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.
Forrest J. Ackerman
Self
Ray Bradbury
Bobbie Bresee
Lon Chaney Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney
Roger Corman
Joe Dante
John Landis
Fay Wray
Max Schreck
Colin Clive
Ernest Thesiger
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