Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)
Documentary About the Cult Film Phenomenon
The title suggests a work about film fans facing the end of the world but this is actually a documentary about the cult film phenomenon
Films About Other Films
Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror (2020)
Documentary 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
Terror Firmer (1999)
Movie Set Killer/Bad Taste Troma Comedy
Troma film in which Lloyd Kaufman turns his own autobiography into a Troma film where the results emerge as something akin to Ed Wood as remade by John Waters
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Documentary About the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Phenomenon
Documentary charting the rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomenon from independent comic-book to the animated series, toys and live-action films
Under the Rainbow (1981)
Comedy During the Making of The Wizard of Oz
Widely considered a bad film, this is a slapstick comedy starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher set around the dwarves during the making of The Wizard of Oz
Universal Horror (1998)
Classic Horror Documentary
Documentary about the Golden Age of Horror at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 40s (although it does touch on works from other studios too). The topic is covered with an impressive degree of detail
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Slasher Film
Sequel fairly much in name only to Urban Legend and barely at all about urban legends, this has the amusing idea of taking place at a film school and features a number of sly asides. This alas befalls routine direction
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
Horror 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
Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains (2018)
Horror Film on a Horror Film Set
Full marks for an attention-grabbing exploitation title, this is a horror film that takes place on a horror film set where film being shot and sinister characters on the sideline blur in a rubber reality
Who is Bill Rebane? (2021)
Genre Director Documentary
A fascinating documentary devoted to a largely forgotten B-budget sf/horror director and his body of films
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)
Special Effects Wizard
Film based on the character created by Mike Jittlov about an amateur filmmaker/effects artist trying to make it
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
Documentary About Folk Horror
One of the most in-depth film documentaries ever made where Kier-La Janisse exhaustively excavates every example of Folk Horror