The American Scream (2012)

Directed by

Michael Stephenson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three families in a small Massachusetts town as they build elaborate homemade haunted houses in their own yards for Halloween. It shows the passion and effort they pour into scaring their neighbors and the joy they get from doing it.

quirkylightheartedenthusiasticplayfulobservationalbite-sizedwarmnostalgic

What happens

The American Scream is a 2012 American documentary film profiling three families in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, who transform their homes into extravagant haunted attractions for Halloween. Produced and directed by Michael Stephenson, the film premiered on the Chiller network October 28, 2012. The recent growth of the "home haunter" phenomenon is linked to the influence of the Internet as well as the Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention (HAuNTcon). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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