Bob Burns Movies

Documentary film exploring the making, and legacy of 'Forbidden Planet'

Godzilla… Predator… Robby the Robot… The Gill Man… These are some of the most iconic characters in cinema, but many...

A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Insect-like aliens invade a small town. The local teenagers have been watching a sci-fi marathon in the local theater, and from those films they get...

A look behind the scenes at Cortlandt Hull's "The Witch's Dungeon," a movie-themed Halloween attraction in Bristol, Connecticut -- now the...

A portrait of painter, sculptor, makeup artist, set designer and inventor Charlie Gemora.

Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).

Focuses on two subjects in particular: Rob Niosi, who has spent many years building a full-scale replica of the prop from the 1960 film The Time...

A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length,...

Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret.

Bob Furmanek and Bob Burns returns to the original location of ROBOT MONSTER.

Two scientists awake an creature in their private laboratory.

Pulp homage to the serials of the 30s and 40s

A couple searching for the ideal spot to have a picnic, unknowingly enter sacred land and disturb the Cliff Monster that guards the area.

A scientist gets an alien from the fourth dimension and guided him a tour of civilization.