Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...recognizable name and had a good working relationship with Boris Karloff. Galatea needed the film in Italian even as..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art, Theatre, Film, and More Events for the Weekend

Take a peek at our recommended events

"...still overshadowed by the perfect animated version voiced by Boris Karloff, it’s far from the worst adaptation of the..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Food & Wine Fest, Día de los Muertos, Celtic Fest, and More Recommended Events

Wake the dead, toss some cabers, and much more

"...commissioned to create one to complement the film starring Boris Karloff. And now, Density512 presents a dual-day treat, offering..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts

From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see

"...commissioned to create one to complement the film starring Boris Karloff. And now, Density512 presents a dual-day treat, offering..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Five Events to Scare Up a Great Halloween and Día de los Muertos

Some blood-tinged things to keep you occupied

"...Ulmer's 1934 film of psychological horror and revenge, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; two, here's Alex Keller and..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator

Austin actor on creating "the Ted Bundy of Terminators"

"...monsters that went movie to movie, actor to actor. Boris Karloff may be the most famous Frankenstein's monster, but..."

Nov. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...up horror film that also stars the previously unknown Boris Karloff and is a precursor to their final film..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Halloweenies

Deliciously spooky films for the scaring season

"...watch him react to the mention of screen rival Boris Karloff, who likewise defined Frankenstein’s monster onscreen. A movie..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

"...formidable cult classics channeling Buddy Holly, Timothy Leary, and Boris Karloff now inform three generations. Local support banks the..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

DVDanger: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

New documentary reveals the man behind moviedom's monsters

"...household name on the level of Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff, but in horror circles he's seen as the..."

July 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

My Obsession: The Dick Van Dyke Show

Was the Sixties sitcom a harbinger of horror?

"...cemetery plots, gives Rob a chance to do a Boris Karloff impression (which he does several times throughout the..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Column by Joe Gibson

The Mummy

Tom Cruise does the monster mash

"...execrable Van Helsing, this umpteenth iteration of the 1932 Boris Karloff shocker is Universal’s initial foray into rebooting their..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tower

Austin-made doc re-creates the UT Tower massacre with stunningly powerful immediacy

"...used Whitman as a template for a no-frills, all-thrills Boris Karloff drive-in melodrama. But here Maitland has consciously chosen..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...Universal's 1931 film, directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, is the take on Shelley's story most folks..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beef Sumo Needs Your Help!

Austin children’s book author Keith Graves re-animates

"...Burton-esque dark glee. As its narrator dulcets his best Boris Karloff, this two-and-a-half minute ‘work in progress’ roars to..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sfanthor Lowers the Drawbridge

Castle in the air finally lands

"...of unnervingly lifelike (or deathlike, in the case of Boris Karloff's Frankenstein's monster) and life-sized waxworks set into recessed..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...comedy, made memorable only by the casting of Price, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre as three bumbling sorcerers (plus..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Roger Corman: An AFS tribute to a wild angel

"...would be ready to shoot in two weeks, hired Boris Karloff for two days, and planned to fill out..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...Two years later, Bava's Black Sabbath collaborator Boris Karloff continued his return to the silver screen with..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...7pm, ABC: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Boris Karloff's animated Grinch, as the good Doctor intended. (No..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...Movies like The Old Dark House and anything by Boris Karloff. There’s a movie called Carnage with Peter Cushing..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'

The TV show that spoofed cinema, then became a movie, comes home

"...explodes and they go home. It's not Universal's best post-Boris Karloff horror, but the monstrous mutants of Metaluna have..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mondo's Big Picture

Gallery's huge success belies the company's humble beginnings, but like the art within, you have to see it up close

"...Converge. When they finally saw his giant portrait of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, with an elaborate frame that..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World: Bernie Wrightson Versus Frankenstein

The comics legend defends the monster and blames the man

"...Bernie Wrightson is to Frankenstein in comics what Boris Karloff was to the creator and his creature on..."

Oct. 27, 2012 Books Post

Mondo Gets Monstrous

Opening night at the new Universal Monsters show

"...contributing artists mostly concentrate on the iconic Universal Monsters: Boris Karloff pulling double duty Frankenstein and the Mummy, Elsa..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton’s animated, black-and-white movie about a boy and his dog is sweetly filtered through the lens of Frankenstein and other famous monsters.

"...an abundance of thunderstorms, and before you can say "Boris Karloff's real name was William Henry Pratt!", a stitched-and-neck-bolted..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Restorative Powers

Scorsese nonprofit teams with Mondo & Alamo for film series

"...James Whale and a cast that can't be beat: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey...."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Our Bloody Valentine

Movie makeup artist Matt Valentine reps Austin on SyFy's reality competition show Face Off

"...and icons of ichor like Jack Pierce, who flattened Boris Karloff's head for Frankenstein, and Rick Baker, who made..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Say Hello Again to His Little Friend

Scarface blasts its way back to the big screen

"...1932 original – with George Raft, Paul Muni, and Boris Karloff, what's not to love? But let's face it,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Stirling at Road's End

Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out

"...Leachman, Dorothy Malone, Tuesday Weld, Jack Warden, Buster Keaton, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, George Kennedy, Patty McCormick, Anne Francis,..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

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