Donald F. Glut
Director · b. 1944 · Pecos, Texas, USA
Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.
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Movie7.6DramaRomanceA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
The Graduate
1967 · 3.8K votes
Movie6.3AdventureHorrorAn oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
King Kong
1976 · 950 votes
Movie7.1WarActionVon Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Von Ryan's Express
1965 · 253 votes
Movie5.2HorrorSouthern California 1897: While Dumas is in the parlor cleaning his gun, his sister Roxanne is in the bedroom being seduced by the lusty vampiress...
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
2004 · 18 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryKing of Horror, legendary actor, scriptwriter and director, Paul Naschy is regarded as the Spanish Lon Chaney and the most prolific filmmaker dedicated to the fantastic cinema in Spain.
Movie5.1ComedyKim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
Bikini Drive-In
1995 · 22 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryLegendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination. This is the story of the Sci-Fi Boys, who started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by Forrest J Ackerman's FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine and grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream.
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · 12 votes
Movie7.8DocumentaryChronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · 17 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryThe history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999 · 11 votes
Movie5.6ComedyHorrorA quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Schlock
1973 · 73 votes
- Movie10.0HorrorDocumentary
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryFanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own right. With affordable technology at their fingertips, fans are producing more new content per month than studios or networks combined. Whether it's an original idea or a personal spin on a favorite film or TV show, fans are taking the reins and blurring the line between amateur and professional. Written and directed by Halifax’s own Donna Davies, Fanarchy exposes the burgeoning media landscape and the issues that complicate it – copyright, intellectual property and the concept of originality in a remix culture.
Fanarchy
2015 · 4 votes
MovieScience FictionActionSpider-Man makes his, albeit unofficial, live-action debut in this 1969 shoestring-budgeted short fan film made by Donald F. Glut and company. In it, Spider-Man must save a woman from the clutches of a new foe, one created just for this short, called Dr. Lightning!
Spider-Man
1969
Movie8.0DocumentaryHorrorA look back at the classic 1964 film of horror and suspense starring Joan Crawford as an axe-murderer just released from the mental hospital. Includes footage of the filming and interviews with several of those involved, as well as a look at the movies it was influenced by and those that were in turn influenced by it.
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryA documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portrayed in film and television.
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996 · 1 votes
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Filmmakers and film historians discuss the original Fly trilogy.
MovieHorrorDoctor Frankenstein (played by Charles Martinka) is rescued from being hung by a desperate stranger.
MovieDocumentaryFrom 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throughout the world.
Movie9.0DocumentaryDocumentary showing how dinosaurs have been used in films. Trailers and scenes from moving about or with dinosaurs are shown.
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ActionScience FictionMartians land on Earth, prepared for conquest. Atom-Man is Earth's only defense.
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
1967 · 3 votes
Movie8.5To celebrate the 100th anniversary of paleontologist Barnum T. Brown's discovery of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, Discovery Channel presents this amusing and intriguing "biography" of the huge dinosaur and his life as a media darling. Through archival footage, movie excerpts and interviews with scientists and grumpy rivals such as King Kong, the portrayal of the Lizard King through the decades and his influence on modern culture are scrutinized.
T-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood
2005 · 2 votes