"The final journey into '80s horror."

2022

5h 42m

7.5(21 votes)

Documentary

Horror

Overview

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.

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Cast & Crew

47 members

Acting

Tom Atkins

Self

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Adrienne Barbeau

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Doug Bradley

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Julie Brown

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John Carpenter

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Robert Englund

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Geretta Geretta

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Kane Hodder

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Lloyd Kaufman

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Sound

Mark Mangini

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Bill Moseley

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Cassandra Peterson

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Linnea Quigley

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Art

William Sandell

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Costume & Make-Up

Tom Savini

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Dee Wallace

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Production

Brad Henderson

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Thom Mathews

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Charles Band

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William Lustig

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Deborah Brock

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Caroline Munro

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Lori Cardille

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Ted Nicolaou

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Nick Castle

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Barbara Crampton

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Joe Dante

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Felissa Rose

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Mick Garris

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Gene Simmons

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Crew

Screaming Mad George

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David Gregory

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Frank Dietz

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Chris Irvine

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Alex Winter

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Tom Holland

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Caroline Williams

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Corey Taylor

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Tibor Takács

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Gigi Saul Guerrero

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David Schmoeller

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William Ragsdale

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John Bloom

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Diana Prince

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Kathleen Wilhoite

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David Dastmalchian

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Jed Shepherd

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