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

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 ...

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 ...

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.