Forrest J. Ackerman Movies

A silent film character is stuck in a German theater and wants to return to his film.

Pumpkinman returns after a decade of being dead.

A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of...

Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick independent exploitation filmmakers went toe to toe...

A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are...

From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throughout the world.

Spellbinding accounts of personal encounters with life after death from people of all walks of life including doctors and nurses who have seen spirit...

Born Creighton Chaney, this is a biographical documentary on Lon Chaney Jr, the only star to play all four of the classic monsters: the Mummy, the...

A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.

The story of the Cacophony Society. This documentary follows their evolution from the San Francisco Suicide Club - 1977, the exploits of SF...

Haunted by recurring dreams of Hea-Thor, a gorgeous cavegirl,and a menacing Allosaurus, action-movie star Tony Markham soon finds himself...

Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.

Bibi is being held captive by three mad scientists, the leader of whom is her own sister. Bibi's sister plans to remove half of Bibi's brain, an...

Jack Parsons: Jet Propelled Antichrist is a story about one of the fathers of modern rocketry and a founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...

A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.

A look behind the scenes at Cortlandt Hull's "The Witch's Dungeon," a movie-themed Halloween attraction in Bristol, Connecticut -- now the...

An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States.

From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red...

The story of Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, living on the very edge of show business, and her rise to celluloid cultdom 50 years later. Her big break came...

Nudism. Esperanto. KING KONG. Sci-Fi. What do all of these things have in common? Simple: Forrest J Ackerman! Who's that? Glad you asked... Forrest...