To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
The top 4O stuff was off the chain
Please log in to add to collections.
In Search of Darkness

The top 4O stuff was off the chain

The top 4O stuff was off the chain

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.253
The top 4O stuff was off the chain.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:27
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary, horror
Production
N/A

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
Really saccharine Olivia Newton-John, romantic ballads on the one hand and you had punk - In Search of Darkness 00:09
Really saccharine Olivia Newton-John, romantic ballads on th...
It was a lot like Mel Gibson's hair in Lethal Weapon. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
It was a lot like Mel Gibson's hair in Lethal Weapon.
I remember Jane Fonda Workout watching people walk down the street in workout outfits - In Search of Darkness 00:09
I remember Jane Fonda Workout watching people walk down the ...
Big hair, big shoulder pads and cocaine. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
Big hair, big shoulder pads and cocaine.
You had the fuddy-duddy sort of older generation saying no we let the kids play long enough - In Search of Darkness 00:09
You had the fuddy-duddy sort of older generation saying no w...
It was hard to be gay in that era, it was hard to state certain political views in that period. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
It was hard to be gay in that era, it was hard to state cert...
Because the '80s were an era of excess in every conceivable way. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
Because the '80s were an era of excess in every conceiv...
Drugs, disco, sex, the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
Drugs, disco, sex, the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic.
There were a lot of very heightened things going on in that decade and the horror movies - In Search of Darkness 00:09
There were a lot of very heightened things going on in that ...
And they say there's a theory that horror thrives when there's a repressive government. - In Search of Darkness 00:07
And they say there's a theory that horror thrives when ...
After Halloween I had a deal with AVCO Embassy to make two films and - In Search of Darkness 00:06
After Halloween I had a deal with AVCO Embassy to make two f...
It was a ghost story conceived on a trip to England and Stonehenge. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
It was a ghost story conceived on a trip to England and Ston...
I said to Debra Hill, man it's really amazing here. And it's a fog bank at the time was off - In Search of Darkness 00:09
I said to Debra Hill, man it's really amazing here. And...
I was gonna get hired for horror films. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
I was gonna get hired for horror films.
That's what was gonna happen because that's where I had a hit. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
That's what was gonna happen because that's where ...
You know, it's kind of an old-fashioned ghost story. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
You know, it's kind of an old-fashioned ghost story.
She spent the entire time up in that tower and so, we were never ever on-screen together. - In Search of Darkness 00:07
She spent the entire time up in that tower and so, we were n...
She's hitchhiking and the first thing she says when she gets in the car is, "Are you weird?" - In Search of Darkness 00:08
She's hitchhiking and the first thing she says when she...
And then I offer her a sip of beer and then they cut and there we are in bed. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
And then I offer her a sip of beer and then they cut and the...
Just like that. It's that easy because I'm smooth. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
Just like that. It's that easy because I'm smooth.