A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' TrailerScala Interviews TrailerScala!!! Trailer
English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.
Total trailers found: 67
25 June 2019
Feature length documentary on the cult sub-genre featuring interviews with Dyanne ‘Ilsa’ Thorne, Malissa ‘Elsa’ Longo, filmmakers Sergio Garrone, Mariano Caiano, Rino Di Silvestro, Liliana Cavani, Bruno Mattei, and many more.
01 January 2025
Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.
14 September 1999
The making of The Prince of Egypt (1998).
20 December 2021
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts.
21 October 2008
The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors with his myriad of voices for classic animated characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and scores of others.
10 February 2012
Retrospective on The Nightmare On Elm Street Series.
12 December 2013
Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one name still personifies the ultimate aristocrat of bloodlust.
27 August 2016
Dolly Diggs needs a voice and Connie needs a body, but she's nobody's puppet... Who's the dummy in the dead of night?
27 September 2021
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
01 March 2014
The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act.
31 October 2022
Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.
30 August 2010
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
09 September 2008
A documentary about the making of the movie "Dragonwyck"
23 February 2016
Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime fiction, to its later influences on the modern slasher film genre.
03 December 2012
The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators.
21 October 2008
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
11 October 2010
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
04 October 2005
Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release "The Val Lewton Horror Collection.
18 July 2006
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
09 October 2007
A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.
10 January 2018
Documentary about the later works of director Lucio Fulci with special focus on "A Cat in the Brain".
02 February 2010
A documentary produced for Universal about their early Wolf Man film(s)
09 October 2007
This short documentary takes a look at the making of Twentieth Century Fox's 1944 film "The Lodger".
20 December 2018
Mark unwraps a glittering selection of Christmas cinematic treats, from much-loved classics to hidden gems, Hollywood blockbusters to international films, and reveals the film-making techniques and storytelling secrets that make them so successful.
02 February 2010
A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr.
19 December 1999
The 12th Episode from the "Eurotika" documentary series, made for the UK Channel 4 about European exploitation cinema.
08 May 2020
The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire "Emmanuelle" phenomenon - the atmosphere in Europe that led to the production of the original and its subsequent impact across the continent and indeed the world.
11 June 2021
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
11 October 2010
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
26 May 2015
A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s and '80s, featuring interviews with Umberto Lenzi, Ruggero Deodato, Sergio Martino, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Robert Kerman.
26 September 2006
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi.
25 April 2023
An 88-Minute documentary about how Jackie Chan broke the mold (and his bones) with his daring choreography in the 1980s.
24 February 2014
Retrospective documentary on the British horror anthology classic Dead of Night (1945).
21 April 2015
Documentary on the making of Hammer's adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles".
25 January 2010
Film critic Kim Newman introduces a new series of DVDs and Blu-ray disc releases by BFI showcasing little known British films.
09 April 2022
A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film.
29 September 2011
Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification.
09 October 2007
A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.
21 November 2009
A countdown of the top 10 3D moments in film, television and pop music from the last 50 years.
20 September 2014
A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK.
21 March 2022
A revealing insight into the short life and times of Michael Reeves.
09 July 2008
Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works including Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and countless other creatures.
22 August 2006
A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity.
01 March 2014
The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized.
17 April 2020
Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
29 May 2018
An analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies.
10 February 2020
A series of interviews about the cult Public Information Film "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water"
28 June 2018
The critic Kim Newman discussing ‘The End of the World Through the Years’. Newman covers the modern fascination with doomsday scenarios, beginning with Mary Shelley’s lesser-known novel The Last Man novel, and how such stories evolved to entertain audiences of various eras.
15 May 2018
Offers some nice background on Japanese horror in general and this trilogy in particular, delivered with Newman's typical enthusiasm and humor.
09 September 2008
Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret.
15 October 2003
Documentary about Nigel Kneale, creator of Quatermass.
29 September 2014
A documentary about the 'new wave' of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s.
01 March 2014
The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized.
13 September 2011
Film critic Kim Newman, Total Film news editor Rosie Fletcher, and film critic Alan Jones discuss Heavenly Creatures and the story the film chronicles, as well as Peter Jackson and his legacy.
30 April 2006
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff.
05 January 2024
An hour of interviews about the iconic British cinema.
01 October 2020
This is the first and only feature-length documentary on the life and cinema of the late Jorge Grau, who is most famous for his classic social-political horror masterpiece "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" (1974), seen by some critics as a fierce critique of the Franco government albeit set in a displaced foreign locale.
05 January 2024
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
