52,652 And they're about to leave 719 00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:54,529 And they open the door and the body falls out. 720 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:55,689 - Really-- 721 00:27:55,691 --> 00:27:57,916 - [screaming] 722 00:27:58,068 --> 00:27:59,026 - [screams] 723 00:27:59,044 --> 00:28:00,660 - And you realize 724 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,945 This guy's been making a human jigsaw puzzle. 725 00:28:01,964 --> 00:28:03,530 It's an incredible shock moment. 726 00:28:03,532 --> 00:28:05,165 - [screaming] 727 00:28:05,317 --> 00:28:09,169 [sobbing] 728 00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:10,913 - And then at the very end, 729 00:28:10,931 --> 00:28:13,098 Ian sera comes back 'cause he forgot his coat 730 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,216 And the hand of the body comes out 731 00:28:15,236 --> 00:28:17,920 And just rips his genitals off. 732 00:28:17,922 --> 00:28:19,880 - [screaming] 733 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,423 [flesh squelches] 734 00:28:21,442 --> 00:28:22,849 - You can watch the movie on one level 735 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:24,768 And go, "this is a grade-z slasher movie." 736 00:28:24,787 --> 00:28:26,102 Or you could say, 737 00:28:26,122 --> 00:28:28,263 "this is a subversive work of art 738 00:28:28,282 --> 00:28:30,833 "by a master director who's making a comment 739 00:28:30,984 --> 00:28:34,453 On this character who uses women like pieces of meat." 740 00:28:34,605 --> 00:28:36,338 These girls are then killed 741 00:28:36,490 --> 00:28:40,217 And the body... Is the residual anger. 742 00:28:40,368 --> 00:28:41,944 The anger of these girls 743 00:28:41,962 --> 00:28:43,554 And the resentment of these girls 744 00:28:43,705 --> 00:28:48,116 Of being used by this guy all boils up 745 00:28:48,135 --> 00:28:50,728 And they castrate him at the end of the movie. 746 00:28:50,879 --> 00:28:52,637 Narrator: You don't expect great depth 747 00:28:52,790 --> 00:28:55,548 From a movie like "pieces." 748 00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:58,727 More confounding to critics is when a brilliant filmmaker 749 00:28:58,879 --> 00:29:00,979 Deliberately challenges an audience 750 00:29:01,131 --> 00:29:04,408 By fusing sex and violence with high cinematic style. 751 00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:06,151 ♪ ♪ 752 00:29:06,303 --> 00:29:09,479 Exhibit a: Brian de palma's "dressed to kill," 753 00:29:09,498 --> 00:29:11,323 A provocative film 754 00:29:11,475 --> 00:29:15,327 About the corrosive effects of sexual repression. 755 00:29:15,479 --> 00:29:18,413 - "dressed to kill" is an interesting juxtaposition 756 00:29:18,499 --> 00:29:21,366 Of two women's expression of their own sexuality-- 757 00:29:21,385 --> 00:29:23,168 One being a conservative housewife 758 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,119 Who is oppressed by her sexuality 759 00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:27,155 And one being a young sex worker 760 00:29:27,174 --> 00:29:30,083 Who is empowered by her sexuality-- 761 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:32,619 And the man who is a psychiatrist 762 00:29:32,621 --> 00:29:35,180 Who is his own worst patient 763 00:29:35,332 --> 00:29:36,756 Who's trying to draw the bridge 764 00:29:36,776 --> 00:29:40,176 Between his own relationship with his sexuality 765 00:29:40,196 --> 00:29:43,429 And these two women. 766 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:45,282 Narrator: Sexually frustrated kate, 767 00:29:45,433 --> 00:29:47,183 Played by angie dickinson, 768 00:29:47,203 --> 00:29:50,788 Acts the part of the perfect wife and mother, 769 00:29:50,939 --> 00:29:54,958 But she yearns for a more stimulating life. 770 00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:58,119 Kate confides her feelings to her psychiatrist, 771 00:29:58,272 --> 00:30:00,188 Arousing his own secret desires. 772 00:30:00,207 --> 00:30:01,281 [sweeping music] 773 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,575 - Would you want to sleep with me? 774 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:04,726 - Yes. 775 00:30:04,728 --> 00:30:06,452 [tense dramatic music] 776 00:30:06,505 --> 00:30:08,013 - [gasps] 777 00:30:08,164 --> 00:30:09,990 [screaming] 778 00:30:09,992 --> 00:30:12,083 ♪ ♪ 779 00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:13,918 Narrator: Then, in a shocking twist, 780 00:30:13,938 --> 00:30:15,479 Kate is brutally murdered 781 00:30:15,630 --> 00:30:18,882 By a mysterious black-gloved killer... 782 00:30:18,901 --> 00:30:22,820 - [screaming] 783 00:30:22,971 --> 00:30:25,213 Narrator: A crime witnessed by the movie's other heroine, 784 00:30:25,232 --> 00:30:28,525 Liz blake, played by nancy allen. 785 00:30:28,677 --> 00:30:31,386 - I think my nightmares on "dressed to kill" 786 00:30:31,405 --> 00:30:33,972 Really started when they did the... [imitates slashing] 787 00:30:33,991 --> 00:30:37,501 [soft eerie music] 788 00:30:37,652 --> 00:30:40,354 It's so strange because it's all so technical. 789 00:30:40,356 --> 00:30:43,649 ♪ ♪ 790 00:30:43,651 --> 00:30:45,567 But emotionally, 791 00:30:45,586 --> 00:30:48,328 It really does-- somehow, it gets in. 792 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:50,897 At least with me, it gets back in there. 793 00:30:50,899 --> 00:30:52,757 ♪ ♪ 794 00:30:52,910 --> 00:30:56,228 Maybe it's all "psycho's" fault for making me so scared. 795 00:30:56,379 --> 00:30:59,172 ["the murder"] - [screaming] 796 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:00,482 Narrator: Alfred hitchcock's "psycho" 797 00:31:00,568 --> 00:31:02,751 Famously kills off its protagonist 798 00:31:02,769 --> 00:31:04,928 More than half an hour into the film. 799 00:31:04,947 --> 00:31:10,108 ♪ ♪ 800 00:31:10,260 --> 00:31:13,120 "dressed to kill" both updates and parodies "psycho." 801 00:31:15,357 --> 00:31:17,824 De palma turns the trail blazed by hitchcock 802 00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:20,168 Into a slyly satirical boulevard, 803 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,522 Going places hitchcock couldn't in 1960. 804 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:25,457 [soft ominous music] 805 00:31:25,609 --> 00:31:27,109 Narrator: The second half of "dressed to kill" 806 00:31:27,127 --> 00:31:28,660 Is a detective story 807 00:31:28,812 --> 00:31:31,204 Led by two amateur sleuths: 808 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,533 Liz blake and kate's adoring son peter, 809 00:31:34,551 --> 00:31:36,518 Played by keith gordon. 810 00:31:36,670 --> 00:31:38,670 Every scene is enhanced 811 00:31:38,822 --> 00:31:41,381 By de palma's vast knowledge of film technique. 812 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,975 ♪ ♪ 813 00:31:44,128 --> 00:31:45,977 - Obviously, the story involves 814 00:31:46,130 --> 00:31:49,464 A lot of double and mirror and two people looking alike 815 00:31:49,483 --> 00:31:52,141 And, you know, having two personalities and splits. 816 00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:53,935 [tense music] 817 00:31:53,954 --> 00:31:56,821 Really good visual directors will find themes 818 00:31:56,974 --> 00:31:58,573 And then they'll continue to find places to inject it 819 00:31:58,659 --> 00:32:00,325 Where maybe they hadn't even planned ahead of time, 820 00:32:00,477 --> 00:32:02,077 But they keep seeing opportunities. 821 00:32:02,229 --> 00:32:03,420 - When I speak of transsexuals, 822 00:32:03,571 --> 00:32:05,571 I tend to speak of male-to-female 823 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:07,165 Because there are a whole lot more of them 824 00:32:07,317 --> 00:32:08,741 Than the going the other way. 825 00:32:08,761 --> 00:32:11,378 - The scene I remember the most is the television 826 00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,672 Where donahue is interviewing someone 827 00:32:13,824 --> 00:32:15,866 And michael caine is watching it. 828 00:32:15,884 --> 00:32:18,209 Just the--the lighting, the way it's photographed, 829 00:32:18,228 --> 00:32:19,844 And as kid, split screens drive me crazy. 830 00:32:19,997 --> 00:32:21,179 You're like, "what am I supposed to watch? 831 00:32:21,331 --> 00:32:22,430 What am I supposed to watch?" 832 00:32:22,583 --> 00:32:24,057 But you just sort of give over to it. 833 00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:25,425 It's got a very, very interesting effect 834 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:27,352 On the audience. 835 00:32:27,504 --> 00:32:28,594 - More than that, I've always been a devout heterosexual. 836 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:30,346 [chuckles] 837 00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,340 - The interview with the transsexual woman 838 00:32:32,359 --> 00:32:34,952 Signals to the audience that kate's psychiatrist, 839 00:32:35,103 --> 00:32:37,721 Played by michael caine... 840 00:32:37,739 --> 00:32:39,939 Is also the killer. 841 00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:42,017 - The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. 842 00:32:42,035 --> 00:32:43,535 It's breathtaking. 843 00:32:43,687 --> 00:32:45,520 So it's unfortunate 844 00:32:45,539 --> 00:32:49,157 That l--it sits on a foundation of transphobia 845 00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:53,453 In a really big way, in a really blatant way. 846 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:54,879 - It played into a lot of clichés. 847 00:32:55,032 --> 00:32:56,598 I mean, there were, you know-- 848 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,124 Trans people as being weird, 849 00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:01,536 Being dangerous, being other, being crazy. 850 00:33:01,555 --> 00:33:05,390 - Because "dressed to kill" came out at a time 851 00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:10,470 When trans people were still thought of as illegal, 852 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,949 Making us murderers made perfect sense. 853 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:15,900 It wasn't a big stretch 854 00:33:16,053 --> 00:33:19,045 To think that we would go from jail to killing someone. 855 00:33:19,047 --> 00:33:21,415 [eerie music] 856 00:33:21,566 --> 00:33:23,149 - I don't think that's what brian's intention 857 00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:24,634 Of making the film was about. 858 00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:26,003 Doesn't mean it's cool. 859 00:33:26,154 --> 00:33:27,395 I mean, you know, I mean, that part of the film, 860 00:33:27,414 --> 00:33:30,031 I feel like yeah, that has not dated well. 861 00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:31,916 Narrator: In 1980, 862 00:33:32,069 --> 00:33:35,012 Far more people were upset by the character of liz blake, 863 00:33:35,163 --> 00:33:37,330 A sex worker the movie never judges or shames. 864 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:38,498 - Well, hi. 865 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:40,333 I'm liz from the escort service. 866 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:42,869 I love liz blake. 867 00:33:42,871 --> 00:33:45,539 She's smart. She has a sense of humor. 868 00:33:45,557 --> 00:33:49,008 She's comfortable with her sexuality. 869 00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:50,418 She's not afraid of it 870 00:33:50,437 --> 00:33:51,862 Or feels like she has to cover it up. 871 00:33:52,013 --> 00:33:54,314 She just--she's a free s-- kind of free spirit. 872 00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:55,681 Do you think you could put together 873 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:58,885 A--a coffee break and a hot lunch? 874 00:33:58,887 --> 00:34:00,812 For tomorrow? 875 00:34:00,964 --> 00:34:03,948 Yeah, I need a thousand dollars for my mother's operation. 876 00:34:04,101 --> 00:34:07,952 Which was somewhat reflective of my own personality, 877 00:34:08,105 --> 00:34:09,337 But not completely, you know? 878 00:34:09,489 --> 00:34:11,214 I am a child of the '50s. 879 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,824 So I do have that repression. 880 00:34:12,976 --> 00:34:14,976 [chuckles] liz still lives in me a little bit. 881 00:34:14,978 --> 00:34:17,070 Thank god straight (bleep)s are still in style. 882 00:34:17,072 --> 00:34:18,680 ♪ ♪ 883 00:34:18,832 --> 00:34:22,434 - That's why the film doesn't smack of misogyny to me-- 884 00:34:22,585 --> 00:34:24,377 Because it feels like 885 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:28,548 Brian de palma trying to understand 886 00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:31,668 Why people are so hung up on their sexuality. 887 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,570 ♪ ♪ 888 00:34:33,721 --> 00:34:36,523 And it is designed to get you 889 00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:37,966 To question your own relationship 890 00:34:37,984 --> 00:34:40,218 With your sexuality. 891 00:34:40,237 --> 00:34:42,061 Narrator: In the hands of a master, 892 00:34:42,081 --> 00:34:45,307 Graphic scenes of violence become stylish explorations 893 00:34:45,325 --> 00:34:47,250 Of the language of cinema, 894 00:34:47,402 --> 00:34:49,586 But film can also be a blunt instrument... 895 00:34:49,737 --> 00:34:51,104 - [screams] 896 00:34:51,106 --> 00:34:52,572 ♪ ♪ 897 00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,198 Narrator: Using violent horror 898 00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:56,643 To make us face the worst parts of ourselves. 899 00:34:56,645 --> 00:34:58,303 ♪ ♪ 900 00:35:03,008 --> 00:35:06,494 - [screaming] 901 00:35:06,513 --> 00:35:09,013 Narrator: My great love is italian horror. 902 00:35:09,166 --> 00:35:10,807 - [screaming] 903 00:35:10,959 --> 00:35:12,684 - Italian horror, as opposed to american horror-- 904 00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:14,528 They're like horror movies with no rules. 905 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:15,921 There were no limits on gore. 906 00:35:15,939 --> 00:35:19,424 [indistinct chatter] 907 00:35:19,426 --> 00:35:20,408 [dramatic music] 908 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,801 - [gasps] 909 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,120 [screams] 910 00:35:23,271 --> 00:35:24,696 Narrator: In the '70s and '80s, 911 00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:27,457 Directors like mario bava, lucio fulci, 912 00:35:27,609 --> 00:35:29,142 And dario argento... 913 00:35:29,144 --> 00:35:31,235 - [sobbing] 914 00:35:31,255 --> 00:35:33,355 Narrator: Took the conventions of horror 915 00:35:33,373 --> 00:35:36,358 And dialed them up to operatic intensity. 916 00:35:36,376 --> 00:35:38,835 [intense dramatic music] - [cries out] 917 00:35:38,987 --> 00:35:40,403 - They didn't know you weren't allowed 918 00:35:40,422 --> 00:35:42,989 To have eyeballs exploding and eviscerations, 919 00:35:42,991 --> 00:35:46,117 Whereas american movies or canadian movies like "scanners" 920 00:35:46,136 --> 00:35:48,845 Had one big moment or a couple of big moments. 921 00:35:48,997 --> 00:35:50,671 [loud pops] 922 00:35:50,691 --> 00:35:54,058 - [howling bestially] 923 00:35:54,211 --> 00:35:55,485 - The italian movies, 924 00:35:55,637 --> 00:35:59,080 It's just like one after another after another. 925 00:35:59,082 --> 00:36:01,007 Narrator: Dario argento's debut film, 926 00:36:01,009 --> 00:36:02,934 "the bird with the crystal plumage," 927 00:36:03,086 --> 00:36:06,221 Took the brutal italian crime genre called giallo... 928 00:36:06,223 --> 00:36:08,606 [horn honks] 929 00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:10,058 Narrator: And turned it into high art. 930 00:36:10,076 --> 00:36:13,520 - [screaming] 931 00:36:13,538 --> 00:36:15,914 [suspenseful music] 932 00:36:16,066 --> 00:36:17,890 - So there was certain tropes you had to follow 933 00:36:17,892 --> 00:36:19,584 For it to be a giallo. 934 00:36:19,736 --> 00:36:21,803 You had to have red herrings. 935 00:36:21,955 --> 00:36:24,088 You had to be guessing who the killer was the whole movie. 936 00:36:24,241 --> 00:36:26,825 The killer had to wear gloves. 937 00:36:26,827 --> 00:36:28,576 ♪ ♪ 938 00:36:28,595 --> 00:36:31,254 Dario argento rewrites the rules 939 00:36:31,273 --> 00:36:32,497 With "the bird with the crystal plumage." 940 00:36:32,515 --> 00:36:36,251 - [shrieking] 941 00:36:36,269 --> 00:36:38,102 - It's got all of the signature things 942 00:36:38,255 --> 00:36:40,405 From argento and the most fantastic score by morricone. 943 00:36:40,556 --> 00:36:42,674 The black-gloved killer-- 944 00:36:42,692 --> 00:36:44,776 That, most of the time, was dario argento's hands 945 00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:46,102 'cause it had to be done right. 946 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,020 - [screaming] 947 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,448 - Penetrating the victim with a knife... 948 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,525 - [shrieking] 949 00:36:52,544 --> 00:36:54,352 - But very, very stylish. 950 00:36:54,354 --> 00:36:57,047 [intense music] 951 00:36:57,198 --> 00:37:00,500 "bird with the crystal plumage" really announces 952 00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:02,785 The era of the modern horror film... 953 00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:06,923 ♪ ♪ 954 00:37:07,075 --> 00:37:10,160 Narrator: And was a big influence on brian de palma. 955 00:37:10,178 --> 00:37:11,953 - You look at "dressed to kill" 956 00:37:11,972 --> 00:37:13,546 And you look at "bird with the crystal plumage"-- 957 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:15,206 You could put the movies on top of each other. 958 00:37:15,208 --> 00:37:17,308 ♪ ♪ 959 00:37:17,461 --> 00:37:19,294 Narrator: But the most groundbreaking, 960 00:37:19,312 --> 00:37:22,155 Provocative italian horror film of all time... 961 00:37:23,891 --> 00:37:26,910 Is ruggero deodato's "cannibal holocaust." 962 00:37:27,061 --> 00:37:28,820 ♪ ♪ 963 00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:32,815 Deodato apprenticed under two master directors, 964 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:35,919 Sergio corbucci and roberto rossellini. 965 00:37:36,070 --> 00:37:37,645 - Francesco! 966 00:37:37,664 --> 00:37:40,448 Francesco! Francesco! 967 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:42,067 - Think of the violence and the realism 968 00:37:42,085 --> 00:37:43,318 Of "rome, open city"... 969 00:37:43,336 --> 00:37:44,618 [gunfire] 970 00:37:44,638 --> 00:37:47,288 - Mama! Mama! 971 00:37:47,307 --> 00:37:50,008 ♪ ♪ 972 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,644 - And the violence and politics of corbucci's films. 973 00:37:52,795 --> 00:37:57,198 [gunshot] - [shouting and moaning] 974 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,342 - And you combine them and you get ruggero deodato. 975 00:37:59,361 --> 00:38:00,801 [people chanting] 976 00:38:00,821 --> 00:38:02,094 - You're about to witness an ancient ritual 977 00:38:02,114 --> 00:38:04,339 Never before seen by civilized man. 978 00:38:04,357 --> 00:38:07,208 - And that's why "cannibal holocaust" is so effective. 979 00:38:07,210 --> 00:38:08,743 It's no accident. 980 00:38:08,895 --> 00:38:10,245 [music rushing] 981 00:38:10,396 --> 00:38:12,514 ♪ ♪ 982 00:38:12,532 --> 00:38:16,075 - Today is, uh, Saturday the 25th. 983 00:38:16,228 --> 00:38:18,295 If I were in new york right now, 984 00:38:18,446 --> 00:38:20,522 I'd probably be out shopping. 985 00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:21,706 - "cannibal holocaust" is the first 986 00:38:21,858 --> 00:38:22,941 Kind of found-footage movie. 987 00:38:22,943 --> 00:38:26,069 - [wailing] 988 00:38:26,087 --> 00:38:28,738 [cries out in spanish] 989 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:30,122 ♪ ♪ 990 00:38:30,142 --> 00:38:31,699 - "cannibal holocaust" starts out 991 00:38:31,718 --> 00:38:33,868 With a group of documentary filmmakers 992 00:38:33,887 --> 00:38:36,712 Who went down to the jungles of the amazon 993 00:38:36,732 --> 00:38:39,131 To make a movie about cannibals and never returned. 994 00:38:39,151 --> 00:38:40,466 "cannibal holocaust" narrator: Are they still alive? 995 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:42,285 And if so, where are they? 996 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:43,486 - They've disappeared 997 00:38:43,638 --> 00:38:44,904 And we don't know what happened to them, 998 00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:46,889 So then professor monroe goes through 999 00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:48,158 And kind of retraces their steps 1000 00:38:48,309 --> 00:38:49,975 And finds all these clues 1001 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:52,971 Until he finally finds the skulls of the people, 1002 00:38:52,989 --> 00:38:55,390 And they're dead and there are all the film cans there. 1003 00:38:55,408 --> 00:38:58,043 ♪ ♪ 1004 00:38:58,194 --> 00:38:59,169 [eerie whirring] - okay. 1005 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,970 - The second half of the movie 1006 00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:02,964 Is him back in new york city, watching the footage, 1007 00:39:03,116 --> 00:39:04,482 And what he sees is shocking. 1008 00:39:04,501 --> 00:39:07,177 [intense ominous music] 1009 00:39:07,328 --> 00:39:11,197 ♪ ♪ 1010 00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:12,998 - You know this is gonna make us famous. 1011 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,242 - Yeah, you think so, huh? 1012 00:39:14,260 --> 00:39:15,352 - Yeah. - How famous? 1013 00:39:15,503 --> 00:39:17,445 - Real famous and real rich. 1014 00:39:17,447 --> 00:39:19,722 [gunshot] - die! 1015 00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:21,524 - But professor monroe discovers 1016 00:39:21,676 --> 00:39:23,360 That it wasn't that these documentary gr--filmmakers 1017 00:39:23,511 --> 00:39:25,520 Were preyed on by cannibals and eaten by cannibals. 1018 00:39:25,672 --> 00:39:26,896 They were actually the manipulators. 1019 00:39:27,048 --> 00:39:29,849 [riz ortolani's "love with fun"] 1020 00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:32,810 [slow upbeat music] 1021 00:39:32,829 --> 00:39:40,025 ♪ ♪ 1022 00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:42,770 Narrator: Deodato has said the film was a reaction 1023 00:39:42,789 --> 00:39:44,956 To the media's sensationalized coverage 1024 00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:46,691 Of italian terrorists. 1025 00:39:46,693 --> 00:39:48,693 [eerie music] 1026 00:39:48,711 --> 00:39:50,053 But for many viewers, 1027 00:39:50,204 --> 00:39:52,222 The political message was overshadowed 1028 00:39:52,373 --> 00:39:55,091 By the film's extremely realistic violence. 1029 00:39:55,243 --> 00:39:56,910 [tragic music] 1030 00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:59,320 - Everyone thought "cannibal holocaust" was real, 1031 00:39:59,322 --> 00:40:01,898 And this was years before "blair witch." 1032 00:40:02,049 --> 00:40:04,216 "cannibal holocaust" was so shocking 1033 00:40:04,236 --> 00:40:07,495 That ruggero deodato was brought up on murder charges. 1034 00:40:07,497 --> 00:40:09,631 ♪ ♪ 1035 00:40:09,649 --> 00:40:11,741 - But when he actually ended up in court, 1036 00:40:11,893 --> 00:40:14,469 Deodato was acquitted on the--the human killing 1037 00:40:14,487 --> 00:40:16,804 Because he actually brought out the actors and said, 1038 00:40:16,823 --> 00:40:18,214 "okay, you-- you think these guys are dead. 1039 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,340 Here they are." 1040 00:40:19,342 --> 00:40:21,066 [indistinct shouting] 1041 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:24,254 Narrator: "cannibal holocaust" deeply affected me, 1042 00:40:24,405 --> 00:40:26,722 So much so that I had to make my own cannibal movie. 1043 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,050 [all shrieking] 1044 00:40:29,202 --> 00:40:30,652 The documentary 1045 00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:32,503 That the kids in "cannibal holocaust" are making 1046 00:40:32,656 --> 00:40:34,464 Is called "the green inferno." 1047 00:40:34,616 --> 00:40:36,433 So I named my movie "the green inferno" 1048 00:40:36,584 --> 00:40:38,092 As a nod to "cannibal holocaust." 1049 00:40:38,245 --> 00:40:41,554 [man screaming, flesh squelching] 1050 00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:43,398 This was the feature-film version of that. 1051 00:40:43,549 --> 00:40:46,325 [man screaming, flesh squelching] 1052 00:40:46,327 --> 00:40:49,370 - [exclaims in language] 1053 00:40:49,372 --> 00:40:51,096 Narrator: Some artists are compelled 1054 00:40:51,149 --> 00:40:54,884 To challenge their audiences, but how far is too far? 1055 00:40:54,903 --> 00:40:58,179 For me, "cannibal holocaust" is right at the edge. 1056 00:40:58,198 --> 00:41:00,790 For others, it's way over it. 1057 00:41:00,942 --> 00:41:03,059 - I really think it's a movie that is so offensive 1058 00:41:03,077 --> 00:41:04,377 And so horrific 1059 00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:06,938 And really has something to offend everybody. 1060 00:41:06,956 --> 00:41:09,857 [dissonant music] 1061 00:41:09,876 --> 00:41:11,042 - It's supposed to be shocking. 1062 00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:12,284 You're not supposed to just watch it 1063 00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:13,019 And then move on to something else. 1064 00:41:13,021 --> 00:41:14,453 You know, 1065 00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:15,788 If you can get through "cannibal holocaust," 1066 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:16,973 You see some of the most incredible, 1067 00:41:17,124 --> 00:41:18,899 Incredible filmmaking ever. 1068 00:41:18,901 --> 00:41:23,454 ♪ ♪ 1069 00:41:23,456 --> 00:41:26,191 [eerie music] 1070 00:41:26,342 --> 00:41:30,487 Narrator: Horror is where our nightmares come to life. 1071 00:41:30,638 --> 00:41:34,048 It reveals humanity at its best and its worst... 1072 00:41:34,067 --> 00:41:36,050 ♪ ♪ 1073 00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:39,128 What we desire and what we dread, 1074 00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:40,062 Who we are... 1075 00:41:40,214 --> 00:41:41,697 [gunshot] 1076 00:41:41,850 --> 00:41:43,074 And what we're afraid we might be. 1077 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:44,559 - [grunts] 1078 00:41:44,577 --> 00:41:45,743 Narrator: If we have the courage 1079 00:41:45,895 --> 00:41:47,504 To face our nightmares, 1080 00:41:47,655 --> 00:41:49,897 We can conquer our deepest fears. 1081 00:41:49,916 --> 00:41:51,049 - [screaming]