The producers had to edit the movie in order to avoid an X rating from the MPAA, despite the fact that none of the movies featured had received a rating higher than R when they were initially released.
The movie has been released fully on the 30th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of Halloween 2 - Das Grauen kehrt zurück (1981) as a special feature. The movie is presented in widescreen and in full high definition. On October 15, 2012, the movie has been released on DVD as part of the Universal Vault Series. On October 13, 2020, the movie has received its own Blu-ray release with the television network version from Scream Factory.
15 movies featured in this documentary were selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Frankensteins Braut (1935), Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein (1948), Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mr. C (1957), Psycho (1960), Was geschah wirklich mit Baby Jane? (1962), Die Vögel (1963), Rosemaries Baby (1968), Die Nacht der lebenden Toten (1968), Der Exorzist (1973), Blutgericht in Texas (1974), Der weiße Hai (1975), Carrie: Des Satans jüngste Tochter (1976), Halloween - Die Nacht des Grauens (1978), Alien: Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (1979) and Shining (1980).
The movie's DVD and Blu-ray release is presented in the same 1:85.1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical release, which also cropped any segments from other movies that were originally produced using the anamorphic process. The number of terror, suspense, horror and thriller movie clips that are featured and shown from in this documentary totaled to seventy-eight clips.
The television network version has additional movie clips added for network viewing as well as replacing violent clips from other movies. The additional movie clips are from the movies: Das Haus des Satans (1978), Der Feuerteufel (1984), Frenzy (1972), Der Teufel auf Rädern (1977), The Ghost Breakers (1940), Das Kabinett des Schreckens (1981), Metaluna IV antwortet nicht (1955), Der Schrecken vom Amazonas (1954), Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mr. C (1957), Die Rückkehr des King Kong (1963), Tarantula (1955), Das todbringende Ungeheuer (1957) and Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
Alfred Hitchcock: As himself in an archival footage cameo homage from The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973).