A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films. | dG1fbXJiVmpQN0FkRFk
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00:00 Guillermo del Toro made this observation ever since humans gathered around a campfire and
00:07 could talk.
00:08 We've been telling stories about the dark and what lives inside it.
00:12 Are you ready to be scared?
00:14 I love anthology horror films and there were a lot of them.
00:21 Short form horror, it's just this enduring medium.
00:24 So many anthology films have a framing story where it is someone reading stories.
00:28 It's a celebration of a lot of different talents and a lot of different voices.
00:32 Which allowed the stories to be comedic sometimes or dark as hell.
00:37 Very weird.
00:38 Nightmare Fuel.
00:39 20 minutes of sheer terror.
00:41 It's so difficult to say favorites.
00:51 I really like the Corbin poster.
00:53 I mean do I like Tales from the Crypt or what?
00:56 We were pushing with that makeup.
00:59 That was a seminal image.
01:00 One of the first film posters I ever designed was Music Club.
01:03 It was just monsters.
01:05 It was gore.
01:06 It was fun.
01:07 This isn't the bloody army.
01:08 This isn't the bloody army.
01:09 This is not the bloody army!
01:10 It might be good to actually do a poll.
01:11 There's always a lot of debate about what's their favorite episode, what's their favorite
01:21 film.
01:22 We interviewed over 60 different people.
01:23 I mean I've seen lots of them.
01:24 The Vamikus.
01:25 I'm sad.
01:26 Creepshow 2.
01:27 Yeah, that's a great one.
01:28 I just was like, "Ugh!"
01:29 You're always kind of cherry picking which segment you like best.
01:34 I just couldn't narrow it down to one.
01:36 The High Point to me has always been a dead end night.
01:39 That little segment is one of the most terrifying films I've ever seen.
01:42 It's one of my absolute favorites.
01:43 It was really fantastic.
01:44 Even though I worked on Creepshow, it's my favorite.
01:48 I share that sensibility with a lot of horror fans.
01:51 Pathetic!
01:52 There's something about that human desire to want to tell scary stories to each other.
01:56 It's just so damn good.
02:03 (upbeat music)