Alice Cooper - Steven (Welcome to my nightmare live 1975).mpeg

Welcome to My Nightmare is a 1976 music concert film of Alice Cooper's show of the same name, directed by David Winters.

In 1975, Alice Cooper released his first solo album, Welcome to My Nightmare, and a huge theatrical stage show was put together to 'tour the album'. Whilst in the past the Alice Cooper stage show was semi-improvisatory, with confrontational elements of violence and satire (see Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper), the new production was purely horror-themed and professionally choreographed and performed to the split second. With the edginess removed (gone were the bloody guillotine, the spit and the skewered baby dolls, although "Only Women Bleed" presented a drunken, physically abusive side to the character), the Welcome to My Nightmare show was part a carefully-planned move toward a more mainstream-friendly 'Alice'.

Welcome to My Nightmare was a phantasmagorical exposition of music and theatre themed around a nightmare experienced by a young boy named Steven. Costing US$600,000 to produce, the show was a grand visual spectacle with an elaborate stage set, pre-filmed projections, four dancers, and elaborate costumes. Set in a graveyard/bedroom, a well-drilled band ran through the new album and a selection of older hits, whilst Alice encountered giant spiders, dancing skeletons, faceless silver demons and a 9-foot 'cyclops'.

Concert footage was taken from a series of London shows at the Wembley Arena on September 11--12, 1975, but the film was a box office failure in its original 1976 release. However, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Phantom of the Paradise and others, Welcome to My Nightmare found a low-volume but dependable audience on the midnight movie circuit. The film is out of sequence with the live show, and the final Department of Youth segment has some post-production inserts.

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• welcome to my nightmare
• alice cooper
• steven

[RockNEHouseNHipHop]

allmusic was saying how terrible the quality was, but its not that bad. There is worse out there. It's called bad bootlegs.

[tx30]

@RockNEHouseNHipHop Allmusic said that, never like that website and never trust it and buy CD's or DVD's because they rated something good... Hummm they probably never look at this show, even the VSH copy I bought in the 90's have a very good quality and it's an official release...

[RockNEHouseNHipHop]

@tx30 Actually the review is based on the VHS one and apparently there has been a reissue. I will admit the footage could be better. But the way the AMG described it is beyond what it really is. Their positive reviews have lead me to look up some stuff that gave me an addiction. Using their overlooks on genres, I grew into Glam Rock and now I'm hooked. That website has its moments, but its pretty credible. As I said though, not perfect. A few of their reviews are even contradictory! Bad Move...

[TheBabbleBeast]

This song really messes with your head.

[MephProduction]

whats with the cyclops?

[anjilyn2]

the ultimate of creepy performers!

[ski380]

I saw Welcome to My Nightmare in 75. Sure of that because my daughter was born in 76. The concert was AWSOME!

[Joeriderfog]

Legendary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[louisebakalik]

I was there and it was fantastic. We always were high and would get to the front so we saw everything

[genesimmonspwnage]

One of my favorite performances of all time. Wish I could've been there.