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I watched this movie last night (2/6/02) at a packed theater near my home (not a small feat in the middle of the week). Initially I wanted to see the movie because I was familiar with the setting. After seeing the movie, I would wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone. It's a powerful look at life, love, death and the ethnic side of Pittsburgh. An excellent first rate movie that I hesitate pidgeonholing into any category. Overall it's a romantic-drama with a fair share of comedy thrown in. The characters are well developed and true to themselves through the story (as well as very fun to watch). Scott Baio has the best role of his life and is very believable. The audience I was with displayed their colors many times throughout the showing by laughing and crying (both out of sadness and happiness). I felt enriched walking out of the theater. This movie deserves a far larger release than I fear it is destined for. A large company needs to pick up this gem to distribute widely. Good luck to all who were involved-- you did a stellar job!!

What a great look at the societal fears that inspired some of the great horror masterpieces of the modern age! A documentary like this needed to be made. It definitely shows that modern horror is rooted much more in contemporary fears than most people think. Although slightly weighted to the 'Dead' series (Night of, Dawn of), it runs the gamut through TX Chainsaw Massacre and Cronenberg films. I only wish that it was longer. I would love to see a multi-part series of this content along the lines of Ken Burns' Baseball or the such.

Although listed as a Canadian production, I think they got a lot of information and footage from Pittsburgh (George Romero, Tom Savini, and some new footage of the Monroeville Mall). Anyway, it's good information about some of my favorite films of all time. WATCH IT. It'll make you want to rent Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Shivers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Halloween and watch them until your eyes bleed...