| Alice Cooper: The Nightmare | ||||
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| Released | 1975 TV Special 1983 VHS & Betamax 2017 DVD | |||
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| Length | 66:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Home Video | |||
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Alice Cooper: The Nightmare was a conceptual television special showcasing the music of the Welcome to My Nightmare album by Alice Cooper. It originally broadcast in North America on April 25, 1975, by ABC.[1]
In the TV special, Alice Cooper stars as "Steven" who is trapped in a nightmare he can't wake up from and tries to escape. Vincent Price also appears throughout the special, starring as the "Spirit of the Nightmare". The special features the Welcome To My Nightmare album in its entirety, with the addition of the song "Ballad of Dwight Fry" from the album Love It to Death by the original Alice Cooper band.
In 1983 the TV special was released on VHS and Betamax home video in the US.
The TV special was released on a DVD titled Welcome to My Nightmare: Special Edition on September 8, 2017, which also serves as a re-release of the 1976 concert film Welcome to My Nightmare.[2]