In Search of Darkness: Part III
A sprawling, affectionate horror documentary excavates the imaginative, gory, and experimental straight-to-video gems of the video-rental era.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- enthusiastic
- nostalgic
- gory
- horror marathon
- nostalgic movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film surveys straight-to-video horror classics and presents their hidden-gem status as a central subject.
Its premise centers on horror titles that populated video rental shelves and the memories attached to that ecosystem.
Horror performers and filmmakers including Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau, Doug Bradley, John Carpenter, and Robert Englund appear as themselves.
The overview explicitly characterizes the featured material as imaginative, gory, and experimental.
Films like In Search of Darkness: Part III, and why
In Search of Darkness
archival horror documentary built around interviews with genre filmmakers and performers, emphasizing cult cinema history
In Search of Darkness: Part II
continuation of an interview-driven documentary survey of horror cinema and its influential creators
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
long-form documentary celebration of horror history, genre craftsmanship, and fan culture
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
enthusiastic retrospective documentary focused on horror filmmaking traditions and genre personalities
Movie Details
- Director
- David A. Weiner
- Release Date
- 2022-11-25
- Runtime
- 342 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (24)
Cast
- Tom Atkins
- Adrienne Barbeau
- Doug Bradley
- Julie Brown
- John Carpenter
- Robert Englund
- Geretta Geretta
- Kane Hodder
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Mark Mangini
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In Search of Darkness: Part III about?
- A sprawling, affectionate horror documentary excavates the imaginative, gory, and experimental straight-to-video gems of the video-rental era.
- What is In Search of Darkness: Part III like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Search of Darkness: Part III as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In Search of Darkness: Part III violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In Search of Darkness: Part III as graphic.
- Which films are like In Search of Darkness: Part III?
- Films with a similar feel include In Search of Darkness, In Search of Darkness: Part II, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, and Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film.
- How long is In Search of Darkness: Part III?
- In Search of Darkness: Part III runs 342 minutes.
- Where can I watch In Search of Darkness: Part III?
- In United States, In Search of Darkness: Part III streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
