Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong
Boris Karloff, while still involved in the Frankenstein franchise, was also working in between the films. Like, for example, playing the part of detective James Lee Wong in five films based on the...
View ArticleBoris Karloff is Dr. Fu Manchu
Sorry about missing yesterday's Karloff post. Turkey Day and doing business got in the way. I'm going to double up today for Boris Karloff Blogathon Day Five, however. And to begin with, we have...
View ArticleBoris Karloff in The Lost Patrol
Again, I love this stuff because I get an excuse to share Karloff that doesn't really fit in the 32 Days of Halloween vein. Thanks to the Karloff Blogathon folks for that. So here he is directed by...
View ArticleBoris Karloff in The House of Rothschild
We're still in 1934 with Karloff as part of Day Six of the Karloff Blogathon. And yes, no horror here--instead he's in a historical drama and a film that was nominated for Best Picture. Karloff has...
View ArticleBoris Karloff in Thriller
Okay, so I've had fun hanging out with Boris for this past week. Hope you have, too. Thanks again to Frankensteinia for hosting the Karloff Blogathon. And if you want more Boris, make sure you check...
View Article32 Days of Halloween IV, Movie Night No. 4: The Ghoul
So our tradition of Movie Night #4 is in the black and white classics. We started Year One with Tod Browning's classic, Freaks. Tod Browning led us to the recreated version of London After Midnight in...
View Article32 Days of Halloween IV, Day 6: Karloff, Peter and the Wolf
Today has normally been reserved for Mr. Karloff. In 2008, we had a plethora of Boris bits, including his rendition of "Monster Mash" (remember, it wasn't him doing the original). Last year we had the...
View Article32 Days of Halloween IV, Day 32: Phantom Manor & Route 66
Yes, we're at the end of our 32 Days of Halloween marathon. I'd like to take a second to everybody who sent in ideas and requests. And a reminder: if you've enjoyed this mayhem, there's two ways you...
View ArticleStuff Bulletin: Karloff's Thriller on Serious Sale
I know we just had a Stuff You Need to Know hit, but every once in a while a big event or big sale comes along and even the news round-up without a deadline needs to resurface and tell you something...
View ArticleA Conversation With Roger Corman
Roger Corman is one of the few people who can truly be called an icon of cinema without any debate, argument or hesitation. In a town full of crazy, Corman is one of the smartest and shrewdest minds...
View ArticleHeadsup: Of Cowboys, Killers and Karloff
There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With...
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 6: Karloff's Tales of the Frightened
So Day 6 of 32 Days of Halloween has always been a day for Mr. Boris Karloff, your friend and mine. This year we're sticking with the audio, like last year (we had his "Peter and the Wolf"). In this...
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 7: Karloff's Thriller
I know we just had some Karloff to kick off yesterday--but A) Day 7 of 32 Days of Halloween is generally begun with something from an anthology (such as One Step Beyond or the revived Twilight Zone or...
View Article32 Days of Halloween Special Edition: Fun With Spotify!
Something occurred to me while we were talking about Spotify on the Halloween episode of our music podcast, The Sound Board (which will be up before long). Because I continually get surprised at the...
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 16: Vincent Price and The Horror Hall of Fame
Day 16 of 32 Days of Halloween has just sort of fallen to Vincent Price...and I realize I'm posting a longer bit of something that we posted a snippet of earlier. But we didn't know the thing was...
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 18: Black Friday!
Granted, it's not a horror film. In fact, it's sci-fi/crime if anything because of the surgery involved. Surgery? Why yes. Karloff plays a doctor who performs surgery on a friend to save his life....
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 29: Karloff and the Shindig!
So we've posted about this particular thing before. It's the 1965 Halloween episode of Shindig!, the musical variety show that aired on ABC. The reason this episode is noteworthy is it featured both...
View Article32 Days of Halloween V, Day 32: Paul Frees Sings!
If there's one thing I love, it's the voice of Paul Frees. He handled everything from the Haunted Mansion to Hardware Wars to Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. But somehow I missed this. And it's shown up...
View ArticleHeadsup: Triumph, War, Humanity & Nerds
There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With...
View Article32 Days of Halloween VI, Day 6: Bits of Karloff
Day 6 of 32 Days of Halloween normally kicks off with something from your friend and mine, Boris Karloff. Here we have a pair of snippets that, while brief, are still awesome to check out. The YouTube...
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