The Movies That Made Us (2019)
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
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Episode 1 - Halloween
Release Date: 2021-10-12It took a young team's blood, sweat and tears — and a triple-threat visionary — to make this bloodless yet scarily influential horror masterpiece.
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Episode 2 - Friday the 13th
Release Date: 2021-10-12What began as a bald rip-off made a bloody splash as a splatter classic. Now the unlikely crew spills its guts about the highs, lows and gory effects.
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Episode 3 - Nightmare on Elm Street
Release Date: 2021-10-12With a studio on the line, an imaginative director in the pocket and an actorly demon in tow, this supernatural slasher hit raked in a surreal profit.
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Episode 4 - Robocop
Release Date: 2021-10-12A painfully tight suit and budget, a passionate European auteur and on-set tensions fueled this blockbuster takedown of cutthroat corporate America.
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Episode 5 - Aliens
Release Date: 2021-10-12A hard-driving director, stressed crew, great expectations — and a tiny budget — made for a difficult birth in the case of this mother of all sequels.
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Episode 6 - Coming to America
Release Date: 2021-10-12The happily ever after? It's on screen. Behind the scenes, this litigious, loveless foray involved fisticuffs, Nostradamus — and iconic Black talent.
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Episode 7 - Nightmare Before Christmas
Release Date: 2021-10-12The unlikely holiday classic, and stop-motion first, comes to ghoulish life with persistent vision — and nimble work by a ragtag bunch of misfits.
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Episode 8 - Elf
Release Date: 2021-10-12Despite its gifted cast and wonderland of effects, this endearing Christmas comedy is sold short by the studio — till it scores big with moviegoers.