Boris Karloff

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Grampa's Monster Movies: Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney…; Al Grampa Lewis from the original Addam's Family hosts this collection of 28 horror trailers unearthed from the vaults of Universal studios. This…
Frankenstein (1931): Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff; Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
Mummy, The (1932): Dir. Karl Freund
Feat. Boris Karloff; Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…
Black Cat, The (1934) / The Raven / The Mummy (1932-1935): Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, Lew Landers
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff; Notable debut of B–movie legend Ulmer, pits Bela Lugosi against Boris Karloff's formibable architect of evil. Bizarre sets and a dreamy,…
Old Dark House, The (1932): Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton; Seeking refuge from an encroaching storm, six travellers pick the wrong house to take shelter in, with a spooky Boris Karloff, among other terrors in…
Ghoul, The (1933): Dir. T. Hayes Hunter
Feat. Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger…; Creaky, but efficient Karloff outing centres on an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935): Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff; Boris Karloff meets his match when mad Dr. Frank builds his forlorn monster a mate. Sequel to FRANKENSTEIN is possibly the best horror of the '30s…
Son of Frankenstein / Ghost of Frankenstein (1939): Dir. Rowland V Lee, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi…; A double feature of horrors from Universal Studios, the third and fourth films respectively in the FRANKENSTEIN series. Son of Frankenstein (1939)…
House of Frankenstein (1944): Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney…; Genuinely odd horror film in the Universal Studios stable, has scientist Karloff rolling out a monster freakshow of the 'classics', including…
Body Snatcher, The (1945): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi; Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…
Isle of the Dead (1945): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew; Boris Karloff stars in this Val Lewton "superstitious chiller" about a group of plague–ridden people quarantined on a tiny Greek…
Bedlam (1946): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Val Lewton, Boris Karloff, Anna Lee…; Meticulous though a trifle tame Val Lewton (CAT PEOPLE) production frequents the drawing rooms and asylums of 18th century London. Boris Karloff is…
Dick Tracy - Four Original Serials (1947): Feat. Ralph Byrd, Boris Karloff; Ralph Byrd stars as Chester Gould's comic–strip crimefighter in a pair of original serial movies Dick Tracy's Dilemma, and Dick Tracy meets…
Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947): Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff; Danny Kaye shines in this delightful family film as a quiet day–dreamer whose real life catches up with his elaborate adventure fantasies.
Strange Door, The (1951): Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest; Thriller based on the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Charles Laughton playing a sadistic man who…
Haunted Strangler, The (1957): Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Boris Karloff; Jekyll–and–Hyde variation with criminologist Boris Karloff delving into a serial–murder case for which he suspects the wrong man…
Corridors of Blood (Doctor from Seven Dials, The) (1958): Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie…; A gruesome enactment of medical experimentation in pre–Victorian London, with Karloff donning apron and scalpel to try and discover an…
Raven, The (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff…; A great cast inhabits this low budget fantasy–comedy version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale – one of Corman's best.
Terror, The (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Boris Karloff; A legendary Corman quickie on which all of star Boris Karloff's scenes were shot in 3 days on sets leftover from THE RAVEN!
Black Sabbath (Three Faces of Fear) (1963): Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi…; Finely wrought three–part portmanteau film from the talents of Italian horror–maestro Mario Bava. Boris Karloff provides the…
Comedy of Terrors, The ( The Graveside Story) (1964): Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price…; Business is slow for undertaker Vincent Price so taking matters into his own hands he sets about smothering elderly people in their sleep. Enjoyable…
Die, Monster, Die (1965): Dir. Daniel Heller
Feat. Boris Karloff, Freda Jackson, Nick Adams…; Enjoyable Lovecraft adaptation, featuring an older Boris Karloff going nuts in the greenhouse.
Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966): Dir. Don Weis
Feat. Nancy Sinatra, Boris Karloff, Tommy Kirk…; Seventh and final in a loose series of 'Beach Party' movies, featuring Nancy Sinatra and an ageing Boris Karloff.
Targets (1967): Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Bogdanovich; The influential first feature from a young Peter Bogdanovich, that effectively contrasts the story of a retiring horror actor (played by Boris…
Sorcerers, The (1967): Dir. Michael Reeves
Feat. Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy…; An aging couple conduct secret experiments in vicarious mind–control, living out perverse scenarios through young and unwitting victims.…

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