Curtis Harrington Movies

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

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial...

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired...

A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the...

When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police...

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate...

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Writer Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher in his quest for wisdom from the aging poet.

Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend.

In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus...

A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998...

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

Curtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story.

In this fragile yet frightening poetic fantasy set against a dark industrial landscape, a woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man...

Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, Picnic portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast...

An educational film about power sources that’s rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, The Four Elements is a poetic and...

Profile of the late iconoclastic director Curtis Harrington, featuring images from many of his poetic and haunting films.