Oct 08, 1998
95 min
Full-HD

Universal Horror (1998)

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

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator

Ray Bradbury

Self - Interviewee

Nina Foch

Self - Interviewee

James Karen

Self - Interviewee

Carla Laemmle

Self - Interviewee

Sara Karloff

Self - Interviewee

Forrest J. Ackerman

Self - Interviewee

Gloria Stuart

Self - Interviewee

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