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I honestly don't know whether to rate this is as the greatest documentary ever, or the most pointless one ever. Probably a bit of both. Great because, in barely 20 minutes, this short doc features the horror genre's greatest heroes (and simultaneously my favorite actors of all-times) in the most prominent roles. There are interviews with Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, and Vincent Price, and brief appearances of Peter Cushing, Bela Lugosi, and Roger Corman to make the party complete. Pointless because it's really the most random and unstructured 20-minute horror ode in history.

There's isn't a theme. Karloff talks about his work with make-up artist Jack Pierce, and particularly about how the legendary Monster of Frankenstein look came to exist. Price explains why audiences love to be frightened and how this makes horror a thankful and popular genre. The most captivating contribution comes from Christopher Lee, though, which probably explains why the short documentary is included in his fancy Blu-Ray box set "The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee". First, I must emphasize that his knowledge of the French language is vastly impressive, and his pronunciations are near-perfect. Very, very impressive for an Englishman. Lee melancholically talks about fellow Count Dracula performer Bela Lugosi, and how the role eventually drove him insane. Lee also lists a number of ways how his horror-antagonist characters died on the screen, and that's quite funny.

Horror (1964)

*** (out of 4)

This here was made for French television and features interviews with the likes of Boris Karloff, Roger Corman, Christopher Lee and several others. I have to state that I watched this twenty-minute film in French without any English subtitles so I really can't tell you what was being said or discussed. The interview with Karloff has him speaking English and the French narration stopped at times to where you can hear the horror legend talking about his work with Jack Pierce. As far as the other stuff, it was hard for me to make out what was being said but as a horror fan this still kept me entertained. There are some great photographs shown as well as some clips from the movies. Obviously this was meant to show off the love for the genre and even though I couldn't understand what was being said it really didn't keep me any less entertained. It's strange, even through the narration you could just feel the love for the genre.