Ray Bradbury

A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of the most memorable Twilight Zone episodes before his untimely death at age 38.

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This program profiles writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s--known as the Pulp Fiction era. These writers created the iconic movies and characters who live on today in our collective hearts and imaginations. It has even been estimated that 90-95% of the top blockbusters in Hollywood movies were based on stories from the Pulp Fiction era.

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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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A documentary about the life and faith of C.S. Lewis and his inspiration for the Chronicles of Narnia, only available on the 4-disc extended edition DVD of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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Legendary 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.

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For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. Presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work, along with hours of supplemental features.

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Documentary about Hollywood.

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With his magazine Hugh Hefner changed the face of publishing, combining titillation with hard-edged reporting and serving up nudity with taste. His swinging bachelor ways also made him an icon for the straight males for whom his publication was tailor-made. Join Richard Kiley in this documentary about the quintessential ladies' man. Includes footage, photos and interviews with Camille Paglia, Mel Torme, Tony Curtis and more.

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The making of the classic science-fiction film Fahrenheit 451, and includes interviews with cast and crew members, behind-the-scenes photos, and information about the production process.

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A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.

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Documentary about Ray Bradbury

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A documentary on The Fly

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Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.

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Collection of commercials on VHS tape included with the CD box set, "The Tip of the Freberg." Also includes a video for the single "The Conspiraski Theory."

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A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.

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

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As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending sci-fi. But his true genius lay in the creation of special effects for movies such as Mighty Joe Young and It Came from Outer Space. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and featuring appearances by George Lucas and Ray Bradbury, this film documents Harryhausen's remarkable life's work.

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Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Laughton, Danny Kaye, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland.

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American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

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BBC 2 produced this documentary on the Oz books of L. Frank Baum and the films and fantasies that they inspired, particularly the first book `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Includes clips from the several silent film versions of the stories produced by Baum that have survived as well as the 1939 film with Judy Garland, and interviews with such enthusiasts as Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, Ray Bradbury, Geoffrey Ryman and Nora Ephron.

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Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

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Forrest J. Ackerman styles himself as the number-one fan of science fiction and horror movies, and he has the collection to back it up: more than 350,000 books, publicity stills, lobby cards, props, posters and paintings related to his obsession.

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Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books — and its relation to various thematic and social issues. Produced by TVOntario, the show was the brainchild of former comic retail manager Mark Askwith and writer Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green. The series aired 139 episodes over 5 seasons from 1989 to 1994.

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S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that's there to protect the time line: Never get off the beaten path.

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S02E12 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.

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The stylish eighties brought Haggerty a mixed bag of Los Angeles blessings. His friends were outsiders, people like Charles Bukowski, Victor Mature and Sirius Trixon. He worked as personal chef to movie mogul Jack Warner - he claims he helped poison him. It was Mall Time that launched this project and it still amazes viewers with its sheer cheek in not recognising boundaries of taste and presentation.

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Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.

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A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

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A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.

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Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

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The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

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A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.

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S02E12 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.

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A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.

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This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

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A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

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On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will he accomplish this in the short time left to him?

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In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

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The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

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Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of suffering and forgiveness. A classroom full of young children are excited to hear that today the rain will stop. However, they are also resentful of a new classmate from Earth who remembers what it's like to see the sun. "This gripping, unsettling production softens the original story’s abrupt conclusion without diminishing its punch. A masterful work." - Booklist. Winner of a CINE Golden Eagle, and honored by Instructor Magazine as one of the 25 Best Films of the Year.

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A man who has lost all his family members tries to replace them with their doppelgangers—biorobots—but their physical shells lack souls, so they cannot bring true happiness.

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The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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The Hadley's new house does everything for them - it cooks, does the housework, reads to them, even comforts them. The playroom brings the Hadley children's fantasies to life in full color, three dimensions and odorphonics. However, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are increasingly terrified by the images and sounds of the the African Veldt.

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Late night bedtime stories. Tom Baker reads a series of macabre stories about childhood (season 1), and John Mills reads war stories (season 2).

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One hundred years after the third world war has occurred there are only two groups of people left: The savages whose minds have been destroyed by damaged genes passed on for a century and the intellectuals who totally live in their minds. However, survivor Nathan is an odd blend of the two opposing factions. Nathan takes revenge on the savages after they slaughter all the intellectuals. While in the middle of exacting his revenge Nathan receives a call from the long unused telephone lines from a mysterious female "night caller" who begs Nathan for help. Nathan must race against time to find the only remaining female member of his species before it's too late.

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Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.

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A comparison of science fiction and real life.

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A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

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Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

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Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

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A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

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The film focuses on the thoughts inside the head of a man, an astronaut scheduled to go to the Moon. As he ponders the flight, he laments having an “ordinary” name he fears will not resonate throughout history. His thoughts lead him to consider some of the pioneers of flight-Icarus and his wings, the Montgolfier brothers and their balloon and the Wright brothers and heavier than air flight.

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Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, directed by Norman Lloyd and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

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An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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