François-Noël Babeuf trial before the Aisne tribunal, which acquitted him on 18 July 1794, only days before the Thermidorian Reaction. Babeuf returned to Paris, and on 3 September 1794 published the first issue of his "Journal de la Liberté de la Presse", whose title was changed on 5 October 1794 to "Le Tribun du Peuple". The execution of Maximilien Robespierre on 28 July 1794 had ended the Reign of Terror and begun the White Terror. Babeuf – now self-styled "Gracchus" Babeuf – defended the fallen Terror politicians with the stated goal of achieving equality "in fact" and not only "by proclamation". However
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