Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

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

Ray Bradbury

Bobbie Bresee

Lon Chaney Jr.

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Lon Chaney

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Roger Corman

Joe Dante

John Landis

Fay Wray

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Max Schreck

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Colin Clive

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Ernest Thesiger

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Boris Karloff

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Christopher Lee

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Peter Lorre

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Bela Lugosi

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Helen Chandler

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Claude Rains

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Elsa Lanchester

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Fredric March

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Ray Harryhausen

Vincent Price

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Peter Cushing

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Zandor Vorkov

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Shelly Weiss

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Jovanka Vuckovic