Universal Horror

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Universal Horror

1998

1h 35m

7.1(19 votes)

Documentary

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Overview

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator

Writing

Ray Bradbury

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Nina Foch

Self - Interviewee

Acting

James Karen

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Carla Laemmle

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Sara Karloff

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Forrest J. Ackerman

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Gloria Stuart

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Fay Wray

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Lupita Tovar

Self - Interviewee

Directing

Curtis Harrington

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Turhan Bey

Self - Interviewee

Acting

Rose Hobart

Self - Interviewee

Writing

Curt Siodmak

Self - Interviewee

Acting

George E. Turner

Self - Interviewee

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Writing

Gavin Lambert

Self - Interviewee

No Image

Acting

Colin Clive

(archive footage)

Acting

Lon Chaney Jr.

(archive footage)

Acting

Boris Karloff

(archive footage)

Acting

Ernest Thesiger

(archive footage)

Acting

Dwight Frye

(archive footage)

Acting

Bela Lugosi

(archive footage)

Acting

Elsa Lanchester

(archive footage)

Acting

Edward Van Sloan

(archive footage)

Acting

Lon Chaney

(archive footage)

Acting

Mary Philbin

(archive footage)

Acting

Conrad Veidt

(archive footage)

Acting

Werner Krauß

(archive footage)

Acting

Laura La Plante

(archive footage)

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