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Universal Horror (1998)
Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 8 October 1998
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 95 mins
Format: black and white / colour
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Photoplay Productions
Executive Producer: Peter Langs
Producer: Patrick Stanbury
DIRECTION
Director: Kevin Brownlow
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kevin Brownlow
MUSIC
Music: James Bernard; Non-Music: James Dietrich (from The Mummy (1932)); Karl
Hajos (from Werewolf of London (1935)); W. Franke Harling (from Destination
Unknown (1933)); Bernhard Kaun (from Frankenstein (1931)); Heinz Roemheld (from
The Invisible Man (1933), The Black Cat (1934) and Dracula's Daughter (1936));
Hans J. Salter (from The Wolf Man (1941)); Frank Skinner (from Son of Frankenstein
(1939)); Franz Waxman (from Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
MISCELLANEOUS
Historical Consultant: David J. Skal
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dedicated To: David Gill
CAST
Kenneth Branagh (narrator)
Forrest J Ackerman (himself)
Turhan Bey (himself)
Ray Bradbury (himself)
Jim Curtis (himself)
Curtis Harrington (himself)
Rose Hobart (herself)
Gloria Jean (herself)
James Karen (himself)
Boris Karloff (himself (in
archive footage))
Sara Karloff (herself)
Carla Laemmle (herself)
Fritz Lang (himself (in archive footage))
Rouben Mamoulian (himself (in archive footage))
Curt Siodmak (himself)
David J. Skal (himself)
Gloria Stuart (herself)
Lupita Tovar (herself)
Fay Wray (herself)
PLOT SUMMARY
The history of horror movies produced by the Universal film studios.
CAPSULE REVIEW
An excellent, comprehensive and absorbing documentary on the Universal horror
movies, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) to Abbott
and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Brownlow rounds up a commendable
number of the people involved in the productions whose insights are invaluable
and the inclusion of the rarer genre films the studio made is particularly welcome.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Television Distributor: TCM
Video Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures
AWARDS
1999
Bram Stoker Awards, USA
Other Media (Kevin Brownlow) - nominated
LINKS
INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Black Cat (1934)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Cat Creeps (1930)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dracula (1931a)
Drácula (1931b)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
J'accuse! (1938)
King Kong (1933)
Metropolis (1927)
The Mummy (1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Raven (1935)
The Red Spectre (1907)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Unknown (1927)
The Wolf Man (1941)
SEE ALSO
London After Midnight (1927)
KEYWORDS
documentary, film history
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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