Tom Weaver

One of the “leading scholars in the horror field” (The New York Times), Tom Weaver is a Sleepy Hollow, New York-based film researcher and historian. Since 1982, he has interviewed nearly 600 actors, writers, producers, directors, etc. for a variety of nationally distributed magazines. His 35 books include “Universal Horrors”, an examination of the studio’s classic chillers of the 1930s and 1940s.

Weaver has written liner notes, production histories and cast bios for hundreds of laser discs, DVDs and Blu-rays; provided scores of audio commentaries (mostly for horror and sci-fi movies, including Creature from the Black Lagoon and its sequels); and guested on movie-related documentary series on “American Movie Classics” and E!.

Weaver is a multiple-time winner of the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award, a fan-based award presented each year for the best in horror movie research and appreciation. He was inducted into the Rondos’ “Monster Kid Hall of Fame” on March 30, 2011.