Recent Posts Tagged With 'boris karloff'

• A stylish movie that flopped in its day

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 03:58 in boris karloff, 1930s, james whale, gloria stuart, high rating

  The Old Dark House (1932)Starring: Gloria Stuart, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey, Lilian Bond, Charles Laughton, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Bremer Wills and Boris KarloffDirector: James WhaleRating: Nine of Ten StarsA violent storm forces five trave...

• Although from the 1950s, this film looks and feels like it's from the 1940s

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 12:30 in 1950s, boris karloff, lon chaney jr, franchise collection

  The Black Castle (1952)Starring: Richard Green, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday, Boris Karloff, Tudor Owen, John Hoyt, Michael Pate, Lon Chaney Jr, and Henry CordenDirector: Nathan JuranRating: Seven of Ten StarsIn the early 18th century, an English spy...

• Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 11:32 in boris karloff, 1930s, 1940s, bela lugosi, john carradine, mad science, legacy collection, lon chaney jr, james whale, cedric hardwicke, evelyn ankers, george zucco

  Perhaps the very best entry in Universal's "Legacy Collection" of DVD multipacks compiling their classic monster movies in handsome, archive-quality packages, is the "Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection." In this post, I review the five films include...

• Karloff's first color appearance is attractive but mediocre movie

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 16:13 in boris karloff, 1940s, turhan bey, franchise collection

  The Climax (1944)Starring: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Ludwig Stossel, Thomas Gomez and Gale SondergardDirector: George WaggnerRating: Five of Ten StarsA young opera singer (Foster) becomes the target of the crazy house doctor (Karloff...

• The Mummy Legacy Collection

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 11:18 in boris karloff, 1930s, 1940s, the mummy, john carradine, legacy collection, wallace ford, lon chaney jr, george zucco, david manners, zita johann, turhan bey

  Universal's 1932 "The Mummy" remains one of the best mummy movies ever made. If you're a film buff and haven't seen it--even if you're not a particuarly big fan of horror--you have a great experience in store.The "sequels" from the 1940s go from medi...

• Titles by Poe, Everything Else by Universal

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 21:50 in edgar allan poe, boris karloff, 1930s, bela lugosi, david manners, irene ware

  Bela Lugosi appeared in a trio of very loose Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for Universal in the wake of his success in "Dracula". They're interesting films, but I wouldn't recommend them as shortcuts when writing that report for English class.(For that...

• Karloff and Lugosi fit parts badly in 'Black Friday'

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 21:24 in boris karloff, 1940s, bela lugosi, mad science, franchise collection

  Black Friday (1940)Starring: Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges, Bela Lugosi and Anne GwynneDirector: Arthur LubinRating: Five of Ten StarsWhen brilliant brain surgeon Dr. Sovac (Karloff) is the attending physician for dying mad-dog gangster Red Cannon an...

• 'The Invisible Ray' might stay unseen

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 19:58 in boris karloff, 1930s, bela lugosi, mad science, franchise collection

  The Invisible Ray (1936)Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Frances DrakeDirector: Lambert HillyerRating: Three of Ten StarsScientific genius Janos Rukh (Karloff) discovers an amazing new radioactive element, but accidentially becomes poisoned b...