Nightmare in Red, White and Blue Gets Theatrical Distribution

Followers of this blog will recall that about a year ago I participated in Joseph Maddrey's documentary, Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film along with John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, George Romero and other genre greats.

Now the doc, narrated by the inestimable Lance Henriksen, has gotten theatrical distribution here in the States after a successful initial run on the domestic and international film festival circuit.

Here are the details:

The films “American Grindhouse” and “Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue,” profiles of two film genres in America (exploitation and horror, respectively), will get a theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada through Lorber Films. The company plans to release “American Grindhouse” to more fests, theaters, and college venues beginning in June, and will do the same for “Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue” starting in July. The two films will get DVD releases later this year (“Grindhouse”) and early 2011 (“Nightmares”).

Elijah Drenner’s “American Grindhouse” brings together directors like John Landis, Jack Hill, and William Lustig and film historians Eddie Muller and Eric Schaefer to speak about the history of the exploitation genre. The film also includes clips of some of the most outrageous scenes from the American exploitation canon. Andrew Monument’s “Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue,” based on Joseph Maddrey’s book of the same name provides a history of American horror that situates films in their historical context from the mid-1920s to the present. The film includes interviews with George A. Romero, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, amongst other horror directors. Fangoria editor Tony Timpone and the film historian John Kenneth Muir are also interviewed in the film."

More details on the whens and whats (like cities and playdates...) when I get 'em. More info: I just learned from Joe Maddrey, the film's producer and writer, that there's a "street" date for the Nightmares DVD: September 28, 2010.