David J. Skal Movies

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.

From myths to monsters to Twilight. Where did 'Vampire' come from? Where is it today? And where is it going next?

Narrator Rudy Behlmer guides a look through Universal's place in film history as a source of alien visitation, extraterrestrial life, and other...

Documentary about the real life inspiration behind "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," serial killer Ed Gein.

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

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

Actress and neice of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, Carla Laemmle recounts the events that occured while filming Phantom of the Opera, The...