The Mario Bava Collection: Volume 1

"...trickery which, taken along with a healthy dose of Boris Karloff, render both the transcendent camera setups and the..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Xmas-Rated?

"...(the animated 1966 version narrated with Grinchy glee by Boris Karloff), and J.T. (1969) are among my favorites. Not..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Dick Cavett Show: Hollywood Greats

These vintage interviews could not take place today; the guests had no movies to plug and 90 minutes in which not to plug them

"...to meet such a demand. Also Out Now The Boris Karloff Collection (Universal Studios, $29.98): Five lesser-known films from..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Hollywood Detour

The independent mind of Edgar G. Ulmer

"...film about venereal disease, which was followed by a Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi success called The Black Cat. He then..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

A Bullington baby; Hoover's heads north; plus, more Texas on TV

"...(chefs) have designed a Franken Feast menu to complement Boris Karloff's classic performance as Dr. Frankenstein, and you can..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt) first appeared on stage at..."

June 20, 2003 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

"...Directed by: Charles Barton. Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. This is one of the..."

Oct. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...Mario Bava filmed as part of Black Sabbath, with Boris Karloff, and that impressed me a lot. I started..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Fall of the House of Usher

By far the best of Roger Corman's Poe-inspired films, The Fall of the House of Usher takes the author's gloriously claustrophobic tale of mad Roderick Usher and his undead sister Madeline and fleshes it out into some sort of minor drive-in masterpiece.

"...used in various other Corman quickies, notably the Jack Nicholson/Boris Karloff thriller The Terror. Corman's legendary parsimony has rarely..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...Burtonesque dark glee. As its narrator dulcets his best Boris Karloff -- Frank interpreted as Jimmy Durante voiced by..."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Suggested Viewing

"...Black Sabbath (1963, Mario Bava, starring Boris Karloff)..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Interscope)

Christmas Records

"...an update of the Grinch theme from the original Boris Karloff-narrated cartoon, and though Rhymes is one of the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...ain't the Grinch, baby. (Not without the voice of Boris Karloff, anyway.) Instead of that lime-green scoundrel, check out..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! & Horton Hears a Who!(Rhino Movie Music)

Xmas Records

"...tape enthusiasts). There coulda been more on getting narrator Boris Karloff to rival his Frankenstein monster with his gravely..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Short Cuts

"...James Whale's 1932 classic The Old Dark House starring Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart, Wed., Oct. 27, 9:30pm at..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Bride of Frankenstein

"...Directed by: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson and Ernest..."

June 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New World Pioneer

"...Stop, which introduced Ellen Burstyn. Also, he worked on Boris Karloff's last four films...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Live Shots

"...bass riffs of the song named after an old Boris Karloff horror film, "Black Sabbath." Novel energy ended, however,..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature

Surfing Indra's Net

"...really Halloween when they hear that old record of Boris Karloff genteelly reminiscing about his career in horror films...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Scanlines

"...Hollywood's most promising directors. His first film, Targets with Boris Karloff (based loosely on Charles Whitman's horrific shooting spree)..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Screens Feature

Scanlines

"...Hollywood's most promising directors. His first film, Targets with Boris Karloff (based loosely on Charles Whitman's horrific shooting spree)..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

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