Filmography
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- Name: David J. Skal
- Type: Director
- IMDB: 0803777
- Short biography: 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. With Elias Savada, co-author of 'Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning'. Documentary projects include The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999), a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the Academy Award-winning biopic 'Gods And Monsters', and 11 DVD documentaries for Universal Studio Home Video's classic horror and science fiction films. He resided in Los Angeles.
2004
2002
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
The Road to Dracula
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed