Reign of Terror June 1793 and the end of July 1794, there were 16,594 official death sentences in France, of which 2,639 were in Paris. There was a sense of emergency among leading politicians in France in the summer of 1793 between the widespread civil war and counter-revolution. Bertrand Barère exclaimed on 5 September 1793 in the Convention: "Let's make terror the order of the day!" They were determined to avoid street violence such as the September Massacres of 1792 by taking violence into their own hands as an instrument of government. Robespierre in February 1794 in a speech explained the necessity of
Terror in the Aisles together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. "Halloween" actor Donald Pleasence and "Dressed to Kill" star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" ("Dressed to Kill", "Klute", "Ms. 45", "The Seduction", "When a Stranger Calls"), loathsome villains ("Dracula", "Frankenstein", "Friday the 13th Part 2" (although, surprisingly, not its 1980 original), "Halloween I" & "II", "Marathon Man", "Nighthawks", "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "Touch of Evil", "The Postman Always Rings Twice", "Vice Squad", "Wait Until Dark", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"), "natural terror" ("Alligator", "The