"Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies" was a television documentary special on horror and science fiction movies from the past up to the 1990s.

"Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies" was a documentary television special that delves into such horror and science fiction subjects as vampires, make-up and special effects, low budget B-movies from the 1950s to the 1990s, comedy and horror, and women in horror. It also has tributes to Forrest J Ackerman, The Night of the Living Dead, and William Castle's career as well as an "ingredients of horror" sequence presented by Elvira and a trivia quiz at the end. In between the segments is host George Hamilton with commentary and interviews with filmmakers on what they do and what horror means to them.—Dark-Man