Episodes
Episode 17: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) & Symptoms (1974)
Episode 17: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) & Symptoms (1974). Fall into madness.
Welcome to episode 17 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts.
This week we are exploring the horrors of autumn, with a double bill of movies that use the tuning of the seasons as metaphors for the increasingly fragmented psyches of their protagonists.
First up we have Lets Scare Jessica to Death from 1971, then we follow this with Symptoms from 1974
Both movies use the beauty of their respective autumnal landscapes as a serene backdrops for their increasingly nightmarish scenarios. The crisp leaves muted colours and early morning mists of Connecticut in the US and Hillingdon in Great Britain gradually morphing from a place of sanctuary, escape and tranquillity one of slow stultifying death and decay. Released at the start of the 1970s, and with an emphasis on alternative and creative lifestyles, both also can be said to represent the demise of the love generation, as the hope and optimism of flower power gave way to Vietnam, civil unrest and the winter of discontent.
Sources:
House of Psychotic Women by Kier La Janisse
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/death-of-the-60s-dream-1969/
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/did-the-sixties-dream-die-in-1969?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert
https://sfist.com/2017/03/02/what_was_the_summer_of_love_an_expl/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love
Hancock on Hancock by John Hancock
Imprint blu ray special edition of lets Scare Jessica to Death (special features)
https://screenanarchy.com/2006/10/interview-with-director-john-hancock.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Scare_Jessica_to_Death
BFI blu ray special edition of Symptoms (special features)
English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby
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Episode 16: Livid (2011) & Suspiria (1977)
Welcome to episode 16 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we pair 2 movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts
This week we are exploring the terrors of ballet school with two European horror films that are connected through more than just the depiction of dance.
First up we Head to France and 2011 for Livide from the directing duo of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Chloe Colloud, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Chloe Marcq, and Felix Moati
Then we head across to Italy – or should that be Germany – and 1977 for Suspiria from Dario Argento, starring Jessican Harper, Stefania Cassini, Alida Valli and Joan Bennet
Both films can be said to be the horror movie as fairy tale, and if we are honest neither is going to appeal to viewers who prefer naturalistic and realistic narratives. Livid moves the directors of 2007’s Inside away from the extreme violence of their debut and into the realms of fantasy, while Suspiria is a full-blown assault on the senses that was inspired by Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to name just one of its very diverse influences.
Along the way we will be discussing the careers of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, Baroque approaches to lighting design, the creative and relationship drama behind Suspiria, fairy tale approaches to horror and much more
References:
Livid
https://archive.ph/20121211050709/http://asberman.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/from-the-vault-livide-interview-with-julien-maury/
https://collider.com/alexandre-bustillo-julien-maury-livid-hellraiser-remake-interview/
https://medium.com/keeping-it-spooky/french-frights-livide-6936d081a623
https://monstrousindustry.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/interview-with-livid-directors-alexandre-bustillo-and-julien-maury/#:~:text=AB%2BJM%3A%20For%20both%2C%20our%20relationship,on%20our%20first%202%20movies
https://newhorror.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/from-the-vault-livide-interview-with-julien-maury/#:~:text=you%20are%20again%20taking%20a,for%20the%20look%20of%20Livide
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/153462/
https://www.ghoulsmagazine.com/articles/interview-director-julien-maury-talks-kandisha?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Films of the New French Extremity by Alexandra West.
Suspiria
Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento by Maitland McDonagh
Fear The Autobiography of Dario Argento
Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths and The Magic by Alan Jones
Spaghetti Nightmares edited by Luca M Palmerini and Geatano Mistretta.
Dario Argento An Eye for Horror Directed by Leon Ferguson
Dario Argento Panico directed by Simone Scaffidi.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bennett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alida_Valli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_De_Quincey
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Episode 15: Sleep Tight (2011) & Them (2006)
Episode 15: Sleep Tight (2011) & Them (2006): There's no place like home.....
Welcome to episode 15 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts.
This week we are exploring the horrors that lurk in the home, with two movies that depict our safest spaces as places of threat, terror and murder. First up with have Jaume Ballaguero’s Spanish psychological thriller Sleep Tight from 2011, a highly disturbing character study of a malignant building custodian and the lengths to which he will go to achieve true happiness. Then we head over to Romania for Them from directing duo David Moureau and Xavier Palud, a French co-production from 2006 that pre-dates The Strangers in its depiction of a young couple terrorised by a home invasion.
Both films are nightmarish slices of Euro horror that crank up the tension and dismantle the notion of home being a sanctuary, exploiting the helplessness of their central characters. And despite being made 15 to 20 years ago, both also feed into modern anxieties about isolation, class, power imbalance and the fragility of what we call society. They also quite literally present very different perspectives – one through the lens of the perpetrator and the other through the eyes of the victims.
Along the way we’ll be discussing the origins of home invasion horror, silent movie director Lois Weber, the career of director Jaume Ballageuro, new French extremity cinema and much much more.
References:
Sleep Tight
Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lazzaro Reboll
The Spanish Fantastic by Shelagh Rowan Legg.
https://diariodevenusville.com/festival-de-sitges-2011-mientras-duermes-rueda-jaume-balaguero-luis-tosar/
https://diariodevenusville.com/festival-de-sitges-2011-mientras-duermes-entrevista-jaume-balaguero/
https://diariodevenusville.com/festival-de-sitges-2011-mientras-duermes-entrevista-luis-tosar/
https://diariodevenusville.com/festival-de-sitges-2011-mientras-duermes-entrevista-marta-etura/
https://www.moviemuser.co.uk/2013/02/28/luis-tosar-interview-chatting-with-the-star-of-sleep-tight/
https://www.milanacine.es/alberto-marini-10-anos-mientras-duermes/
https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1184755/0/jaume-balaguero/mientras-duermes/sitges-2011/
Them
Behind the Scenes of Them: available on the blu ray special edition form Umbrella Entertainment.
Films of the New French Extremity by Alexandra West
https://www.ecranlarge.com/films/interview/901002-david-moreau-xavier-palud-ils
https://www.ecranlarge.com/films/interview/901003-olivia-bonamy-michael-cohen-ils
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s%E2%80%931990s_Romanian_orphans_phenomenon?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Underground?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Episode 14: Messiah of Evil (1973) & The Fog (1980)
Episode 14: Messiah of Evil (1973) & The Fog (1980): "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....."
Welcome To episode 14 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts
This week we are exploring coastal horrors and the terrors that lurk in the liminal space between the land and the sea. First up we have Messiah of Evil from 1973 a surreal almost Lovecraftian indie horror from the writers of American Graffiti Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and, somewhat bizarrely, Howard the Duck. Then we jump forward to 1980 for the fog, John carpenter's follow up to Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau and Janet Leigh
Both of this week’s movies depict terrors from the past returning to menace supposedly idyllic seaside California towns, but behind the scenes both have their roots in the rise of American independent cinema in the 1970s and also share some very interesting and rather troubled post production stories. Along the way we'll also be exploring the nature of coastal horror, including just a few of my favourites of the genre, the death of the Hollywood studio system, the rise of independent film making in the 1960s and 1970s, and much more.
William Hope Hodgson Readings
The Derelict - https://youtu.be/x44h5oeVoM0?si=V4mLlwl2DIfcWH6k
The Voice in the Night: https://youtu.be/ASIfPcyTAH0?si=VNJDiwQoJfa5Lb0s
References - Introduction
The Birds by Daphne DuMaurier
Cornish Tales of Terror ed. R. Chetwynd Haynes
https://nmmc.co.uk/2023/07/maritime-superstitions/
https://www.sailingeurope.com/blog/sailors-superstitions
References - Messiah of Evil
"Nightmare USA - the untold story of exploitation independents" by Stephen Thrower
The mini documentary "Remembering Messiah of Evil" form the Code Red DVD Release of the movie
https://creepycatalog.com/messiah-of-evil-movie/#:~:text=released%20the%20movie%20under%20the,%E2%80%9D
https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/336575/messiah-of-evil-a-criminally-overlooked-piece-of-1970s-strangeness/
References - The Fog
Extras from the Studio Canal Blu-ray restoration release including the documentary "Retribution - Uncovering John Carpenter's The Fog" and the audio commentary from John Carpenter and writer producer Deborah Hill.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/01/28/people-start-running
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Episode 13: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) & An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Welcome to episode 13 of The Horror Double Bill. This week we are exploring the horrors of lycanthropy and the legend of the werewolf, a creature that has been used for centuries as a metaphor for themes including sexual repression, puberty, male violence, insanity and the beats within.
An we are starting off this week with the first horror movie that I ever saw, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman from 1943 starring Lon Chaney Jnr, Bela Lugosi, illona Massey and Lionel Atwill. Then we are jumping forward to 1981 with An American Werewolf in London from starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne.
As well as showcasing their titular monsters, both films were, in their own ways, incredibly groundbreaking. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf man is arguably the very first movie to suggest a concept that is all too familiar today – if not a little overused which is the idea of a cinematic universe. Meanwhile An American Werewolf In London showcases incredible practical effects work that, along with The Howling released in the same year, set the benchmark for horror transformations for years to come. Both movies also have a very personal significance for me that we will discuss as the episode continues
Along the way we will be discussing the possible origins of the werewolf myth, historical examples of lycathropy, the somewhat renegade approach to children’s publishing in the 1970s, the life of actor Lon Chaney Junior and much more.
References used:
The Beaver Book of Horror by Daniel Farson
Memoirs of a Wolfman by Paul Naschy
Universal Horrors, The Studios Classic Films 1931 to 1946 by Tom Weaver, Michral Bruans and John Brunas,
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman The original Shooting Script from the Universal Film Scripts Series edited by Philip J Reilly
American Gothic, 6 decades of classic horror cinema by Jonathan Rigby
lonchaney.com
silent-ology.wordpress.com
classicmonsters.com
Beware the Moon - available on the arrow video special edition Blu-ray release of An American Werewolf in London
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/30/john-landis-american-werewold-london#:~:text=far%20as%20filming%20went%20,to%20shoot%20in%20Piccadilly%20Circus
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/12/how-we-made-an-american-werewolf-in-london-john-landis#:~:text=I%20wanted%20a%20weird%2C%20eerie,%E2%80%9CWhat%20the%20hell%20was%20that%3F%E2%80%9D
https://morbidlybeautiful.com/horror-history-american-werewolf-in-london/#:~:text=Many%20consider%20John%20Landis%E2%80%99s%20film,its%20niche%20in%20horror%20history
https://filmschoolrejects.com/26-things-we-learned-from-the-an-american-werewolf-in-london-commentary-451071358fcb/#:~:text=apparently%20left%20people%20clueless%20as,to%20how%20they%C2%A0operate
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Episode 12: The Cat and The Canary (1939) & The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
Welcome to episode 12 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we combine 2 films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.
This week we are exploring the horrors of the old dark house, and the enduring influence of its many tropes on horror cinema.
First up is The Cat and the Canary from 1939 — a horror comedy starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, George Zucco, and Gail Sondergaard. Then we head back to Spain for The Corruption of Chris Miller a twisted psychological thriller from 1973 starring Jean Seberg, Marisol, and Barry Stokes.
Both films explore the familiar tropes of the quintessential Old Dark House movie — isolated settings, threatened heroines, power outages, and deranged killers. But while the first takes a lighter, meta commentary and comedic approach, the second leans into something far darker and psychosexual. Along the way we’ll be discussing the origins of the subgenre, the career of Juan Antonio Bardem, and also taking a closer look at the lives and careers of, Gale Sondergaard, Paulette Goddard, Marisol, and Jean Seberg, four actresses whose lives were shaped in very different ways by state surveillance, government oppression, and the systemic abuse of power.
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Sources: Introduction & The Cat and the Canary
Silentfilm.org,
American Gothic six decades of classic horror cinema by Jonathon Rigby
charliechaplin.com
ladailymirror.com
starsandletterblogspot.com
https://broadcast41.uoregon.edu/biography/sondergaard-gale#:~:text=In%201951%2C%20she%20was%20subpoenaed,%2C%20un%2DAmerican%20woman.%E2%80%9D&text=1Gale%20Sondergaard%2C%20%E2%80%9CWe%20Speak,August%201951%2C%207%2D8.
https://youtu.be/JXwHouiznKA?si=cArp5DMmtoETW2wT
Sources: The Corruption of Chris Miller
Interview with Juan Antonio Bardem on the Vinegar Syndrome Blu ray release of the film
Euro Gothic Classics of Continental Cinema by Jonathan Rigby
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/09/05/the-jean-seberg-story/11049a35-bbdb-4aef-ab67-22d06a9e98e5/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/22/mondaymediasection.filmnews
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9004756/jane-seberg-movie-true-story-black-panthers-fbi#:~:text=In%20Seberg%2C%20Jean%E2%80%99s%20involvement%20with,profile%20celebrities%20for%20their%20support
https://www.pikaramagazine.com/2018/11/pepa-flores-marisol/#:~:text=,no%20una%20familia%2C%20sino%20cuatro
https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/misterio-marisol-mujer-rebelo-pepa-flores-no-fantasia-infantil-franquismo_1_10976274.html#:~:text=Fue%20el%20comienzo%20de%20un,de%20donar%20al%20partido%20el
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/02/guardianobituaries.filmnews#:~:text=But%20in%20the%201950s%2C%20a,folkloric%20costume%20films%20it%20sanctioned.
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Episode 11: The Ghoul (2016) & Triangle (2009)
Episode Eleven: The Ghoul (2016) & Triangle (2009) : Time loops, mobius strips and the nature of reality
Welcome to episode 11 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.
This week are exploring two movies that play with our perceptions of reality, with the Ghoul from 2016, a low budget British psychological thriller that has its roots in the stand up comedy scene of the early 2000s, and Triangle from 2009, a surreal and nightmarish horror from British director Christopher Smith.
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Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine
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Sources and References
The Ghoul
In The Loop - making of The Ghoul from the Arrow Films DVD release 2018
https://www.screendaily.com/actor-turned-director-gareth-tunley-talks-debut-the-ghoul/5090710.article#:~:text=constraints
https://www.screendaily.com/actor-turned-director-gareth-tunley-talks-debut-the-ghoul/5090710.article#:~:text=Shot%20at%20the%20beginning%20of,to%20solve%20a%20murder%20case
https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/ghoul-gareth-tunley-influences#:~:text=I%20acted%20in%20Ben%20Wheatley%E2%80%99s%C2%A0Down,so%20we%20swiftly%20scrapped%20that%C2%A0idea
https://theartsdesk.com/film/it-was-appealing-make-thriller-about-mental-illness-gareth-tunley-and-alice-lowe-ghoul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RSvhf6tB0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd3QcqacLMg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7v_7OZ9O-U
Triangle
Triangle Special Edition blu ray release from Umbrella Entertainment - Director Commentary and making of documentary
https://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/interview-christopher-smith/#:~:text=I%20had%20the%20idea%20back,ship%20and%20that%20person%20you
https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/717070-interview-triangles-chris-smith#:~:text=Image
https://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/triangle-christopher-smith-interview/#:~:text=Q,those%20kind%20of%20horror%20stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7HatPZaacc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjmNvYSZc2g&t=13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRE-IoEOC0g&t=17s
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Episode 10: We Are What We Are (2010) & Raw (2016)
Welcome to episode 10 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.
This week we are exploring the horrors of cannibalism – a subject that was once regarded as one of the ultimate cinematic taboos but which has now become a strangely prevalent sub-genre , and one that is used as a metaphor for anything from class and social division to sexual awakening.
First up we have our inaugural Mexican film of the series, with Jorge Michel Grau’s We Are What We Are from 2010. Set in an impoverished barrio of Mexico City, the film follows a family of cannibals adapting to a new way of life after the death of their patriarch
And after that we head over to France for Raw from 2016, the feature debut from multi award winning director Julia Ducornau, which follows the cannibalistic awakenings of a young girl in her first week at University
Both of this weeks films have much to say about the nature of humanity, family relationships, sexuality, transgression and metamorphosis, and along the journey we will also be falling down a few rabbit holes and discussing cannibalism in history, literature and cinema, so you may not want to be eating as you listen to this one.
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References
This was a very heavily researched episode and I ran out of room to list them all in the podcast description, so for a full list of references used please refer to the video notes on the YouTube video, which can be found here:
https://youtu.be/TTTRxdf_ILE
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Episode 9: They Look Like People (2015) & The Invitation (2015)
Episode Nine: The Look Like People (2015) & The Invitation (2015). Urban paranoia, independent cinema and the horrors of friendship
Welcome to episode 9 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we put two films together to create something far greater than the sum of its parts.
This week we are unwrapping the horrors of friendship, with two films from 2015 that ask the questions, what do you do when people you once thought you knew are no longer the people you remember, and how long should you stick around to find out exactly who they have become?
First up is They Look Like People, the debut from director Perry Blackshear, a film which explores the bonds of male friendship and the impacts of male insecurity as two friends reunite in New York for the first time since college.
Then we head over to the west coast for another reunion, this time in LA, with The Invitation from director by Karyn Kusama, a study of paranoia and the impact of grief, depicting a group of old friends meeting for a dinner party where everything rapidly falls apart.
Both of this week’s films are shining examples of American Independent Cinema, and draw, to a greater or lesser degree, from the notion of replacement horror – the idea that someone close to you has been substituted by someone or something else, creating a heightened sense of paranoia and raising questions as to whether perceptions are reality or indeed reliable.
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Sources used for this weeks episode:
Replacement Horror:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute edited by Kevin McCarthy and Ed Gorman
Don Siegel Director by Stuart M Kaminsky
They Look Like People:
interviews with the cast and crew on the 2022 Yellow Veil Pictures Blu Ray release as well as the director and cast commentaries
https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/they-look-like-people-is-a-horror-that-spans-genres/
https://screenanarchy.com/2015/01/slamdance-2015-review-they-look-like-people-the-nightmare-of-self.html#:~:text=The%20other%20marvel%20to%20take,which%20also%20intelligently%20explore%20the
https://screenanarchy.com/2022/04/perry-blackshears-psychological-horror-debut-they-look-like-people-gets-a-blu-ray-release-from-yello.html#:~:text=,Audience%20Award%2C%20Nashville%20Film%20Festival
The Invitation:
interviews and commentaries with the writers, cast and crew on the blu ray release from Second Sight films
Karyn Kusama at the Directors Guild of America:
https://youtu.be/_n-a7f1UBNc?si=s8h8wweCBmiC-5Vl
Karyn Kusama at Frightday:
https://youtu.be/7TDAUxznVhM?si=ba5PpGqGBk-jce_9
An interview with Logan Marshall Green:
https://dailydead.com/exclusive-interview-with-the-invitations-logan-marshall-green/#:~:text=Logan%20Marshall,view%20the%20audience%20sits%20in
Filmmaker Magazine
https://filmmakermagazine.com/97782-framing-is-its-own-dark-art-karyn-kusama-on-the-invitation/#:~:text=Kusama%3A%20Phil%20Hay%20and%20Matt,horrifying%20element%20of%20the%20story
Go Into The Story:
https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-matt-manfredi-and-phil-hay-f5925c5923a
https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-written-karyn-kusama-and-phil-hay-the-invitation-c2690e24e97a
The Guardian:https://support.theguardian.com/uk/guardian-ad-lite?returnAddress=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffilm%2F2016%2Fapr%2F05%2Fthe-invitation-film-review-karyn-kusama-suspense
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Episode 8: Isle of the Dead (1945) & Martin (1977)
Episode Eight: Isle of the Dead (1945) & Martin (1977) : There's no such thing as a vampire.
Welcome to episode 8 of The Horror Double Bill – the podcast where we put two films together to create something greater than the sum its parts.
This week we are unpacking 2 rather unusual takes on vampire mythology. First up is Isle of the Dead from 1945, produced by Val Lewton, who we discussed back ion episode two, and starring the legendary Boris Karloff. Then we jump forward 32 years to 1977 and Martin from director George A Romero’s, which marks the first time that Romero would work with special effects wizard Tom Savini. This is a character study of a young man who believes himself to be a vampire, or then again maybe he doesn’t, and was one of the director’s favourites of all his films.
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References used for this episode:
Boris Karloff & Isle of the Dead:
Karloff.com
Val Lewton The Reality of Terror by Joel E Siegel
Universal Horror by Tom Weaver, Micheal Brunas and John Brunas
Dreams of Darkness by Jp Telotte
Icons of Grief, Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov
American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby
George A Romero & Martin
George A Romero Interviews, edited by Tony Williams
George A Romero on Screen by Chris Wade
The American Nightmare (documentary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5v03a_zCSM&t=3928s
Various special features and commentaries on the Blu Ray release of the film from Second Sight films and the Immortal Edition DVD release from Arrow Video
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