Paris in the 18th century Picpus. Among those executed in the last great surge of the reign of terror were the eminent chemist Lavoisier (8 May 1794) and the poet Andre Chenier, executed 25 July 1794, just two days before the end of the Terror. On June 8, 1793, at the debut of the new wave of terror, Robespierre presided over the Festival of the Supreme Being in the huge amphitheater on the Champs de Mars which had been constructed in 1790 for the first anniversary of the Revolution; the ceremony was designed by the painter David, and featured a ten-hour parade, bonfires a statue
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