You are in a dark, warm room, and this plays in the background.

Nothing that happens tomorrow will hurt you; you will remain, indelibly, your least damaged self, unchanged, so it's okay to sleep.

Today isn't the last day.

You are safe.

Basically, I felt like I pregamed for October by watching this one today. It’s just a really fun sizzle reel of horror movies hosted by Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen, and it’s delightful. There are some odd choices in the clips included, with probably the weirdest being the inclusion of a lot of clips from Stallone’s action thriller, NightHawks. Certainly weird, but I didn’t really mind too much, because hey, Nighthawks is a pretty cool movie. 

Also, I genuinely loved how Allen and Pleasance kept referring to horror movies as “terror films” haha.

I admit I'm rating this one so high because of sentimental reasons. I watched this a hundred times as a kid. I know it's mainly one big clip film with some minor insight by hosts Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen but I still love it. When I was a kid this was my first introduction to a lot of these films. I would wonder what film that clip was from and what this one was from. Then I would try and seek out the VHS (yes, that's how long ago I'm talking) and see the films. Everytime I watch it I feel like a kid again. Plus I want to watch all of the movies for the millionth time.

The first time I watched this I was about like 13 years old. I then proceeded to watch any film from this that I could get my hands on. I honestly believe my fascination with horror movies came about because of this. I had obviously been watching scary movies before this, as they have always been a part of my life, but the full on obsession didn’t happen until I was a teenager. My watching this is most likely why. I get that it’s basically just a big scene compilation but I really don’t give a shit. It just a straight up appreciation of great horror scenes and that’s what I’m all about.

An awesome time capsule. They could never make something like this today.

I used to gobble documentaries like this up. Just a series of clips from hundreds of horror movies with occasional vague narration. They're like the 90s kid version of going down a YouTube rabbit hole. I may have even checked this out from my public library when staying with a friend and we'd make lists of all the movies we wanted to see from it. The various clips, given no context, even scared us by themselves! 

These work better now as background for a Halloween party than as a documentary, but that's essential in my house.

Caught this sucker on the big screen and had a blast. It was the perfect nostalgia trip. My girlfriend, on the other hand, thought it was the biggest waste of time. Sometimes I wonder why I try lol.

A fun montage of clips from horror/thriller movies with a gigantic emphasis on Carpenter, Cronenberg, De Palma and Hitchcock.

The linking scenes with Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen are a lot of fun.

I made this list of every movie they used a clip from.

A collection of clips and snippets from across the horror and suspense genre narrated by Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen.

Cashing in on the mid 80s upswing and popularity of slasher flicks. A lot of these clips are key moments, the best known moments from the movies showcased. What Pleasance and Allen do here is show just exactly how across the board some horror cliches are. We still enjoy them nonetheless.

Beware though, it's rather spoiler-y.

List of the films shown throughout Terror In The Aisles

Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen loudly comment on clips from a bunch of horror (and weirdly a lot of non horror) films in a movie theatre. Basically exists to say "Horror films are cool," which I agree with but do not find particularly compelling over 80 minutes. Interesting as a thing that could never really exist now.

Honestly, I could see where this would be nostalgic to someone who rented it in the 80s/90s. But to me, it was kind of a waste of time. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I have seen about 90% of the clips that were shown. I just thought it would be more like a documentary. Oh well.

4.0/10

“Maybe deep down we have a need to be scared.”-Donald Pleasence 

Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen take us on a journey though terror films.  This is essentially a clip show.  This has turned me on to films I never knew about.  This is a good film to have on during Halloween, maybe even a party. This came out in the 80’s, so the films featured are from the the 80”s and earlier.  It’s fun.         8/10

Endless collage of film clips from almost 75 terror movies, from ALIEN to WAIT UNTIL DARK, for old school horror fans. There’s silly commentary from Allen and Pleasence but its truly in good fun, sitting in a simulated movie house. It's a excellent celebration of horror and the movie going community. For diehard genre addicts only.

This was so much fun to watch. Imagine a David Attenborough documentary but with random clips of some of the greatest horror films of all time and swap Attenborough’s narration for Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen. As an added bonus, the audience is played by half a room of people who look bored out of their minds and another half of people completely over acting whilst playing to 80s stereotypes. As great as it is and as much as I’d love to see an updated version of this, something like this would never be made these days thanks to the invention of YouTube and the easy access to all the clips shown within this. It’s a product of it’s time and that’s exactly why it’s so great.

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You are in a dark, warm room, and this plays in the background.

Nothing that happens tomorrow will hurt you; you will remain, indelibly, your least damaged self, unchanged, so it's okay to sleep.

Today isn't the last day.

You are safe.

Thank you, Shout! Factory, for rescuing this film from another decade of Universal treating it as a glorified bonus feature.

[Also watched the alternate television cut on the disc, didn't feel like logging twice.]

“Scary movies tap into your childhood fear of the dark & being alone” - Great documentary that uses nothing but clips from many iconic horror films that we all love & respect. Donald Pleasence narration on this was absolutely perfect.

Does a "terror" movie clip show hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen uttering Film 101 base generalities on how the genre functions (which to be fair are about comparable to the level of insight the vast majority of film video essay youtubers provide) particularly need to exist? Yes, for two reasons: Nancy Allen is a very attractive woman and the bold choice of only identifying 4 out of the 60+ films featured by name while their clips are played.

Horror/Thriller clip show with introduction scenes by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen. Some nice clips with Pleasence hamming it up and throwing out pun after pun. Nancy Allen also does a nice job. Just not as entertaining as Pleasence , but much more enjoyable to look at. They cover most of the big 70s and early 80s horrors. Would have liked to at least seen the 60s more represented. Only a few 60s clips. Still an enjoyable watch.

The best clip show you’re gonna find! Perfect party movie and an all around well put together film. Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen stun as always!