Birthday:
02-19-1944
(81 years)
Birthplace:
Pecos, Texas, USA
Biography
Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.
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The Human Torch
event1963
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A battle royal takes place between a super villain the Raven (played by Rich Hagopian) and super hero the Human Torch (played by Don Glut).
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Act like Self
event2002 star_border 7.9
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The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Act like Self
event2006
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From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throughout the world.
The Teenage Frankenstein
event1959
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Doctor Frankenstein (played by Charles Martinka) is rescued from being hung by a desperate stranger.
Captain America Battles the Red Skull
Act like Steve Rogers
event1964
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The Red Skull (played by Larry Ivie), is about to destroy an American city with only Steve Rogers as Captain America (played by Don Glut) able to stop him. Will he be in time?
Schlock
Act like Movie patron
event1973 star_border 5.6
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A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
Act like Self
event1996 star_border 10
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A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portrayed in film and television.
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
Act like Self
event2019
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Filmmakers and film historians discuss the original Fly trilogy.
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
event1987
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Documentary showing how dinosaurs have been used in films. Trailers and scenes from moving about or with dinosaurs are shown.
The Graduate
Act like College Student (uncredited)
event1967 star_border 7.6
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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Act like Self
event2007 star_border 7.8
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Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Act like Self - Interviewee
event2022 star_border 10
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
The Adventures of the Spirit
Act like Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man
event1963 star_border 10
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The Spirit is joined by a host of other heroes in battling the Phantom and his army of monsters
Bikini Drive-In
event1995 star_border 5.3
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Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her.
She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
Fanarchy
Act like Self
event2015 star_border 6
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Fanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own right. With affordable technology at their fingertips, fans are producing more new content per month than studios or networks combined. Whether it's an original idea or a personal spin on a favorite film or TV show, fans are taking the reins and blurring the line between amateur and professional. Written and directed by Halifax’s own Donna Davies, Fanarchy exposes the burgeoning media landscape and the issues that complicate it – copyright, intellectual property and the concept of originality in a remix culture.
Dinosaur Movies
Act like Host
event1993 star_border 5
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Dinosaurs Vs. Apes: DINOSAUR MOVIES and HOLLYWOOD GOES APE! have been hailed as the definitive documentaries on the prehistoric and anthropoid creatures that have appeared on the silver screen. Filled with rare movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
The Amazing Colossal Woman
Act like Paleontologist
event2016
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Dr. Carol Heisler is angry... very angry. Her rage registers with a flying saucer scanning the populace. The alien being inside decides that she is an ideal subject for an experiment. Using its advanced technology Solopticus grows the furious female to giant size and names her GARGANTA!
King Kong
Act like Guy in Ampitheater
event1976 star_border 6.2
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An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Spider-Man
Act like Spider-Man
event1969 star_border 6.9
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Spider-man must rescue the beautiful daughter of the evil Dr. Lightning.
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
Act like Atom-Man
event1967 star_border 5
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Martians land on Earth, prepared for conquest. Atom-Man is Earth's only defense.
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Act like Self
event2010 star_border 6
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King of Horror, legendary actor, scriptwriter and director, Paul Naschy is regarded as the Spanish Lon Chaney and the most prolific filmmaker dedicated to the fantastic cinema in Spain.
Von Ryan's Express
event1965 star_border 7.1
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Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Act like Self
event2002
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A look back at the classic 1964 film of horror and suspense starring Joan Crawford as an axe-murderer just released from the mental hospital. Includes footage of the filming and interviews with several of those involved, as well as a look at the movies it was influenced by and those that were in turn influenced by it.
Batman and Robin
Act like Batman
event1964 star_border 2
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Vickie Vale, who has the combination of the Gotham City National Bank has been kidnapped by The Mask and his henchmen. Batman and Robin attempt to rescue Vale, but Batman is rendered unconscious and Robin is taken prisoner by the gang. The gang have escaped in a car, with Batman following on foot. Eventually, batman catches up, frees Vale and Robin, and they fight the bad guys. The Mask throws a hand grenade at Batman, who catches it and throws it back, destroying The Mask.
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Act like 'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut)
event2004 star_border 5.6
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Southern California 1897: While Dumas is in the parlor cleaning his gun, his sister Roxanne is in the bedroom being seduced by the lusty vampiress...
Dinosaur Valley Girls
Director
event1995 star_border 5.5
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Haunted by recurring dreams of Hea-Thor, a gorgeous cavegirl,and a menacing Allosaurus, action-movie star Tony Markham soon finds himself transported, by means of a magic Icon, back through time to Dinosaur Valley. Now trapped in world of dangerous dinosaurs, grunting cavemen and a tribe of exotic, love-starved cavegirls, Tony must put his modern-days skills to extreme tests in order to survive prehistoric perils, win the cavegirl of his dreams and (maybe) return to his own time?
Blood Scarab
Director
event2008 star_border 4.4
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To exist in daylight, Countess Elizabeth Bathory -- the infamous Blood Countess and widow of legendary vampire Count Dracula -- makes a blood pact with an Egyptian goddess involving three lovely victims and a living Mummy. A centuries-old craving collides with an ancient curse in this horrific climax to Frontline Entertainment's Countess Dracula and Mummy's Kiss movie series!
As I Kiss You
Director
event2020
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A young woman with missing memories and an ever-changing environment must make sense of what is going around her and uncover the secrets that have put her into that position.
The Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty
Director
event2006 star_border 5.6
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In this sequel to the erotic cult hit, reporter Elyse Lam investigates a string of kidnappings involving sexy young women who turn into zombie love slaves. Elyse traces the crimes to a mummy that's controlled by crazed museum director Dr. Zita Furneaux . As she digs deeper into her big story, will Elyse fall victim to Dr. Zita's seductive charms?
The Mummy's Kiss
Writer
event2003 star_border 3.8
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Eternally cursed and mummified by the pharaoh for pursuing the love of his daughter, Hat-Em-Akhet, Hor-Shep-Sut lies in quiet slumber waiting for the day she will be reawakened. When Hor-Shep-Sut's sarcophagus is found by Dr. Wallis Harwa and opened by Professor Carter Moore, the professor's fiancée, Ana, immediately faints at the sight of the horrific, but somehow oddly familiar mummified remains. As Hor-Shep-Sut awakens from her centuries-old slumber to pursue her long lost love, viewers can rest assured that she will certainly have her fair share of erotic encounters before meeting her ultimate fate.
I Was a Teenage Vampire
Director
event1959
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The teenage son of Dracula travels from Transylvania to the United States of America (USA) in search of new victims.
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Director
event1994 star_border 6
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A documentary covering the history of Apes in the movies. Written and Directed by Donald F. Glut.
Dragstrip Dracula
Director
event1962
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dragstrip dracula
The Invisible Teenager
Director
event1962
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Don Griffin, the Invisible Teenager (played by Don Glut) is on the run from the psychiatric hospital.
Rocketman Flies Again
Director
event1966
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Rocket Man (played by Don Glut) comes to the rescue of a man being robbed.
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thanks
event2022 star_border 6.4
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After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Superduperman
Director
event1962
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The adventures of reporter Clark Bent (played by Don Glut) who in reality is Superduperman.
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Writer
event2001 star_border 6.4
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This movie is about a lady that is turned into a vampire. She hates being a vampire and living in the darkness and refuses to drink blood and has Rienfeld to go out and find a solution for her to become mortal like everybody else. So, he goes out and finds three virgins. She was a rock singer before she was a vampire and wants to become a singer again and still be mortal.
More Dinosaurs
Creative Consultant
event1985 star_border 9
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Gary Owens needs more dinosaurs and sends Eric Boardman on the ultimate dinosaur safari to find them. Join the hunt for a living dinosaur in the jungles of Africa, separate the facts from fiction in dinosaur movies, visit Dinosaur National Monuent and much more. There's no bone unturned in this award winning program
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Director
event1964
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A spacecraft lands on Earth. Steve Rogers (played by Randal Kleiser) observes the landing and investigates as Captain America.
The Teenage Werewolf
Director
event1959
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A "Monster Mash" riff grinds away as a door opens on leather-clad teenage toughs huddled in a dark room. A caption reads, "This is Doctor Mabuse." Underground genre legend Don Glut spins a short take on the man-as-wolf mythos in dusty sepia with snowbound suburbia as a backdrop. - Jackson Scarlett
The Day I Vanished
Director
event1959
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After shooting himself with a mysterious syringe that renders him invisible, a man wreaks havoc on those unfortunate enough to have wandered into his domain. He-Man creator and genre auteur Don Glut pays tribute to H.G. Wells' creation with a series of sight gags and charmingly rough science-fiction wizardry. - Jackson Scarlett
Spy Smasher vs. The Purple Monster
Director
event1964 star_border 5
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When he was only twenty, comic book author Don Glut completed what could be hailed as the ultimate in fan-fiction: SPY SMASHER VS. THE PURPLE MONSTER, a winning lo-fi tribute to two beloved Republic Studios serials. Glut's five-part mini-serial captures all the charm of the hokey but heartfelt mid-century originals it emulates on a budget that would hardly keep the lights on at a Hollywood studio. - Jackson Scarlett
Wrath of the Sun Demon
Director
event1965
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A Volkswagen Beetle screeches around a bend in a country road as the sun nears eclipse. "No! Don't let it happen now!" a man screams, transforming into monster strongly reminiscent of the "Creature" (from the cinematic Black Lagoon) in this teenage production from Don Glut. Glut would go on to a prolific career that encompassed both genre writing and paleontology. - Jackson Scarlett
For What Purpose?
Director
event1965
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Wooden crates, bundled cardboard, trash cans and stacks of magazines become fodder for a protracted brawl between two young men over a briefcase. But what could be inside? An amateur production from the young Don Glut who would later go on to create not only the novelization of a STAR WARS film but many works involving science-fiction, monsters and dinosaurs. - Jackson Scarlett
It Came from Alpha Centauri
Special Effects
event1962
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An alien creature has traveled to Earth. What destruction will it cause.
Tyran the Terrible
Special Effects
event1962
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American horror short from 1962.
Son of Tor
Director
event1964 star_border 3
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Carl Denham (returns to Tor's plateau ("Tor, King of Beasts" 1962) with a friend.
Dances with Werewolves
Director
event2016 star_border 5.7
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When Cassie flees an abusive relationship, and falls victim to a moon-worshiping 600-year-old Romanian Countess, a troubled paranormal investigator of Native American heritage finds himself in a deadly love triangle with a battered-woman werewolf.
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Assistant Director
event1994 star_border 7.4
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Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
Creative Consultant
event1984
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The first Dinosaurs show starring Eric Boardman and Gary Owens, which aired on ABC on 11/22/1984.
Tales of Frankenstein
Director
event2018 star_border 7.4
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An anthology featuring four tales inspired by the Frankenstein legend.
Tor, King of Beasts
Director
event1962
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The models in Tor, King of Beasts (1962) were a slight improvement over those in Time Is Just a Place…but the models would be better in the sequel Son of Tor.
The Time Monsters
Director
event1959
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Scientist discover a way to view the past.
Diplodocus at Large
Director
event1953
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This is the story of a dinosaur that attacks a small town.
The Earth Before Man
Director
event1956
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The story was set in prehistoric earth. It is a story of dinosaurs, strange mammals, a giant gorilla and large lizards. It is a story of how they lived, and how they fought. It is the story of how their world came to and end, when a volcano erupted.
Dinosaur Destroyer
Director
event1959
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After a spaceship crashes on Earth, a giant egg rolls from the wreckage. The egg quickly hatches to reveal an alien dinosaur. Due to the Earth's atmosphere, the newly hatched alien dinosaur rapidly increases in size. The dinosaur turns its attention towards a railway township, which it attacks, causing great destruction. The alien dinosaur sees a water tower, which it commences to climb. The continued affect of Earth's atmosphere on the alien dinosaur makes the creature burn, destroying it.
The Fire Monsters
Director
event1959
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Emerging from the Chicago River, two giant prehistoric dinosaurs enter Chicago, where they battle each to the death, causing great destruction in their wrath. The victorious behemoth scales the tallest building, but in doing so, plummets to its death on the streets below.
The Age of Reptiles
Director
event1960
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The story is about the Mesozoic Era, and the creatures that lived in that time, which include the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The story follows the lives of the dinosaurs and other Mesozoic creatures, how they ate, battle and engage in other activities. The film has a volcano erupting, killing animals including a Tyrannosaurus. The film then moves to present time earth, postulating what may happen should dinosaurs were still alive; by showing a monstrous , fire-breathing Spinosaurus on the attack; and how it would be destroyed by an a grenade.
Time Is Just a Place
Director
event1961
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A spaceship travels back in time to the age of dinosaurs.
Frankenstein Meets Dracula
Director
event1957 star_border 8
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Deep within Castle Frankenstein's laboratory, Count Dracula revives the Frankenstein monster. Once awakened, Count Dracula is able to hypnotically control the monster. After the monster commits a murder, an intruder to laboratory drives a stake through Count Dracula's heart, killer the vampire. The monster attacks the intruder, who kills the monster using a hammer.
Return of the Wolf Man
Director
event1957
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A thief (who is also a wolf man) breaks into Dracula's castle. He encounters a skeleton, and removes a stake from the bones. The removal of the stake revives Dracula, who bites Talbot the thief. Dracula then uses an electronic device to summon the Frankenstein Monster. The Monster leaves the castle. Talbot asks Dracula to cure him of his lycanthropy, but then transforms into the Wolfman. When the Monster returns, he and the Wolfman fight. The Wolfman transforms back into his human form, and then shoots the Monster and rams a stake back into Dracula's heart.
The Revenge of Dracula
Director
event1958
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Count Dracula is revived. He sets about to locate and revive the Frankenstein monster. Dracula is in need of nourishment, so leaves the safety of the castle and locates a victim to satisfy his blood lust. Two of the victim's friends, seek revenge and track Dracula to his lair, and are attacked by the monster. An electrical fuse causes a fire in the castle, while the morning dawn sun destroys Dracula, leaving just his skeletal remains.
The Frankenstein Story
Director
event1958 star_border 10
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The story is set around Doctor Frankenstein, and his assistant Ygor, the hunchback are finishing the creation of and bring to life the monster. Ygor quickly makes friends with the monster. He instructs the monster to kill Doctor Frankenstein, leaving him for dead. Ygor and monster leave the castle to explore. They meet a teenager, who also becomes friends with the monster. When the teenager makes fun of the hunchback, Ygor has the monster kill him. The pair return to the castle to find Doctor Frankenstein still alive. In the meantime, the brother of the teenage victim enters the castle seeking revenge. He sets the castle on fir, trapping inside the Doctor, Ygor and the monster.
Return of the Monster Maker
Director
event1958 star_border 6.5
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Having escaped death (The Frankenstein Story) Doctor Frankenstein makes the decision to create a new monster. He sends Ygor and the original monster to find fresh body parts, whether from the gallows or from the living. With these new parts, the doctor creates a new monster. Unfortunately, the new monster is given a half decayed face. The new monster goes berserk, killing everybody in its path. It attempts to kill the doctor, Ygor and the original monster. The only way to stop it was for the Doctor to turn on the gas, that would kill them all.
Slave of the Vampire
Director
event1959
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Count Dracula (played by Victor Fabian) is able to control Lawrence Talbot - the wolf man (played by Don Glut) to bring back victims for the count to feats upon.
I Was a Teenage Apeman
Director
event1959
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This is about a mad scientist, Doctor Macabre who creates a teenage ape man through the by transplanting of a teenager's brain into that of an ape.
Return of the Teenage Werewolf
Director
event1959 star_border 10
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Tony Rivers (played by Don Glut) transforms into the Teenage Werewolf when harassed by Vandals gang members.
The Teenage Frankenstein Meets the Teenage Werewolf
Director
event1959 star_border 10
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Tony Rivers - the teenage werewolf (played by Paul Klug) returns. It was thought that he had been killed (Return of the Teenage Werewolf).
Revenge of the Teenage Werewolf
Director
event1960
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The Teenage Werewolf - Tony Rivers (played by Don Glut) resumes his killings.
Monster Rumble
Director
event1961
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An encounter of monsters.
Monchhichis
Writer
event1983
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The Monchhichis are monkey-like creatures living in the forest land of Monchia. The tribe leader is a magical wizard called Wizzar, who can make up spells and potions to defeat their enemy, Horrg, and the evil Grumplins of Grumplor.
Spider-Man
Writer (4 ep.)
event1981 star_border 7.2
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Spider-Man is an American animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name.
The Transformers
Writer (15 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.8
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The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.
X-Men
Writer (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 8.2
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The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.
The Centurions
Writer (1 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.2
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In the near future, Doc Terror and his cyborg companion Hacker unleash their forces to conquer Earth! Only one force can stop this evil: a handful of brave men. In specially created Exo-Frames, they can be transported anywhere to fuse with incredible assault weapon systems beamed down from the space station Skyvault, becoming man and machine, Power Xtreme! Max Ray, brilliant Sea Operations commander! Jake Rockwell, rugged Land Operations specialist! Ace McCloud, daring Air Operations expert! Whatever the challenge, they are ready - The Centurions!
The New Adventures of He-Man
Creator (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 5.6
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The New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their successful Masters of the Universe line. The cartoon series was intended to be a continuation of Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Creator (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 7.4
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Years ago, two leaders battled for the fantastical land of Eternia, one became the good King Randor, the other grew into the evil monster Skeletor who plans to rise once again and take Eternia. To protect the kingdom, the mystical powers of Castle Greyskull chose a hero - Randor's lazy, impulsive teenage son Adam.
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