Celebrating its venerable 80th birthday today, The Body Snatcher was the seventh in a series of nine horror movies released ...

It’s no coincidence then that the horror service Shudder is using “Boris Karloff” to kick off a February-long showcase of Karloff films—not just the 1931 “Frankenstein,” in which the ...

This version has been corrected. Just in time to commemorate the Feb. 2, 1969 death of actor Boris Karloff — best known for his nuanced rendering of Frankenstein’s monster in “Frankenstein ...

Writer Sheila McClear (left) checks out her new choppers. Jonathan Baskin (2) For a monster, Boris Karloff was a mensch. “He was kind, he was gentle and wise, and a good listener,” says Sara ...

Mistakenly placed in Boris Karloff’s clippings folder, a photo of the actor Glenn Strange has since been published in error. Twice. By John Otis One of the actor ...

39), a three-part horror opus whose centerpiece is its third segment. In that episode, titled The Wurdulak, Boris Karloff plays a medieval Russian peasant, transformed into a vampire, who returns ...

Click here to read a conversation with Peter Bogdanovich about Targets and gun violence. Boris Karloff became a star playing Frankenstein’s Monster. Thirty-seven years later, he ended his career ...

BORIS Karloff, the subject of a 14-film retrospective that opens today at Film Forum, was not only the premier horror film actor in Hollywood’s golden age but one of its most beloved stars.