Coming Soon

Coming Soon (1982)

Director John Landis has combed the vaults of Universal Studios, Hollywood's preeminent producer of horror films and edited them into this retrospective documentary featuring clips from preview trailers dating from Lon Chaney's 1923 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" to the present day. Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis hosts and narrates this tribute featuring Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Godzilla, Tarantula,, the Phantom of the Opera, Dracula and their infamous progeny.

Date of release
1982-01-01
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
55m
Genres
Documentary
Director
John Landis

Casting

Interesting facts

Coming Soon is a 1982 American direct-to-video documentary film directed by John Landis for Universal Pictures. The film is narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis with a script by Mick Garris.

Production and release

John Landis used trailers of old Universal horror and thriller films to create his own contribution to his favorite film genres. Jamie Lee Curtis' scenes were filmed at Dracula's Castle, European Street and the Psycho House on the backlot of Universal Studios in Universal City, California. It had a limited theatrical release before going to video.

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