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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
Rating: ★★★½
Apr 25, 2019Horror Producer Val Lewton Documentary
Val Lewton produced a body of works beginning with Cat People that are the finest horror films of the 1940s. This is a documentary that looks at Lewton's life and films in detail, produced and narrated by no less than Martin Scorsese
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 7, 2026Director William Castle Documentary
A documentary about William Castle, the horror director of the 1950s/60s who specialised in sensationalistic promotional gimmicks. This does an excellent job in telling Castle's story and those behind his films
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Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Rating: ★★
Jul 25, 2012Roger Corman Documentary
Documentary about legendary B-budget director/producer Roger Corman, although this is more of an awe-struck tribute that disappointingly fails to venture into any of the stories of notorious cheapness and cost-cutting practices attributed to Corman
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Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four (2015)

Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four (2015)
Rating: ★★½
May 14, 2017Documentary About the Unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four Film
The 1994 film version of The Fantastic Four is the stuff of legend - made for $1 million budget solely to secure a copyright and never intended to be released. This is a documentary about its making
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Extraordinary Tales (2015)

Extraordinary Tales (2015)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 4, 2015Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe Stories/Animation
An anthology of Edgar Allan Poe tales narrated by Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi and others. Each episode is in a different style, where the succinctness allows the stories to be told as written
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Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror (2020)

Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 1, 2024Documentary About Horror Anthologies
A documentary that charts the history of the horror anthology in considerable depth, including conducting a survey on the best anthologies and individual episodes
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