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Boris Karloff news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Boris Karloff performances. According to Wikipedia: Boris Karloff was an English actor, who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s, best known for his roles in horror films and... [more]
Boris Karloff news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Boris Karloff performances. According to Wikipedia: Boris Karloff was an English actor, who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s, best known for his roles in horror films and the creation of the Monster in 1931's "Frankenstein". His popularity following "Frankenstein" in the early 1930s was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or, on some movie posters, "Karloff the Uncanny".
Horror suggests physical repulsion, disgust, and that seems to me a worthless, pointless reaction for any work of entertainment to aim at; it's so easy it isn't worth doing. An eye, say, plopping all bloody into a glass dish may provoke a gasp of revulsion when it is first seen on the screen, but this is an entirely physical thing, and something one can get used to--no doubt with a certain coarsening of one's responses in the process. The second or third time something like this happens in a...
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Trick or Treat! Now tap those feet. It's time for some really good treats!It was inevitable. With all the wonderful reviewer copies of DVDs and books cluttering up my attic office, as well as the enormous material I acquire on my own, I should have thought of this sooner. My gain will now become yours. But what's the price? You must play a game. First you must correctly answer the following devilishly difficult questions to win one of three splendidly horrifying prizes. Second, you must email...
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More Halloween fun... FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY this Halloween has been designated to honor and celebrate the "mother" and "father" of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff.Every year a different venue is used to celebrate this occasion. In years past it has included a torch lighting ceremony, film festival, and awarding of THE FRANKY. A special celebration is planned this year since it is the 50th anniversary of the release of Frankenstein 1970, Karloff's last "Frankenstein film."This...
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Of English Accents, Lightning Storms, and Monsters (Part Two of Three: Read Part One) By ILoz ZocIn the minds of many horror aficionados, [Lionel] Atwill's greatest performance came in a supporting part--as the unforgettable, wooden-armed Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein. Constructed with equal parts bottled rage and gallows humor, Krogh ranks as the most completely assembled supporting character of Universal's entire Frankenstein series (unless you count Bela Lugosi's Ygor, who...
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He became a celebrated figure after his star roles as the monster in Frankenstein and the Egyptian revenant in The Mummy .
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English actor who became internationally famous for his sympathetic and chilling portrayal of the monster in the classic horror film Frankenstein .
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What a lot of wonderful things there are in the world! and the corollary how sad that many of them cost money! Now of the gathering last night a couple of pictures, maybe more for people who were there but ...
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Like Lon Chaney's Quasimodo or Bela Lugosi's Dracula, Boris Karloff became the face of one of the horror genre's biggest monsters with his portrayal of Dr. Frankenstein's Monster in the 1931 original movie and its sequels.Read the Whole Item...
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Boris Karloff never walked these grounds, but the history of Burg Frankenstein may have inspired Mary Shelley's famous monster. It has also inspired one of the oldest Halloween parties in Germany, started by the U.S. Army 31 years ago.
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James Whale, one of the original horror moviemakers is perhaps best known for directing Boris Karloff in the iconic 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. One of the few celebrities at the time to be openly gay, Whale led a far more tragic life...
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Recommended The Movie: Over the summer, I had the pleasure of returning to the Mummy movies in my role as reviewer here at DVD Talk since Universal re-released the 1932 black and white Boris Karloff classic, ...
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Doug Jones is a modern day Boris Karloff with his ability to create often grotesque creatures from behind elaborate masks.
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