Bardlerx
Strictly average movie
Ensofter
Overrated and overhyped
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
Gurlyndrobb
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
falseprophet616
Vague, mostly uninteresting, unfocused and meandering. With the occasional box-office mention, or highlight-reel of gore (ie. spoilers) with shoddy rock music in the background.About 10 minutes of interviews with crew/filmmakers have any actual substance to them. Where some of the craft and themes are elaborated upon.Interviews generally go like this "Imagine liking horror films and violent films, isn't that crazy that people can like films with death in them? Well, us filmmakers & fans like these movies! And they can be very successful, so what's that about?!"
By the end of the docu you'll be very tired of hearing this.You're honestly better off reading some Wikipedia pages on slasher films.
kirk-246
I am probably one of the biggest fans of slasher movies.Whenever I see one,I expect gore,violence,and mayhem.'Going to Pieces: The Rise of the slasher Film' delivers what I want.It shows us when the slasher genre was famous after such films such as 'Psycho', 'Halloween', and 'Scream'.It also shows us when the genre was becoming weak after films such as 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation' and many others.What really made the movie good was showing us some clips and death scenes of the films of the slasher genre,which makes this documentary both gory and entertaining.I just have one question before my review ends.Where is the DVD?
Michael_Elliott
Going to Pieces (2006) *** 1/2 (out of 4) A look at the rise and fall of slasher films is one of the best documentaries I've seen on the subject due in large part to the fact that we actually get to see clips from the various movies that are being discussed. Most of the times these documentaries can't show clips due to rights issues but thankfully all of the glorious clips are here. We also get interviews with the big guys like Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sean Cunningham, Rob Zombie and various other smaller guys who contributed to the big part of the genre back in the early 80s. I also loved the clips from Siskel and Ebert where the two say horror films only appeal to guys who want to kill women themselves.
GlennDavidTaylor
OK, I liked this documentary a lot. It had great information, great interviews with the actors and creators, and all of that.All in all, it was very entertaining, informative, well researched, etc.So, you may ask why say that I have a "spoiler" in such a film, or how is it possible.Well, here it is: They left out one very important Series of movies (or they covered it so fast that I didn't even see it in 2 viewings).What did they leave out, you ask. Candyman, Candyman, Candyman.Those movies certainly deserved a little credit. Also, no mention was made about how Science Fition spliced itself together with slasher films in movies like Shocker and The Hidden. Aren't they slasher films? Anyway, they couldn't include every movie ever made, of course, but no Candyman? How is it possible? Other than that, I thought this documentary was excellent.Desert-Buddha
