Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Roland Winters, Donna Martell, Alan Mowbray, James Flavin, Nicholas Joy, Victoria Horne
Abbott and Costello play a detective and a bellboy at a posh hotel where corpses keep appearing out of nowhere. They go to work, as only they can, in search of the killer.
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The Ape 1940  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gertrude Hoffman, Henry Hall, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan, Selmer Jackson, George Cleveland, Ray Corrigan, Mary Field, I. Stanford Jolley, Pauline Drake, Jack Kennedy, Philo McCullough
In need of spinal fluid to cure a young girl's paralysis, Dr. Adrian (Boris Karloff) camouflages himself in an ape skin and murders townsfolk to obtain their spinal fluids for his serum.
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 Bedlam 1946  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Glen Vernon, Jason Robards Sr., Joan Newton, Richard Fraser, Ian Wolfe, Leyland Hodgson, Elizabeth Russell, Joan Newton, Ellen Corby, Harry Harvey, Bruce Edwards
Bedlam is an asylum in need of reform. Master Sims (Boris Karloff) heads up the mental hospital staffed by unusually cruel personnel. Nell Rowen (Anna Lee) is an actress who helps at the institution and is determined that changes will be made Meanwhile, Sims is determined to rid the hospital of her influence.
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Behind That Curtain 1929  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gilbert Emery, Philip Strange, E.L. Park, Lois Moran, Claude King, Boris Karloff, Jamiel Hasson, Peter Gawthorne, John Rogers, Edgar Norton, Frank Finch Smiles
This early sound movie, featuring the wise detective Charlie Chan (E.L. Park), is about an heiress (Lois Moran) who leaves her husband for a new "love" in her life but is about to suffer the consequences.
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The Bells 1926 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Horror
Director: James Young
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Lorimer Johnston, Eddie Phillips, Lola Todd, Laura La Varnie, Boris Karloff, E. Alyn Warren, John George, George Austin
After Alsatian innkeeper Mathias (Lionel Barrymore) murders a wealthy visitor at his inn and takes his gold, Mathias' conscience takes over, and he finds himself on the verge of insanity. The pressures become even worse for Mathias when the victim's brother Jerome (Gustav von Seyffertitz) arrives on the scene with a mesmerist (Boris Karloff) who says that he can identify the murderer.
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 Bikini Beach 1964 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Asher
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Keenan Wynn, Martha Hyer, Harvey Lembeck, Don Rickles, Jody McCrea, Meredith MacRae, Boris Karloff, Paul Smith
As part of the series of "Beach Party" movies, this is one of the better entries. Frankie Avalon plays roles of a British singing star, "The Potato Bug," and Annette Funicello's favorite boyfriend.
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 The Black Cat 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: The House of Doom
The Vanishing Body
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Harry Cording, Luis Alberni, Lucille Lund, Herman Bing, Andre Cheron, Egon Brecher, George Davis, Paul Weigel
This is the first film starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and concerns a young couple–Joan and Peter Alison (Julie Bishop and David Manners)–who meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Lugosi) on a train while honeymooning in Budapest. Werdegast offers them a ride from the station, but after an accident the trio ends up at the home of Hjalmar Poetzig (Karloff). Poetzig is a satanic cult leader who has stolen Werdegast's wife and daughter. The wife has died and her corpse is hidden in the house. Meanwhile, Werdegast has married the daughter. Now the chess game begins as Poelzig and Werdegast engage in mind games, and the Alisons become the pawns in this deadly game.
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Black Friday 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Paul Fix, Joe King, Jack Mulhall
Doctor Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) transplants the brain of a criminal into his friend who, in turn, takes on a new personality.
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The Black Room 1935 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall, Katherine DeMille, Henry Kolker, Colin Tapley, Edward Van Sloan, John Buckler, John Bleifer
Condemned by his neighboring villagers, a baron–Gregor (Boris Karloff)–has murdered his twin brother for ill-begotten gains.
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The Body Snatcher 1945  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Bela Lugosi, Edith Atwater, Sharyn Moffett, Donna Lee, Robert Clarke, Mary Gordon, Milton Kibbee, Larry Wheat, Bill Williams
During his off-duty hours, an Edinburgh cab driver (Boris Karloff) becomes a grave robber supplying fresh corpses for Dr. MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) to use in his medical research. Blackmail and murders ensue in this chilling thriller set in the mid-1800s. The tale is based on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson and is a prototype of the thriller genre. This is the last movie in which Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred together. 1 User Review
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The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jeff Donnell, Larry Parks, Maude Eburne, Don Beddoe, Frank Puglia, George McKay, Frank Sully
To help with the war effort, Professor Billings (Boris Karloff) and Doctor Lorentz (Peter Lorre) plan to turn corpses into supermen who will fight for the Allies in World War II.
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The Bride of Frankenstein 1935  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Horror / Romance
Director: James Whale
Cast: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Valerie Hobson, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor, E.E. Clive, Walter Brennan, John Carradine, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Lucien Prival, Dwight Frye
In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Dr. Frankenstein considers making a bride for his monster and then realizes the folly of his idea. But in this sequel, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is coerced into creating a female companion (Elsa Lanchester) for his monster (Boris Karloff).
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British Intelligence 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Maris Wrixon, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Winifred Harris, Lester Matthews, Jack Mower, Frederick Vogeding
Employed as a butler at a British war minister's home, Valdar (Boris Karloff) is really a German espionage agent.
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Cauldron of Blood 1967  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blind Man's Bluff
Children of Blood
Director: Edward Mann
Cast: Boris Karloff, Viveca Lindfors, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jacqui Speed, Rosenda Monteros, Manuel de Blas, Dyanik Zurakowska, Milo Quesada, Ruben Rojo, Mary Lou Palermo
A blind sculptor (Boris Karloff) creates life-like works of art–in part because real humans make up the core of his work.
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 Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Charlotte Henry, Keye Luke, Thomas Beck, William Demarest, Gregory Gaye, Frank Conroy, Guy Usher, Selmer Jackson, Margaret Irving, Nedda Harrigan, Maurice Cass
This is one of the best in the long line of Charlie Chan films. In this outing, Chan (Warner Oland) solves the disappearance of a mental patient and two murders during an opera performance. Boris Karloff plays a baritone, who has more than a few mental problems in this thirteenth film in the series.
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The Climax 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, George Dolenz, June Vincent, Ludwig Stossel, Scotty Beckett, William Edmunds
A psychopath, Doctor Hohner (Boris Karloff), is obsessed with a young opera soprano, Angela (Susanna Foster), whose singing reminds him of the woman in his past who he loved and then killed.
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The Comedy of Terrors 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Basil Rathbone, Alan DeWitt, Douglas Williams, Buddy Mason, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes, Orangey, Paul Barselou
Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) runs the funeral parlor that his senile father-in-law Amos Hinchley (Boris Karloff) owns. The funeral parlor needs more customers if it is going to stay in business. Waldo's solution is to kill a few people whose services will then help pay the rent. Now, Waldo and his inept assistant Felix Gillie (Peter Lorre) start sneaking into homes at night and killing people. The plan works–but when they try, again and again, to poison Waldo's father-in-law, he just will not stay dead.
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Corridors of Blood 1958 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Frank Pettingell, Charles Lloyd Pack
A doctor (Boris Karloff), addicted to drugs, resorts to grave robbing to satisfy his needs.
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The Criminal Code 1931 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Mary Doran, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, John Sheehan, Otto Hoffman, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Porcasi
An innocent man (Phillips Holmes) is jailed, and the warden (Walter Huston) is faced with problems when his own daughter falls in love with his prisoner. This film was remade as "Convicted" in 1950, while film footage is used in 1968's "Targets."
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The Daydreamer 1966 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass
Cast: Ray Bolger, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton, Paul O'Keefe, Tallulah Bankhead, Boris Karloff, Burl Ives, Victor Borge, Terry-Thomas, Patty Duke
This story, told partly through animation, is about Hans Christian Andersen's boyhood meetings with many of the characters that become subjects for his later stories.
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Destination Nightmare 1968 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Landres
Cast: Boris Karloff, Whit Bissell, Myron Healey, Tod Andrews, George Hamilton, Jean Del Val, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Rusty Lane, Ron Hagerthy, Roy Engel
Boris Karloff introduces and stars in tales of the supernatural, which was the pilot for a TV series.
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Devil's Island 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson, Adia Kuznetzoff, Rolla Gourvitch, Will Stanton, Edward Keane, Pedro de Cordoba, Al Bridge, Earl Dwire
A French doctor, Charles Gaudet (Boris Karloff), treats a treasonous soldier and is punished with imprisonment on Devil's Island where his presence provides the means to save a young girl's life.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Dick Tracy Meets Karloff
Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley, Lyle Latell, Skelton Knaggs, Tony Barrett, Joseph Crehan, Jason Robards Sr., June Clayworth, Jim Nolan, Milton Parsons, Lex Barker, Robert Bray, Harry Strang
Dastardly criminal Gruesome (Boris Karloff) uses gas bombs to paralyze victims while he robs banks–until Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) comes to the rescue.
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Die, Monster, Die 1965  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Daniel Haller
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Patrick Magee, Terrence De Marney
The home of Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff) was hit by a meteorite. Now, his future son-in-law, Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams), visits the house and finds mutations of humans as well as animals.
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Doomed to Die 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Melvin Lang, Guy Usher, Tristram Coffin, William Stelling, Catherine Craig, Henry Brandon, Richard Loo, Wilbur Mack, Kenneth Harlan, Gibson Gowland, Maxine Leslie
With help from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds), ace detective Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) investigates the murder of a shipping magnate and finds more than just murder. Fifth in the Mr. Wong series and the last one starring Karloff. One more would follow: "Phantom of Chinatown."
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The Emperor's Nightingale 1951  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jiri Trnka
Cast: Boris Karloff
Hans Christian Andersen's story is told through Czech puppeteer Trnka's unique stop-motion technique (along with two "real" people). The story, set in China, concerns an emperor who loved the singing of a nightingale so much that he purchased an artificial nightingale, breaking the heart of the real one. English-language version narrated by Boris Karloff.
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The Fatal Hour 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Mr. Wong at Headquarters
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Trowbridge, Craig Reynolds, Frank Puglia, Jason Robards Sr., Grant Withers, John Hamilton, Harry Strang, Lita Chevret
While trying to solve the murder of a police officer, Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) uncovers a jewelry smuggling ring.
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The Fear Chamber 1968 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Torture Zone
Chamber of Fear
Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez
Cast: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Carlos East, Isela Vega, Yerye Beirute, Santanon, Sandra Chavez, Eva Muller, Pamela Rosas
Scientists discover strange elements inside an active volcano. This film was among the last films made by Boris Karloff in 1968 but was not released until 1971.
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Five Star Final 1931 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, George E. Stone, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Frances Starr
This insightful offering examines the effects of yellow journalism in which the search for sensational news to sell newspapers ignores the responsibilities of the journalism profession.
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 Frankenstein 1931 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Michael Mark, Pauline Moore, Francis Ford, Frederick Kerr, Marilyn Harris, Soledad Jimenez, Mary Gordon, Cecilia Parker
Boris Karloff plays Frankenstein's monster in this "father of horror films." It is the story of Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) who digs up new graves in search of body parts for his experiments in the creation of human life. Frankenstein does succeed, but the life he creates has a violent and murderous brain. When Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth (Mae Clarke) arrives at his laboratory with Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan), they find an eerie scene and a totally changed Frankenstein obsessed with the creation of his monster.
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Frankenstein - 1970 1958 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund, Don "Red" Barry, Charlotte Austin, Norbert Schiller, Rudolph Anders, Irwin Berke, Mike Lane, John Dennis, Franz Roehn, Joe Ploski, Otto Reichow, Jack Kenny
In this story, set in the future (1970), Victor III (Boris Karloff) is the disfigured grandson of Frankenstein who tries to create life in his own unique way–by employing nuclear power! Because he needs money to generate atomic energy, Victor allows a TV crew to shoot a documentary about his grandfather. When they arrive at his German castle, Victor collects rent from them and then uses the money to buy an atomic reactor, which he employs to kill off crewmembers for spare parts for his creature. But, just like in the case of his grandfather, tragedy ensues.
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini 1966 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid, Quinn O'Hara, Nancy Sinatra, Claudia Martin, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Francis X. Bushman, Patsy Kelly
This final "Beach Party" movie has our wholesome group of surfers holed up in a haunted house where they meet some bizarre characters from past horror films. Some old-timers make it watchable for film buffs.
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The Ghoul 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Bushell, Kathleen Harrison, Harold Huth, D.A. Clarke-Smith, George Relph, Jack Raine
An eccentric Egyptologist, Professor Morlant (Boris Karloff), was buried with a jewel that guaranteed immortality. After his grave is robbed, Morlant's corpse rises from the crypt during the next full moon. He sets out after the robbers, and murders ensue before Morlant retrieves the jewel and then returns to his crypt with it.
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House of Evil 1968 PG, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Macabre Serenade
Dance of Death
Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez
Cast: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andres Garcia, Jose Angel Espinosa, Beatriz Baz, Manuel Alvarado, Arturo Fernandez, Quintin Bulnes, Carmen Velez, Jose Luis G. de Leon, Felipe de Flores, Fernando Saucedo, Estuardo Mora, Victor Jordan, Jose Antonio Garcia
Matthias Morteval (Boris Karloff) is dying and calls his relatives to his Morhenge Mansion to collect their inheritances. Matthias dies, but not before laying traps in the mansion involving killer toys that perform systematic killings of the relatives, one by one. Released in 1971, this is one of Boris Karloff's last films.
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House of Frankenstein 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Sig Ruman, William Edmunds, Philip Van Zandt, Hans Herbert, Julius Tannen
Doctor Nieman (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and is joined by an infamous group of characters–Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange). The doctor and his hunchback sidekick are on the road posing as horror show operators. Followed by "House of Dracula."
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House of Rothschild 1934 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Harvey, Reginald Owen, Holmes Herbert, Helen Westley, Alan Mowbray
During the era of Napoleon, the Rothschilds were a very powerful banking family. This is their family saga. It is a well-told tale, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1966 TV, 26 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
Cast: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft
Adapted from the Dr. Seuss children's book, this television classic features Boris Karloff as the narrator and as the voice of that mean old Mr. Grinch who is fed up with Christmas. The Grinch comes up with an evil plan to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal all the presents in the happy little town of Whoville. But, when he crosses paths with Cindy Loo Who (voice of June Foray) "who is no more than two," she melts the Grinch's heart with kindness. As the narrator, Boris Karloff says, "Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, he thought, means a little bit more." And, by story's end, the good citizens of Whoville are enjoying a merry Christmas.
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I Like Your Nerve 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff, Luis Alberni, Claud Allister, Paul Porcasi, Ivan F. Simpson, Herbert Bunston
A bon vivant (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) changes to a more serious and directed persona when he spends time in Central America and falls in love with a young woman (Loretta Young).
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The Incredible Invasion 1971  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Alien Terror
Sinister Invasion
Director: Jose Luis G. de Leon, Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez
Cast: Boris Karloff, Enrique Guzman, Christa Linder, Mauri Monti, Yerye Beirute, Sergio Kleiner, Tere Valez, Mariela Flores, Tito Novaro, Griselda Mejia
In this, Boris Karloff's last film, he plays a scientist whose experiments bring forth aliens. While made in 1968, the film was not released until 1971 and is a sad ending to Karloff's career.
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The Invisible Ray 1936 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Beulah Bondi, Walter Kingsford, Nydia Westman, Georges Renavent, Frank Reicher, Paul Weigel
After being exposed to a radioactive meteor containing Radium X, research scientist Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) discovers that his touch is enough to kill. With this knowledge, his intended victims are his wife and her lover.
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Island Monster 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Monster of the Island
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero
Cast: Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario, Patrizia Remiddi, Jole Fierro, Carlo Duse, Germana Paolieri, Giuseppe Chinnici, Giulio Battiferri, Domenico De Nimmo, Guiseppe Addobbati, Clara Gamberini, Salvatore Scibetta, Renato Vicario, Angelo Dessy
Narcotics investigator Andreani (Franca Marzi) is on the trail of smugglers operating from a small island. When his daughter is kidnapped by the smugglers, Don Gaetano (Boris Karloff) offers to assist in recovering the girl. What Andreani doesn't know is that Don is the leader of the smugglers. Barely watchable. An English-dubbed version is also available.
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Isle of the Dead 1945 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Jason Robards Sr., Helen Thimig, Alan Napier, Skelton Knaggs, Ernst Deutsch, Sherry Hall, Erick Hanson
Nikolas Pherides (Boris Karloff) is a Greek general who, after a battle during the Balkan War of 1912, goes with American journalist Oliver Davis (Marc Cramer) to a nearby island to find Pherides' deceased wife's grave. They receive help from Swiss archaeologist Albrecht (Jason Robards Sr.) who provides them with a roof over their heads and advice. When they reach the grave, they discover that the remains are no longer there. Pherides decides to track down the grave robbers and, in the process, hears stories from superstitious Kyra (Helen Thimig) about a vampire Thea (Ellen Drew). Meanwhile, the island's inhabitants are dying. Are they victims of a plague caused by corpses on a nearby battlefield, or are the deaths being caused by Kyra? The closing scene of Mrs. St. Auburn (Katherine Emery) being buried alive brings a chilling climax to this horror story.
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Isle of the Snake People 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Snake People
Director: Juan Ibanez, Jack Hill
Cast: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Carlos East, Rafael Bertrand, Yolanda Montes, Quintin Bulnes, Santanon, Martinique, Julia Marichal, Yol Duhalt, Quintin Miller
This is another in the back-to-back final four movies for Boris Karloff and tells the story of wealthy Carl van Molder's (Karloff) niece Annabella (Julissa) and several others who become victims of a strange voodoo cult that is up to no good. Will newly arrived Capt. Pierre Labesch (Rafael Bertrand) be able to shut down the cult's activities?
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Juggernaut 1936 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson, Mona Goya, Anthony Ireland, Nina Boucicault, J.H. Roberts, Morton Selten, Gibb McLaughlin, Victor Rietti
About to find the cure for paralysis, Dr. Sartorius (Boris Karloff) plots with his patient Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) to murder her millionaire husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), to obtain needed funding. A deal is made, Sartorius is hired as Sir Charles' physician, and he begins poisoning his patient. But, Sir Charles figures out what is happening and changes his will to benefit his son Roger (Arthur Margetson) from a previous marriage. Now, Lady Yvonne tells Sartorius to kill both Sir Charles and Roger. Only nurse Eve (Joan Wyndham), who is in love with Roger, may be able to stop Sartorius in his tracks.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1920 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown
Cast: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, Theodore Lorch, Boris Karloff, James Gordon, George Hackathorne, Nelson McDowell, Harry Lorraine, Jack McDonald, Sydney Deane, Joseph Singleton, Chief Tahachee
This early version of "The Last of the Mohicans" was the last major work of director Maurice Tourneur. It is the story of the French and Indian War of the 1700s and the role, as allies, that Indian tribes played for both sides. This film is close to the original James Fenimore Cooper book as it relates the efforts of Hawkeye (Harry Lorraine) and the last of the Mohicans–Uncas (Alan Roscoe) and Chingachgook (Theodore Lorch)–to rescue Alice and Cora Munro (Lillian Hall and Barbara Bedford) from the evil Magua (Wallace Berry). Can you find Boris Karloff as an Indian?
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The Lost Patrol 1934 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, Neville Clark, Paul Hanson, Francis Ford, Frank(1) Baker
In this film adaptation of Philip MacDonald's novel, the story involves a British patrol stranded in the Mesopotamia Desert during World War I. The men are trying, with great difficulty, to fend off Arab enemy forces when their commanding officer is killed. A sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes over, but the patrol has no knowledge of its location–or even its mission–when they start their trek across the desert. They stumble onto an oasis where they hope to find rest, but snipers begin to pick off the men, and the religious ranting of Sanders (Boris Karloff) fills their ears. Finally, only two men remain alive–Sergeant Morelli (Wallace Ford) and Sanders–and the desperate fight for survival continues. Another John Ford masterpiece with interesting characters.
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Lured 1947 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Personal Column
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Alan Mowbray, Cedric Hardwicke, Boris Karloff, George Zucco, Joseph Calleia, Alan Napier, Robert Coote
Lucille Ball plays a chorus girl who police enlist as bait for a serial killer–a psychopath who uses the personal columns when contemplating his next murder.
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The Mad Genius 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Carmel Myers, Charles Butterworth, Mae Madison, Frankie Darro, Luis Alberni, Boris Karloff, Andre Luguet
A bizarre puppeteer (John Barrymore) turns a young man (Donald Cook) into a talented dancer and then lives vicariously through his achievements.
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The Man They Could Not Hang 1939 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Robert Wilcox, Lorna Gray, Roger Pryor, Charles Trowbridge, Joe De Stephani, Don Beddoe, Ann Doran, Byron Foulger, James Craig
Doctor Henry Savaard (Boris Karloff) is executed for murder because of his experiments. Now, his experiments are responsible for bringing him back to life, and he is out for revenge against the judge and jury members who were responsible for his execution.
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The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Boris Karloff, John Loder, Anna Lee, Frank Cellier, Cecil Parker, Donald Calthrop, Clive Morton, D.J. Williams, Lyn Harding, Brian Pawley
A bizarre professor, Doctor Laurence (Boris Karloff), experiments in brain transplants.
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The Man with Nine Lives 1940 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Behind the Door
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Byron Foulger, Roger Pryor, Stanley Brown, Charles Trowbridge, Jo Ann Sayers, Hal Taliaferro, Ivan Miller, Bruce Bennett, Ernie Adams
A doctor (Boris Karloff), frozen for many years, is thawed out and then accused of unethically freezing a very wealthy patient to use as a guinea pig in his experiment.
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The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Brabin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Lawrence Grant, Herbert Bunston
Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) plots to obtain the mask of Genghis Khan, which will give him the necessary means to rule the world. Falling into his torture chamber are Terrence Granville (Charles Starrett) and Sheila (Karen Morley), but Scotland Yard's Investigator Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) enters the picture and saves both the hapless couple and the world from the influence of Fu Manchu.
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Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, George Lynn, William Royle, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, Huntley Gordon, James Flavin, Lee Tung Foo, Bessie Loo, Ernie Stanton, I. Stanford Jolley, Guy Usher, Wilbur Mack
Detective Wong (Boris Karloff) finds the body of a murder victim in his home and learns from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) that the victim is Chinese Princess Lin Hwa (Lotus Long). Police Captain Bill Street (Grant Withers) aids Wong in the investigation, and they discover the murdered body of Lin's traveling companion (Bessie Loo). As Wong closes in on the case, he is kidnapped and held hostage aboard a ship in San Francisco harbor. Will Street and Logan be able to save him? This story was later remade as "The Chinese Ring" starring Roland Winters in his first role as Charlie Chan.
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Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent, William Gould, Lucien Prival, John Hamilton, George Lloyd, Frank Bruno, Lee Tung Foo, John St. Polis, Hooper Atchley, Wilbur Mack, Lynton Brent
This film is the first in a series of mysteries investigated by Chinese detective Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff). Wong investigates a murder in which poison gas was the murder weapon.
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 The Mummy 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Karl Freund
Cast: Boris Karloff, David Manners, Zita Johann, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron, Bramwell Fletcher, Noble Johnson, Leonard Mudie, Eddie Kane, Henry Victor, Kathryn Byron, James Crane, Tony Marlow, C. Montague Shaw, Leyland Hodgson
Boris Karloff takes on the title role in this classic horror film about a third-millennium Egyptian mummy who comes to life. A curse had been placed on anyone who disturbs his tomb when he was buried alive. Now, the tomb is disturbed, the mummy comes to life in the persona of an Egyptologist, and sets out to reincarnate his lover from 3000 years before. He falls in love with Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann) who he believes is the shadow of his lost love. He abducts her and plots to kill her so they can be reunited forever in the Hereafter. Only Frank Whemple (David Manners) and Dr. Muller (Edward Van Sloan) can save her, but will they arrive in time?
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Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Lotus Long, Holmes Herbert, Morgan Wallace, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Chester Gan, Hooper Atchley, Bruce Wong, Jack Kennedy, Joe Devlin, Lee Tung Foo, Wilbur Mack
Gem collector Brendan Edwards (Morgan Wallace) possesses the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," which is the largest star sapphire in the world. The gem has been stolen from China, and Edwards has received a death threat. He calls in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) for help, and, during a game of charades, Edwards is shot dead, and the star sapphire disappears. Mr. Wong and Inspector Sam Street (Grant Withers) sort out the evidence, expose the killer, and Mr. Wong returns the gem to China.
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Night Key 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
Cast: Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Alan Baxter, Ward Bond, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Reicher, Charles C. Wilson
When elderly inventor Dave Mallory (Boris Karloff) sells his new alarm system to Steve Ranger (Samuel S. Hinds) of Ranger Protection Services, the company puts Dave's invention in mothballs so that no one can get it. Dave is a victim of the crooks–until he outwits them by inventing a new device that nullifies Ranger's current alarm system.
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Night World 1932 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hobart Henley
Cast: Lew Ayres, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dorothy Revier, Hedda Hopper, George Raft, Russell Hopton, Bert Roach, Dorothy Peterson, Clarence Muse
This film showcases stars of the 1930's era of Hollywood and is set in a nightclub frequented by a varied array of patrons.
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 The Old Dark House 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Elspeth Dudgeon, Eva Moore, Brember Wills
Coming in from the cold was not necessarily good for a group of travelers–Philip and Margaret Waverton (Raymond Massey and Gloria Stuart) and their friend Penderel (Melvyn Douglas)–who seek shelter in a spooky old house. After banging on the door, they are coldly greeted by butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) and the Fenn family–Horace (Ernest Thesiger) and his deaf sister Rebecca (Eva Moore). Wind-blown travelers Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) and chorus girl Gladys (Lilian Bond) also seek refuge at the house. Matters deteriorate when Morgan gets drunk and releases psychotic pyromaniac Saul Fenn (Brember Wills) who tries to kill Penderel and set the house on fire.
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Old Ironsides 1926 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Charles Farrell, Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, Charles Hill Mailes, Eddie Fetherston, Johnnie Walker, George Godrey, Boris Karloff
Barbary pirates, in the early 1800s, often raided America's merchant marine ships before the U.S. Navy became a force to be reckoned with. This is the action-filled, silent-screen version of those days. Look for sailor Boris Karloff in a small part.
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Pardon Us 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Parrott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, Walter Long, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin, Boris Karloff, Hal Roach, Eddie Dunn
In Laurel and Hardy's first full-length feature film, they become "bootleggers" when they sell their home-brewed beer. As a result, they end up in jail.
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 The Raven 1963 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess, Connie Wallace, William Baskin, Aaron Saxon
Any movie starring the trio of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff is a "must see." They save the film from boredom with humor in the face of danger as magicians fight it out with Karloff.
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The Raven 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Louis Friedlander
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Hoyt, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Spencer Charters, Walter Miller
Doctor Vollin (Bela Lugosi) has more than dinner in mind for his guests. His torture chamber is going to be the evening's entertainment–with his "guests" as unwilling participants.
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Sabaka 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Hindu
Director: Frank Ferrin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Victor Jory, Lisa Howard, Jeanne Bates, Jay Novello, June Foray, Peter Coe, Lou Krugman, Vito Scotti, Lawrence Dobkin, Nino Marcel, Paul Marion, Louis Merrill
Set in India, this is the story about a religious cult and its very strange practices. Gunga Ram (Nino Marcel) is an elephant driver who swears to avenge the murder of his sister Indria and her husband. To attain his goal, Gunga Ram must overcome the opposition of General Pollegar (Boris Karloff) who the Maharajah of Bakore (Lou Krugman) has ordered to rout out Sabaka worshippers. Then, he plans to destroy Ashok's (Victor Jory) fire shrine of Sabaka and put an end to Ashok's fire-worshipping cult.
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 Scarface 1932 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
aka: Scarface, The Shame of the Nation
Director: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff, Tully Marshall, Maurice Black, Paul Fix, Vince Barnett, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, Purnell Pratt, Inez Palange, Edwin Maxwell, Henry Armetta
Paul Muni is excellent as Roaring Twenties' gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte in this film modeled after Al Capone's criminal activities in the world of bootleg gin as he fights to overtake the other mobster leaders in the city
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Danny Kaye, Boris Karloff, Virginia Mayo, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford, Reginald Denny, Thurston Hall, Konstantin Shayne, Florence Bates, Gordon Jones
This is good entertainment with Danny Kaye at his best as Walter Mitty, the shy book editor, whose fantasies bring excitement into his otherwise dreary existence.
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Smart Money 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde, Noel Francis, Maurice Black, Boris Karloff, Paul Porcasi, Ben Taggart, Morgan Wallace, Margaret Livingston, Billy House, Charles(1) Lane, Donald Cook
Nick (Edward G. Robinson) is a barber who is lucky in cards. His friends give him financial backing, and he heads for the city with his younger brother Jack (James Cagney) who is there to protect Nick from those who would steal from him. Nick hits it big in gambling, but he does have a weakness for blondes, and Sleepy Sam's (Ralf Harolde) girl (Noel Francis) gets Nick into a rigged game, and Nick loses everything. Jack tries to help, but tragedy awaits when Nick accidentally kills Jack and is sent to jail on manslaughter charges.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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The Sorcerers 1967 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Reeves
Cast: Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, Elizabeth Ercy, Susan George, Victor Henry, Dani Sheridan, Ivor Dean, Bill Barnsley, Peter Fraser
Looking for a way to gain eternal youth, husband-and-wife researchers try to dominate the wills of younger human beings.
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The Strange Door 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell, Morgan Farley, Charles Horvath
This is the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" in which the mad Frenchman, Alan de Maletroit (Charles Laughton), cannot control his insane jealousy and throws his brother Edmond (Paul Cavanagh) in the dungeon while forcing a marriage on his brother's daughter, Blanche (Sally Forrest).
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Tap Roots 1948 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond, Richard Long, Arthur Shields, Griff Barnett, Russell Simpson
In the days before the outbreak of the Civil War, a plantation owner (Ward Bond) tries to talk his fellow Mississippians into seceding from the state if the issue of slavery results in war.
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Targets 1968 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh, James Brown, Peter Bogdanovich, Sandy Baron, Mary Jackson, Randy Quaid, Monte Landis, Arthur Peterson
This film is Peter Bogdanovich's first directorial offering. The tension-filled story involves a sniper (Tim O'Kelly) and an aging film star (Boris Karloff) whose appearance at a drive-in theater is the event that triggers the sniper into action. Included in the film is footage from Boris Karloff's 1931 movie "The Criminal Code."
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The Terror 1963 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze, Rick Dean, Wayne Grace
Lt. Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) has collapsed from exhaustion along a beach when he is awakened by a beautiful woman (Sandra Knight) who then disappears into the sea. She reappears and then disappears again, and Duvalier follows her trail, which leads to the castle of Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Boris Karloff). The Baron is being haunted by his dead wife who, Duvalier believes is the mystery woman. It turns out that the "Baron" is an imposter who killed the real Baron, and the servant, Stefan (Dick Miller), holds the key to what is really happening.
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Tonight or Never 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig, Alison Skipworth, Warburton Gamble, Greta Meyer, Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Mayne
Young opera singer Nella Vago (Gloria Swanson) lacks passion in her performances. But, a holiday in Venice improves her ability to exhibit passion after she meets and falls for handsome Jim Fletcher (Melvin Douglas), and her career zooms upward.
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Tower of London 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Lionel Belmore
Evil King Richard III (Basil Rathbone) gains the kingdom of England through executions and tortures in the Tower of London. Remade in 1962.
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Unconquered 1947 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, Victor Varconi, Richard Gaines
During the French and Indian War, Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is sentenced to slavery in America. Slave master Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva) covets Abby and tries to buy her, but Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) outbids him. The treacherous Garth conspires with the Indians to rid the wilderness of the settlers, and, in turn, he will gain a monopoly on the fur trade. Many problems ensue and are settled before Abby and Holden realize that they are in love with each other and plan to live happily ever after. Another Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.
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The Unholy Night 1929 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Boris Karloff, Natalie Moorhead, Sidney Jarvis, Polly Moran, Sojin
Veterans of a British regiment, who had served in India, are being systematically murdered. Now, they try to figure out who is the murderer before more killings occur.
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Voodoo Island 1957 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Silent Death
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Elisha Cook Jr., Murvyn Vye, Rhodes Reason, Jean Engstrom, Friedrich von Ledebur, Glenn Dixon, Owen Cunningham, Herbert Patterson
Boris Karloff plays an investigator whose assignment is to check out bizarre events occurring in an area planned as an island resort.
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The Walking Dead 1936 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Paul Harvey, Robert Strange, Eddie Acuff, Edmund Gwenn, Henry O'Neill, Joe King, Addison Richards, Joe Sawyer, Kenneth Harlan, Miki Morita
Corrupt attorney Nolan (Ricardo Cortez) leads a group of gangsters and frames John Ellman (Boris Karloff) on a trumped-up charge of murder. Ellman is found guilty and is executed. Now, after learning that Ellman was innocent, Dr. Edmund Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) brings Ellman back to life. Ellman is intent on avenging his untimely demise, tracks down the gangsters, and scares them to death. Finally, Nolan and his cohort, Loder (Barton MacLane), kill Ellman, but then their car crashes into a power line, and they are also killed.
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Yellow Ticket 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Elissa Landi, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Byron, Sarah Padden, Mischa Auer, Boris Karloff, Rita La Roy, Edwin Maxwell, Frederick Burt
Russian society before the Revolution is the setting for this film about a young Jewish woman (Elissa Landi) who is forced into prostitution. She meets and falls in love with a British newsman (Laurence Olivier), and the two endanger themselves as they work for justice.
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You'll Find Out 1940 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Horror / Mystery / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Helen Parrish, Dennis O'Keefe, Harry Babbitt, M.A. Bogue, Ginny Simms, Alma Kruger, Joseph Eggenton, Jeff Corey, Sully Mason, Leonard Mudie, Frank Mills
Wealthy heiress Janis Bellacrest (Helen Parrish) celebrates her birthday with Kay Kyser's band for the entertainment. The party takes a decided turn when three bizarre characters (Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi) show up to join in the festivities in the haunted house, which is the scene of the party.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
2. Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
3. The Ape (1940)
4. Bedlam (1946)
5. Before I Hang (1940)
6. Behind That Curtain (1929)
7. Behind the Mask (1932)
8. The Bells (1926)
9. Bikini Beach (1964)
10. The Black Castle (1952)
11. The Black Cat (1934)
aka: The House of Doom
aka: The Vanishing Body
12. Black Friday (1940)
13. The Black Room (1935)
14. Black Sabbath (1964)
15. The Body Snatcher (1945)
16. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
17. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
18. British Intelligence (1940)
19. Cauldron of Blood (1967)
aka: Blind Man's Bluff
aka: Children of Blood
20. Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
21. The Climax (1944)
22. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
23. Corridors of Blood (1958)
24. The Criminal Code (1931)
25. The Crimson Cult (1968)
26. The Daydreamer (1966)
27. Destination Nightmare (1968)
28. The Devil Commands (1941)
29. Devil's Island (1940)
30. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
aka: Dick Tracy Meets Karloff
aka: Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
31. Die, Monster, Die (1965)
32. Doomed to Die (1940)
33. The Emperor's Nightingale (1951)
34. The Fatal Hour (1940)
aka: Mr. Wong at Headquarters
35. The Fear Chamber (1968)
aka: Torture Zone
aka: Chamber of Fear
36. Five Star Final (1931)
37. Frankenstein (1931)
38. Frankenstein - 1970 (1958)
39. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
40. The Ghoul (1933)
41. Grip of the Strangler (1958)
aka: The Haunted Strangler
42. House of Evil (1968)
aka: Macabre Serenade
aka: Dance of Death
43. House of Frankenstein (1944)
44. House of Rothschild (1934)
45. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
46. I Like Your Nerve (1931)
47. The Incredible Invasion (1971)
aka: Alien Terror
aka: Sinister Invasion
48. Invisible Menace (1938)
49. The Invisible Ray (1936)
50. Island Monster (1953)
aka: Monster of the Island
51. Isle of the Dead (1945)
52. Isle of the Snake People (1968)
aka: Snake People
53. Juggernaut (1936)
54. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
55. The Lost Patrol (1934)
56. Lured (1947)
aka: Personal Column
57. The Mad Genius (1931)
58. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
59. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
60. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
61. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
aka: Behind the Door
62. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
63. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
64. Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
65. The Mummy (1932)
66. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
67. Night Key (1937)
68. Night World (1932)
69. The Old Dark House (1932)
70. Old Ironsides (1926)
71. Pardon Us (1931)
72. The Raven (1963)
73. The Raven (1935)
74. Sabaka (1954)
aka: The Hindu
75. Scarface (1932)
aka: Scarface, The Shame of the Nation
76. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
77. Smart Money (1931)
78. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
79. The Sorcerers (1967)
80. The Strange Door (1951)
81. Tap Roots (1948)
82. Targets (1968)
83. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
84. The Terror (1963)
85. Tonight or Never (1931)
86. Tower of London (1939)
87. Unconquered (1947)
88. The Unholy Night (1929)
89. Venetian Affair (1967)
90. Voodoo Island (1957)
aka: Silent Death
91. The Walking Dead (1936)
92. West of Shanghai (1937)
93. Yellow Ticket (1931)
94. You'll Find Out (1940)
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