GOING TO PIECES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLASHER FILM (2006)

Slasher films were churned out in such quantity throughout the 80's that it's amazing to look back at how many movies with almost the exact same plot were made in that decade.  This documentary on the phenomenon only really touches on the more well known big slashers so if you're a fan you probably know everything that's talked about.  It's still kind of cool to see everything in one place like a greatest hits package of your fav slashing maniacs.  It never really goes much deeper than the superficial fluff piece that it's designed to be.  If you're a thirteen years old gore fiend (or like me have the mentality of a thirteen year old gore fiend) it might be cool to watch once and then read a book if you want to actually learn anything about these films.  Perhaps you might even want to read the book this was based on which I have not but I'm hoping it has a little more information in it.