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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde   1953     2 stars    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens, Helen Westcott, Reginald Denny, John Dierkes

  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play two inept detectives trying to prove their worth by tracking down the evil monster, Mr. Hyde (Boris Karloff).

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff   1949     2 and a half stars    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     1 star    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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Poster Art From art.comBedlam   1946     3 stars    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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Before I Hang   1940     1 and a half stars    N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nick Grinde  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan, Ben Taggart, Pedro de Cordoba, Don Beddoe, Kenneth MacDonald, Frank Richards

  Doctor John Garth (Boris Karloff) receives a blood transfusion and then finds that he is taking on the emotional characteristics of the donor.

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Behind That Curtain   1929     2 stars    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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Behind the Mask   1932     2 stars    N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Francis Dillon  
Cast: Jack Holt, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, Claude King, Edward Van Sloan, Bertha Mann, Willard Robertson

  A United States Secret Service agent infiltrates a drug ring headed by an unscrupulous doctor who uses caskets to store illegal drugs.

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The Bells   1926     2 and a half stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
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

  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.


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Poster Art From art.comBikini Beach   1964     2 and a half stars    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 Castle   1952     1 and a half stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nathan Juran  
Cast: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt

  When the friends of an English count, Beckett (Richard Greene), are murdered, Beckett sets out to avenge their deaths.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Black Cat   1934     3 stars    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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Boris Karloff Hjalmar Poelzig
Bela Lugosi Dr. Vitus Werdegast
David Manners Peter Alison
Julie Bishop Joan Alison
Henry Armetta Police Sergeant
Albert Conti Police Lieutenant
Harry Cording Thamal
Luis Alberni Train Steward
Lucille Lund Karen Poelzig
Herman Bing Car Steward
Andre Cheron Train Conductor
Egon Brecher Majordomo
George Davis Bus Driver
Paul Weigel Stationmaster
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Black Friday   1940     2 stars    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     3 stars    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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Black Sabbath   1964     2 and a half stars    N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mario Bava  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Suzy Anderson, Michele Mercier, Jacqueline Pierreux, Milly Monti, Lidia Alfonsi

  Boris Karloff is the host for this trilogy of horror stories involving a ghost seeking revenge on a nurse (Jacqueline Pierreux), the attempted murder of a prostitute (Michele Mercier) and subsequent phone calls from her dead client, and a vampire (Boris Karloff) thirsting for the blood of his relatives.


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The Body Snatcher   1945     3 stars    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.

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The Boogie Man Will Get You   1942     2 and a half stars    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     4 stars    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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Colin Clive Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Boris Karloff The Monster
Ernest Thesiger Dr. Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester Mary Shelley/Monster's Mate
Valerie Hobson Elizabeth Frankenstein
O.P. Heggie Hermit
Una O'Connor Minnie
E.E. Clive Burgomaster
Walter Brennan Neighbor
John Carradine Hunter
Gavin Gordon Lord Byron
Douglas Walton Percy Shelley
Lucien Prival Albert
Dwight Frye Karl

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British Intelligence   1940     2 and a half stars    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     half star    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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Poster Art From art.comCharlie Chan at the Opera   1936     3 stars    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     2 and a half stars    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   1963     2 and a half stars    N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur  
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Basil Rathbone, Alan DeWitt

  W. Trumbull (Vincent Price) is the owner of a funeral parlor who needs more customers. His solution is to kill a few people whose services will then help pay the rent in this horror/comedy. Lorre is the inept assistant.

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Corridors of Blood   1958     2 stars    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     2 and a half stars    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 Crimson Cult   1968     1 star    PG, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Vernon Sewell  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Virginia Wetherell, Michael Gough

  A gothic mansion provides the background for this story about the poor judgment used by an antique dealer, Robert Manning (Mark Eden), when he chose his lodging for the night. He ends up at the home of Professor Marshe (Boris Karloff) who happens to be involved in witchcraft.

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The Daydreamer   1966     3 stars    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     2 stars    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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The Devil Commands   1941     2 and a half stars    N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Edward Dmytryk  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Richard Fiske, Amanda Duff, Anne Revere, Ralph Penny, Dorothy Adams, Walter Baldwin, Kenneth MacDonald

  Using a lethal brainwave machine, Dr. Julian Blair (Boris Karloff) pulls out all stops in his efforts to contact his deceased wife.


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Devil's Island   1940     3 stars    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     2 stars    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     1 and a half stars    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     1 and a half stars    N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Melvin Lang, Guy Usher, Tristram Coffin, William Stelling, Catherine Craig, Henry Brandon, Richard Loo

  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     3 and a half stars    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     2 stars    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     1 and a half stars    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     3 stars    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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Poster Art From art.comFrankenstein   1931     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi
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

  Boris Karloff is 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.


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Frankenstein - 1970   1958     1 star    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Howard W. Koch  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tommy Duggan, Jana Lund, Don "Red" Barry, Charlotte Austin, Norbert Schiller, Rudolph Anders, Irwin Berke, Mike Lane

  In this story, set in the future (1970), the grandson of Frankenstein (Boris Karloff) tries to create life in his own unique way–by employing nuclear power!

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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini   1966     1 and a half stars    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     2 and a half stars    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

  An eccentric Egyptologist, Professor Morlant (Boris Karloff), was buried with a jewel that guaranteed immortality. After his grave is robbed, Morlant's corpse sets out after the robbers.


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Grip of the Strangler   1958     2 stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Haunted Strangler
Director: Robert Day  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim Turner, Jean Kent, Vera Day, Elizabeth Allen, Anthony Dawson, Desmond Roberts

  While writing a novel about a notorious strangler, James Rankin (Boris Karloff) finds that his own life is threatened.

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House of Evil   1968     1 star    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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Boris Karloff Matthias Morteval
Julissa Lucy Durant
Andres Garcia Beasley
Jose Angel Espinosa Dr. Emery Horvath
Beatriz Baz Cordelia Rash
Manuel Alvarado Mogenstern Morteval
Arturo Fernandez Fodor
Quintin Bulnes Ivar Vorteval
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House of Frankenstein   1944     2 and a half stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / 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

  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     3 stars    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     4 stars    TV, 26 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam  
Cast: Boris Karloff, June Foray

  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 Clause 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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Boris Karloff Narrator / voice of the Grinch
June Foray Cindy Lou Who (voice)
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I Like Your Nerve   1931     1 and a half stars    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     bomb    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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Invisible Menace   1938     1 and a half stars    N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Farrow  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven, Eddie Acuff, Regis Toomey, Charles Trowbridge, Henry Kolker

  A murder takes place on a U.S. Army post, and Jevries (Boris Karloff) is the chief suspect. Remade in 1943 as "Murder on the Waterfront."

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The Invisible Ray   1936     2 stars    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     half star    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

  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     3 stars    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.



Cast
Boris Karloff General Nikolas Pherides
Ellen Drew Thea
Marc Cramer Oliver Davis
Katherine Emery Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn
Jason Robards Sr. Albrecht
Helen Thimig Madame Kyra
Alan Napier St. Aubyn
Skelton Knaggs Andrew Robbins
Ernst Deutsch Dr. Drossos
Sherry Hall Col. Kobestes
Erick Hanson Officer
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Isle of the Snake People   1968     bomb    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?



Cast
Boris Karloff Carl van Molder
Julissa Annabella Vandenberg
Carlos East Lt. Andrew Wilhelm
Rafael Bertrand Capt. Pierre Labesch
Yolanda Montes Kalea
Quintin Bulnes Klinsor
Santanon Dwarf
Julia Marichal Mary Ann Vandergberg
Quintin Miller Gomez
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Juggernaut   1936     1 and a half stars    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

  About to find the cure for paralysis, Dr. Sartorius (Boris Karloff) plots with his patient to murder her millionaire husband to obtain needed funding.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Last of the Mohicans   1920     3 and a half stars    N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Maurice Tourneur  
Cast: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, Theodore Lorch, Boris Karloff

  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. Can you find Boris Karloff as an Indian?

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The Lost Patrol   1934     3 stars    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.



Cast
Victor McLaglen The Sergeant
Boris Karloff Sanders
Wallace Ford Morelli
Reginald Denny George Brown
Alan Hale Cook
J.M. Kerrigan Quincannon
Billy Bevan Herbert Hale
Brandon Hurst Bell
Douglas Walton Pearson
Sammy Stein Abelson
Howard Wilson Aviator
Neville Clark Lt. Hawkins
Paul Hanson Jock Mackay
Frank(1) Baker Rescue Patrol Colonel

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Lured   1947     2 and a half stars    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     3 stars    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