David J. Skal
1952 (72 года)Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Goldblum
Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which they're based. Included: clips from films; and interviews with scientists and various showbiz types, including directors John Carpenter and John Landis, and actors Jeff Goldblum and Roy Scheider.
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster
Thomas Hamilton
Boris Karloff, Sara Karloff
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema
David J. Skal, Todd Robbins
Documentary recounting the making of Tod Browning's Freaks. Featuring interviews with experts and actual sideshow performers, this film gives a fascinating insight into the cast members, production and public reaction to this controversial classic.
Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
David J. Skal, Sam Irvin
Clive Barker, Bill Condon
Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998 Academy Award-winning film GODS AND MONSTERS starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Narrated by author/ filmmaker Clive Barker, the documentary interweaves the life and career of James Whale, director of the original FRANKENSTEIN, with the making of the acclaimed biopic. Interviewees include writer/director Bill Condon (Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay), Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, and Christopher Bram, author of the novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, on which the film was based.
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal
David J. Skal
Carla Laemmle
Actress and neice of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, Carla Laemmle recounts the events that occured while filming Phantom of the Opera, The (1925). Not too much ground is covered here, although we do learn a few things about the creation of Universal Pictures in 1915.
Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal