Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)

May. 16,2007

7.7

| Documentary

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.

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Cast

Forrest J. Ackerman as Self

[2010] The Dead Undead [2009] Red Velvet [2008] The Boneyard Collection [2007] Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story [2007] Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman [2006] American Scary

Ray Bradbury as Self

[2011] How to Live Forever [2007] Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman [2002] The Tramp and the Dictator [1998] In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross [1998] Universal Horror [1997] The Harryhausen Chronicles

Lon Chaney Jr. as Self (archive footage)

[2007] Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire [2007] Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman [2000] Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces [2000] Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed [1971] Dracula vs. Frankenstein [1971] The Female Bunch

Reviews

TrueJoshNight

2007/05/16

Truly Dreadful Film

Dotbankey

2007/05/17

A lot of fun.

filippaberry84

2007/05/18

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Zandra

2007/05/19

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.