Bret Wood Movies

Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local...

An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not...

This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation...

A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him.

An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, The Little Death offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel,...

Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-day horror movie has evolved, featuring clips from...

The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.

Documentary covering the making of the 1985 film ALIEN OUTLAW.

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.

Ben Model discusses scoring music for silent movies.

A troubled veteran returns home to resume his life, but first he must fulfill a dreadful family obligation.

A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Arbuckle's trial and William S. Hart's quick...

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations...

Short documentary about Buster Keaton's first venture into features.

Documentary about the Buster Keaton short Hard Luck (1921).

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

Documentary on the making of The Dark Power.