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David J. Skal

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American film historian and documentary writer-producer; frequent on-camera commentator and occasional bit-part actor. Author of the books 'Hollywood Gothic', the definitive chronicle of Bram Stoker's Dracula in its journey from page to stage to screen; 'The Monster Show: A Cultural History Of Horror'; 'Screams Of Reason: Mad Science And Modern Culture'; 'V Is For Vampire' and many others... See full bio »

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2004 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (video documentary)
 
2003 Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (video documentary short) (as David Skal)
 
2002 The Universe According to Universal (video documentary short)
 
2000 Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (video documentary short)
 
2000 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (video) (written by)
 
2000 Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (video documentary short)
 
2000 The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (video documentary)
 
1999 The Road to Dracula (video documentary short)
 
1999 The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (video documentary short) (written by)
 
1999 She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (documentary short) (writer)
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short)
 
1995-1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
– Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act (1998) (writer)
– Bela Lugosi: Hollywood's Dark Prince (1995) (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (13 titles)
2004 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (video documentary)
 
2003 Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (video documentary short) (as David Skal)
 
2003 Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal (video documentary short) (uncredited)
 
2002 The Universe According to Universal (video documentary short)
 
2000 Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (video documentary short)
 
2000 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (video)
 
2000 Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (video documentary short)
 
2000 The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (video documentary)
 
1999 The Road to Dracula (video documentary short)
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short)
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
 
1999 She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (documentary short)
 
1999 The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (video documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (13 titles)
2004 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (video documentary) (producer)
 
2003 Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (video documentary short) (producer - as David Skal)
 
2003 Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal (video documentary short) (producer - uncredited)
 
2002 The Universe According to Universal (video documentary short) (producer)
 
2000 Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (video documentary short) (producer)
 
2000 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (video) (producer)
 
2000 Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (video documentary short) (producer)
 
2000 The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (video documentary) (producer)
 
1999 The Road to Dracula (video documentary short) (producer)
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short) (producer)
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short) (producer)
 
1999 She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (documentary short) (producer)
 
1999 The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (video documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (9 titles)
2004 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (video documentary) (archival photographs)
 
2000 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (video) (archival photographs)
 
2000 Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (video documentary short) (archival photographs)
 
2000 The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (video documentary) (archival photographs)
 
1999 The Road to Dracula (video documentary short) (archival photographs)
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short) (archival photographs)
 
1999 She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (documentary short) (archival photos)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary) (historical consultant, source: stills)
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary) (researcher)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2001 The Vampire Hunters Club (video short)
Bart Barlow
 
1976 Great Performances (TV series)
Reporter
– All Over (1976) … Reporter
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary) (acknowledgment: archival material courtesy of)
 
2004 Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (video documentary) (special thanks - as David Skal)
 
2004 Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary) (grateful thanks)
 
1999 Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'The Tingler' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (video documentary short) (acknowledgment: archival photographs courtesy of)
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (34 titles)
2012 That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The AckerMonster Chronicles! (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Among the Rugged Peaks (documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 The Real Vampire Files (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Trick 'R Treat: The Lore and Legends of Halloween (video short)
Himself, author of 'Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween'
 
2008 True Blood-Lines: A New Type (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (documentary)
Himself - Author & Historian
 
2007 The Fearmakers Collection (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Vampira: The Movie (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Night Terrors (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Hitchcocked! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 American Stag (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Perfect Scary Movie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 20/20 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bram Stoker (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (video documentary)
Himself - Author (as David Skal)
 
2004 Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (video documentary short)
Himself (as David Skal)
 
2004 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (video documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV documentary)
Himself (as David Skal)
 
2001 SexTV (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Blood Lust/Bodies of Evidence/Cake (2001) … Himself
 
2000 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
Himself
– Lon Chaney Sr. and Jr. (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (video documentary short)
Himself, film historian
 
2000 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (video)
Himself, host
 
2000 Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (video documentary short)
Himself - Host
 
1999 The Road to Dracula (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'The Tingler' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 A-Z of Horror (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Frankenstein's Friends (video documentary short)
Himself - Author - 'The Monster Show'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Freaks (video documentary)
Himself - Author - 'Dark Carnival'
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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