David J. Skal Movies

Actress and neice of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, Carla Laemmle recounts the events that occured while filming Phantom of the Opera, The...

Documentary recounting the making of Tod Browning's Freaks. Featuring interviews with experts and actual sideshow performers, this film gives a...

From myths to monsters to Twilight. Where did 'Vampire' come from? Where is it today? And where is it going next?

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The...

Narrator Rudy Behlmer guides a look through Universal's place in film history as a source of alien visitation, extraterrestrial life, and other...

As a famous man lies dying, his family—including both his wife and his mistress—gathers inside, while members of the media converge...

Video essay about the 1927 film 'The Cat and the Canary'.