100 YEARS OF HORROR is a 26-episode TV series made in 1996 and featuring the delightful Christopher Lee as host, his sonorous narration exploring the history of horror cinema in the 20th century. Each themed episode contains plentiful clips from the films mentioned along with brief interview footage seemingly culled from other documentaries as well as TV shows and the like.
ALIENS is an atypical episode of the series as the majority of the films featured here are by definition science fiction pictures rather than horror movies, but otherwise the territory is the same. Roger Corman's B-movies of the 1950s are discussed and EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS is featured, which is always a pleasure. John Carpenter's also on hand to mention his remakes as well as the originals of THE THING and VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, and some of the most interesting footage is from Orson Welles's infamous WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation from 1938.
ALIENS is an atypical episode of the series as the majority of the films featured here are by definition science fiction pictures rather than horror movies, but otherwise the territory is the same. Roger Corman's B-movies of the 1950s are discussed and EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS is featured, which is always a pleasure. John Carpenter's also on hand to mention his remakes as well as the originals of THE THING and VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, and some of the most interesting footage is from Orson Welles's infamous WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation from 1938.