Curtis Harrington
Director · 1926 – 2007 · Los Angeles, California
Gene Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television. He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.
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Movie6.9DramaIt's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
Gods and Monsters
1998 · 406 votes
Movie6.7DramaAt a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.
The Other Side of the Wind
2018 · 241 votes
Movie5.8Documentary"Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life.
Working with Orson Welles
1993 · 5 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryWritten, 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 Academy Award-winning film GODS AND MONSTERS starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Narrated by author/ filmmaker Clive Barker, the documentary interweaves the life and career of James Whale, director of the original FRANKENSTEIN, with the making of the acclaimed biopic. Interviewees include writer/director Bill Condon (Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay), Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, and Christopher Bram, author of the novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, on which the film was based.
Movie6.4FantasyHorrorLord 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 is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
1954 · 73 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryTV MovieA documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
Universal Horror
1998 · 21 votes
Movie5.5HorrorWriter Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher in his quest for wisdom from the aging poet.
Usher
2002 · 8 votes
Movie8.3DocumentaryTV MovieA collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
The Horror of It All
1983 · 6 votes
Movie7.8FantasyHorrorCinematic magician, legendary provocateur, and author of Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulence that underscores the medium’s transgressive potential. Anger’s work fundamentally shaped the aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s subcultures, the visual lexicon of pop and music videos and queer iconography. These nine films form the basis of Anger’s reputation as one of the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film and video art. Fireworks, 1947, 14 min Puce Moment, 1949, 6 min Rabbit's Moon, 1950/1971, 16 min Eaux d'Artifice, 1953, 13 min Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, 1954, 37 min Scorpio Rising, 1964, 28 min Kustom Kar Kommandos, 1965, 3 min Invocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, 11 min Lucifer Rising, 1981, 27 min
Magick Lantern Cycle
1974 · 14 votes
Movie6.0HorrorCurtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story.
The Fall of the House of Usher
1942 · 8 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryIn interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Karen.
Cult People
1989 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DocumentaryA documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000 · 12 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryHorror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott.
Hollywood Halloween
1997 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentaryLarry Wessel presents darkest Hollywood and explores some of tinsel town's most grisly tragedies, including the murders of Sharon Tate and The Black Dahlia.
Movie5.7HorrorA young man desperately seeks the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers far more through surreal explorations of his own sexuality.
Fragment of Seeking
1947 · 19 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryProfile of the late iconoclastic director Curtis Harrington, featuring images from many of his poetic and haunting films.
House of Harrington
2009 · 2 votes