Andrew Monument's horror film history lesson could supplement a portion of any film history class, running through the decades with the living greats of horror themselves, reflecting on their favorite classics as well as their own creations. As an introduction to horror history and its charismatic pillars of production, Nightmares In Red, White and Blue works marvels, but the film also stands as comprehensive proof of the genre's legitimacy.
Andrew Monument's horror film history lesson could supplement a portion of any film history class, running through the decades with the living greats of horror themselves, reflecting on their favorite classics as well as their own creations. As an introduction to horror history and its charismatic pillars of production, Nightmares In Red, White and Blue works marvels, but the film also stands as comprehensive proof of the genre's legitimacy.
"The resulting film (winner of three Sundance awards and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature) empathetically depicts a disturbing lifestyle, lived out by people who made a series of poor choices, happened to draw the short straw, or a combination of the two."
Superheroes presents a troubled minority, putting themselves at risk for the sake of a better world. The result is a sometimes humorous, but often morose look into why these benevolent, and disheartened souls don the superhero image.