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Boris Karloff - filmography
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Mad Monster Party
(1968)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett
Director: Jules Bass
Certificate: 
Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, It, The Creature, The Invisible Man, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - all appear in this puppet spectacular set in a gloomy castle on a lush Caribbean island.
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43%
from 3 members
Due for release on 8th February 2010
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Targets
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Certificate: 
The message of Peter Bogdanovich's suspenseful directorial debut still rings true for post-1970s America, regardless of the decade. Tim O'Kelly plays Bobby Thompson, a seemingly mild-mannered husband and son. But Bobby has a penchant for collecting firearms and thinking murderous thoughts, which ..read more »
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66%
from 468 members
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Boris Karloff
Director: Chuck Jones
Certificate: 
With the talents of Chuck Jones, Boris Karloff, and Dr. Seuss combined, there was almost no way this could be anything but an instant classic. Watched regularly every holiday season and beloved by children and cynical adults alike, this animated gem is just that and more. Boris Karloff narrates and ..read more »
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65%
from 613 members
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Die Monster Die
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson
Director: Daniel Haller
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An embittered paraplegic and his manservant often visit a mysterious cellar in his house. The paraplegic's bed-ridden wife pleads with their young house guest to take their daughter away. He is soon to discover the reason behind her fears!
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49%
from 123 members
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The Terror
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight
Director: Roger Corman
Certificate: 
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This horror collection features three films presented by Roger Corman: THE TERROR, DEMENTIA 13, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.THE TERROR: Horror legend Boris Karloff and a young Jack Nicholson team up in this disjointed but enjoyable Roger Corman quickie. Nicholson plays Lieutenant Andre Duvalier, an ..read more »
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39%
from 100 members
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The Haunting
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight
Director: Roger Corman
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A lieutenant in Napoleon's army (Jack Nicholson) traces a mysterious woman to a castle on the Baltic coast and finds himself trapped by a mad baron (Boris Karloff). Atmospheric, low-budget horror from the great Roger Corman, also reportedly directed at points by future talents Francis Ford Coppola ..read more »
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44%
from 83 members
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The Raven
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Director: Roger Corman
Certificate: 
Not only does this atmospheric AIP horror-comedy feature Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Peter Lorre, but it also stars a young Jack Nicholson. Add a funny script by Richard Matheson and deft direction by Roger Corman and this is unbeatable fun, a perfect Halloween film for the whole family. ..read more »
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63%
from 555 members
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Grip Of The Strangler
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Anthony Dawson
Director: Robert Day
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A writer and decides to research the events surrounding the exaction of a notorious serial killer. As the amateur sleuth begins to delve into the twenty-year-old case, he begins to suspect that the executed man may have been innocent. Upon encountering some of the killer’s possessions, the writer ..read more »
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57%
from 30 members
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The Veil
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Boris Karloff
Certificate:
True stories from people who claim to have experienced supernatural going-ons, including a meeting with Jack The Ripper!
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51%
from 58 members
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Lured
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Lucille Ball
Director: Douglas Sirk
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A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers; he announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer ..read more »
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56%
from 74 members
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
Starring: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Virginia Mayo
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
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Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered mouse who spends his time imagining himself as a number of daredevil heroes - an RAF pilot, a seafaring swashbuckler, a riverboat gambler.
But then Walter meets a ravishing blonde, who draws him into a real-life adventure involving a band of cut-throats and a cache ..read more »
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76%
from 26 members
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne
Director: John Rawlins
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America’s famous comic book policeman came to life on the silver screen during the 1940’s with four film appearances. The last in the series was this action packed crime caper which mixed sci-fi with comic strip humour. Karloff plays Gruesome and breaks out of prison to start another crime spree. A ..read more »
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37%
from 11 members
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House of Frankenstein
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine
Director: Erle C. Kenton
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Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann (Boris Karloff), escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors. Pulling the stake out of a skeleton, he revives the infamous Count Dracula (John Carradine) and commands him to kill the man responsible for his imprisonment. He ..read more »
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55%
from 105 members
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Ape, The / British Intelligence
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Boris Karloff
Director: William Nigh
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Two features. In 'The Ape', a mysterious doctor dons the pelt of a circus ape and sets about slaughtering a series of innocent people...all in the name of medical research. Also features 'British Intelligence'.
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49%
from 25 members
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The Mystery Of Mr. Wong
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree
Director: William Nigh
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Detective James Lee Wong (Karloff) investigates murder and mayhem when a precious gem, the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," is stolen from China. In order to unravell the mystery surrounding the rare stone, Mr. Wong must pay a visit to the infamous and creepy House of Hate in chinatown.
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44%
from 43 members
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Mr. Wong In China Town
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers
Director: William Nigh
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Based on the sleuth created by Hugh Wiley for Collier's Magazine. This third installment in the series finds a damsel in distress done in by a poison dart while seeking the detective's help. She turns out to be a princess and only the first in a series of baffling murders.
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49%
from 46 members
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The Raven
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews
Director: Lew Landers
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Bela Lugosi is the brilliant but deranged surgeon who becomes obssessed with a beautiful dancer after saving her life. He must have her but first must deal with her fiance and father and plans to take care of them in his chamber of Edgar Allen Poe-inspired torture devices. To do the dirty work he ..read more »
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66%
from 67 members
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The Bride Of Frankenstein
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester
Director: James Whale
Certificate:
Director James Whale's definitive Frankenstein's monster movies from the 1930s.FRANKENSTEIN: (1931)This is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked ..read more »
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71%
from 1,958 member
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The Ghoul
on DVD
(1934)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Certificate:
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Boris Karloff's first British film. The story of Prof. Morlant, an eccentric Egyptologist who becomes obsessed with the mystical powers of the ancient Egyptian gods. On his deathbed he orders his servant to bind a sacred jewel called 'The Eternal Light' to his hand. He warns that if the jewel is ..read more »
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53%
from 165 members
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The Black Cat
on DVD
(1934)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
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Dr Werdegast (Lugosi), a Prisoner Of War for fifteen years has been freed and now seeks news of his wife and daughter and vengeance on Hjalmar Poelzig, the man whose betrayal lead to his imprisonment and the deaths of thousands of his countrymen during the war. He tracks him down to the castle he ..read more »
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67%
from 208 members
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The Mummy
on DVD
(1932)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners
Director: Karl Freund
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The original, and by far the best film version of the mummy legend. Archeologists digging in Egypt uncover a 3000-year-old mummy which comes to life and attempts to restore life to its beloved princess. As he extends his influence over a lovely young woman, she begins to recall her past life, and ..read more »
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64%
from 693 members
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Scarface
on DVD
(1932)
Starring: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft
Director: Howard Hawks
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Loosely based on the life of Al Capone, Howard Hawks's SCARFACE is one of the most shocking and powerful gangster films ever made, setting the standard for Hollywood screen violence for years to come. Tony 'Scarface' Camonte (Paul Muni) is an enforcer for Johnny Lovo, an ambitious gangster who ..read more »
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72%
from 1,167 member
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Frankenstein
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke
Director: James Whale
Certificate:
Director James Whale's definitive Frankenstein's monster movies from the 1930s.FRANKENSTEIN: (1931)This is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked ..read more »
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Two Arabian Knights
(1927)
Starring: William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim
Director: Lewis Milestone
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In WWI, two US soldiers - a Private and a Sergeant - are captured on the Western Front and, in the process of escaping the POW camp, leave their previous animosity behind. Escape is the only the beginning of the pair's breakneck adventures, however, which will involve near constant peril and a ..read more »
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from 2 members
Not currently released
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The Old Dark House
Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
Director: James Whale
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One of the most literate and visually striking horror films of the Thirties, The Old Dark House was directed by award-winning James Whale the year after he made the seminal Frankenstein, which starred Boris Karloff as the monster. An artful mixture of chills and exceedingly dry gallows humour, The ..read more »
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65%
from 249 members
Not available for rental
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Curse Of The Crimson Altar
on DVD
Starring: Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden
Director: Vernon Sewell
Certificate:
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A man searching for his missing brother is led to a mysterious mansion. When there, he discovers that the spirit of a witch is lurking, vying for revenge on those who killed her. Disturbingly, the man discovers that it was his ancestors who were responsible...
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from 200 members
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Mario Bava - Vol. 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Lidia Alfonsi, Barbara Steele, John Richardson
Director: Mario Bava
Certificate: 
This collection presents five giallo classics from legendary Italian horror director Mario Bava: THE MASK OF SATAN (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1963), KNIVES OF THE AVENGER (1965), and KILL BABY KILL (1966).
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Boris Karloff - watch online
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The Terror
to Watch Now
(1963)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight
Director: Roger Corman
Certificate: 
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Run time: 80 minutes
This horror collection features three films presented by Roger Corman: THE TERROR, DEMENTIA 13, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.THE TERROR: Horror legend Boris Karloff and a young Jack Nicholson team up in this disjointed but enjoyable Roger Corman quickie. Nicholson plays Lieutenant Andre Duvalier, an ..read more »
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from 13 members
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British Intelligence
to Watch Now
(1940)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsey, Bruce Lester
Director: Terry O Morse
Certificate: 
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Run time: 63 minutes
A spy thriller. A German spy undercover in London lives with the family of a top official who has a butler who is also a spy. They conspire together to get War/Military plans to Germany.
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Mr. Wong, Detective
to Watch Now
(1938)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings
Director: William Nigh
Certificate: 
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Run time: 71 minutes
This is the first of six Mr. Wong whodunits. A chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victim's ..read more »
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Ghoul
to Watch Now
(1934)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Certificate:
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Run time: 45 minutes
Boris Karloff's first British film. The story of Professor Morlant, an eccentric Egyptologist who becomes obsessed with the mystical powers of the ancient Egyptian gods. On his deathbed he orders his servant to bind a sacred jewel called 'The Eternal Light' to his hand. He warns that if the jewel ..read more »
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Old Dark House
to Watch Now
(1932)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
Director: James Whale
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Run time: 69 minutes
Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to make the best of it, the guests must deal with their sepulchral host, Horace Femm and his obsessive, ..read more »
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58%
from 7 members
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Curse Of The Crimson Altar
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Starring: Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden
Director: Vernon Sewell
Certificate: 
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Run time: 83 minutes
A man searching for his missing brother is led to a mysterious mansion. When there, he discovers that the spirit of a witch is lurking, vying for revenge on those who killed her. Disturbingly, the man discovers that it was his ancestors who were responsible...
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from 3 members
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Boris Karloff facts
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Magic! 8 December 2005
...chfinder General was in next, and sadly his final film.) It is also nice to see Boris Karloff playing a less hammy role in one of his last films. They don't make them like t...
Pretty Ghoulish 21 May 2004
Monster Mash 16 May 2004
