Nov 24, 2024
383 min
Full-HD

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 (2024)

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

Category

Documentary Horror

Country

United States of America

Companies

CreatorVC

Mike Flanagan

Self

David Dastmalchian

Self

Clancy Brown

Self

John Carpenter

Self

Heather Langenkamp

Self

Alex Winter

Self

Ted Raimi

Self

Jill Schoelen

Self

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