Bret Wood Movies

This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation...

Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.

Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-day horror movie has evolved, featuring clips from...

Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local...

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Short documentary about Buster Keaton's first venture into features.

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations...

An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not...

The evolution of The Scarecrow (1920) is discussed in this documentary.

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

Documentary covering the making of the 1985 film ALIEN OUTLAW.

A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him.

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where...

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

Short documentary on the making of Buster Keaton's One Week.

A discussion on restoring title cards to English from foreign source prints.