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David J. Skal

David J. Skal

David John Skal was an American cultural historian, critic, writer, and on-camera commentator known for his research and analysis of horror films and horror literature.

On screen

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
  • The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
  • The Real Vampire Files
  • Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
  • Vampira: The Movie
  • Hitchcocked!
  • Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
  • The Perfect Scary Movie
  • Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
  • Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
  • Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema
  • Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
  • Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
  • The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
  • The Road to 'Dracula'
  • Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
  • Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
  • All Over

Behind the camera

  • The Universe According to Universal
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
  • Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
  • Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
  • The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
  • Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
  • The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
  • She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
  • Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
  • The Road to 'Dracula'
  • The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
  • Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

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