Horror's brash documentarian Savvy, knowledgeable, opinionated and razor-tongued, Ted Newsom's place in horror history is assured, one of the first to treat Hammer -- and the entire genre -- with a researcher's respect and an editor's pace. Whether Frankensteins, apes or Ed Wood, Ted helped launch the era of fan-based documentaries, and is an important link to a workaday Hollywood that is nearly gone.