David J. Skal Movies

Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).

Documentary recounting the making of Tod Browning's Freaks. Featuring interviews with experts and actual sideshow performers, this film gives a...

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster...

Documentary about the making of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein."

A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.

Video essay about the 1927 film 'The Cat and the Canary'.

A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

This documentary short explores the origins of the monster movie and how Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) fits in the genre.