Home

The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner (2020) [N/A]

Featuring:
Audrey Wagner Elam, Kevin Elam, Stephen Jones

Directed by:
Brandon D. Lunsford, Brian M. McKnight


Release Date:
December 10, 2020

Original Title:
The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner

Genres:
Documentary

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 101

He was just a normal guy... He just happened to be one of the best writers of horror and fiction in the world.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Karl Edward Wagner was one of the most accomplished dark fantasy and horror writers in the world during the 1970’s and 1980’s, but very few outside of his devoted cult of fans even know his name. Creator of the immortal antihero warrior Kane and the author of several cerebral tales of psychological horror, Karl gave his characters and settings a unique and chilling perspective. A rugged and imposing figure who resembled his red-bearded swordsman Kane, Karl’s life ultimately ended tragically in 1994 due to the ravages of alcohol, cutting short the career of a writer who should be considered a legend in the field of weird fiction. This feature-length documentary features Karl’s family, friends, and contemporaries like Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, and Dennis Etchison as they explore the life of the Last Wolf, a dark genius from a bygone era who, like Kane, remains immortal through his words.

Click the heading above to show or hide the text.

Overview from Open Movies

The Last Wolf is a documentary about the amazing and tragic life of Karl Edward Wagner. Celebrated by his dedicated fans yet unknown by many devotees of horror and weird fantasy, Karl was a master of both genres. The Last Wolf seeks to shed a light on this dark muse through interviews with his family, his friends, and his fellow creators.

Click the heading above to show or hide the text.

Additional information:

The Search Form


Rankings and Honors

The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner (2020) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 9.3/10

Performers

Click the heading above to show or hide the list.

Production

Cinematography:
Jeff Leazer
Brian M. McKnight
Brandon D. Lunsford

Director:
Brian M. McKnight
Brandon D. Lunsford

Editor:
Jeff Leazer
Brian M. McKnight

Music:
Jeff Leazer
Gage Lippi

Producer:
Brian M. McKnight
Brandon D. Lunsford

Click the heading above to show or hide the list.

About the Movie Section

Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).

Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).

At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.

Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)

While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:

  • I added "runners up" to Top 10 lists, treating them as ties where applicable and numbering them accordingly at the bottom of each list.
  • Regarding those polls wherein "franchise" movies were submitted as one project until BFI's policy changed to regard them separately, I treated them as ties and renumbered the affected lists accordingly (e.g. the Godfather films).

Regarding profile removals and data corrections:

  • If you would like your profile removed from this site, please contact the source of this data directly, TheMovieDB. My assumption is: once it's gone from their site, it should soon be gone from this site.
  • If you would like to correct movie data on this site, please contact the source of this data directly, TheMovieDB. My assumption is: once it's corrected on their site, it should soon be corrected on this site.
  • For additional corrections and profile removals, please e-mail The Open Movie Database (OMDb).

Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).

Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.

Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.