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Boris Karloff

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... [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".

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The web site TV Shows on DVD announced that Image Entertainment will release the classic TV series Thriller as a deluxe boxed set of DVDs next year. The acclaimed series was hosted by the great Boris Karloff and was favorably compared to The Twilight Zone. The set will include many extras and represents the first time the show has had a professional release on home video. Among the young up-and-coming stars featured in the series: Richard...  
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Photo of Matt Kahler and Jessie Fisher by Paul Metreyeon First off, we should tell you that we’re more familiar with Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” than Mary Shelley’s original novel. Or the Boris Karloff movie. Or any other version, really. (Our apologies to the Chicagoist Literary and Film Offices if they’re ashamed of us in any way.) The point is: We fully accept that The Hypocrites’ Frankenstein may have included references that went...  
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By David Lambert - A few weeks ago we passed along to you an unconfirmed report that Boris Karloff's 1960 series, Thriller, would be coming to DVD. We've confirmed the other day, from an independent... (more)  
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Their names are synonymous with classic horror films.  Together, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff presented an unbeatable tag team of terror.  For over 25 years they dueled for horror superiority with films such as DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, THE MUMMY, WHITE ZOMBIE, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, and dozens of others.  Film historian Greg Mank, the foremost expert on classic horror of the 1930s and 1940s, takes horror fans on an...  
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Their names are synonymous with classic horror films. Together, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff presented an unbeatable tag team of terror. For over 25 years they dueled for horror superiority with films such as DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, THE MUMMY ...  
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There's a Boris Karloff marathon on Turner Classic Movies today. You can read about the entire line-up on their site, but here are some highlights.At 5:30am, "The Ghoul," which reunites Karloff with his "The Old Dark House" and "Bride of Frankenstein" costar, Ernest Thesiger.Many of his movies had very similar plots, with Karloff playing some kind of mad scientist who is executed and comes back to life, or is condemned to death, as in "Before...  
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The sole purpose of Karloff Enterprises is to protect and perpetuate the legacy both, personal and professional, that my father left to my 2 sons and myself, and more importantly, left to his fans. Karloff Enterprises through the licensing proc  
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By David Lambert - A few days ago we received an e-mail from one of our readers, Jim Wynorski, and we are grateful. Not because he began by saying how he 'always appreciated our site' (well, we're grateful... (more)  
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The iconic horror classic Frankenstein (1931) features an unforgettable performance by Boris Karloff and was given a memorable visual style by director James Whale. Read the DVD review and find out more about this fascinating film. More DVD Reviews of Horror Movies: Drag Me to Hell DVD Nosferatu DVD Vampyr DVD Also of Interest: Top Horror Movies Frankenstein DVD Cover Art © Universal Studios Home Entertainment DVD Pick: Frankenstein...  
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By Matt Brunson KARLOFF & LUGOSI HORROR CLASSICS (1936-1958). Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made a series of memorable movies together during the 1930s and '40s (including The Raven and The Body Snatcher), but those aren't the titles showcased in this four-picture collection arriving in stores just in time for Halloween. Instead, these are minor efforts featuring one or the other of the actors (only one of the included...  
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"It is a scene etched in film history. ...the drowning of the little girl in Frankenstein was a truly transgressive moment in a film already overloaded with gruesome happenings. Actor Boris Karloff protested, as did audiences and critics when the film previewed. The scene was jettisoned, cutting off suddenly as The Monster reaches for the child." John Cox went looking for the spot where this scene was shot, join him in The Return to Malibou...  
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And speaking as we were yesterday of Warner Home Video's fabulous forthcoming (October 6) box set of new-to-home video Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi flicks, I feel duty bound to say a little bit more about my fave of the bunch, the fabulously ahead of its time and post-modern Frankenstein 1970 (from 1958). The plot: Baron Victor Von Frankenstein (Karloff) has fallen on hard times; tortured by the Nazis during World War II, he is now (now...  
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KARLOFF & LUGOSI HORROR CLASSICS (Warner Home Video): What would Halloween be without Boris Karloff (1887-1969) and Bela Lugosi (1882-1956), two of the undisputed kings of screen horror? A lot less entertaining and a lot more boring, I daresay. This ...  
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Well, there's terrific news for fright flick buffs (and me, since I'm on the promo list heh heh): On October 6th, Warner Home Video will be releasing Karloff and Lugosi Horror Classics, a box set featuring four new to DVD horror films starring (duh) Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. I am happy to report that two of the films -- You'll Find Out (1940) and Zombies on Broadway (1945) -- are terrific period mixes of horror and comedy of the kind they...  
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