Tag Archives: Boris Karloff
Frankenbowie
Has anyone else noticed David Bowie’s odd resemblance to Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein’s monster? ~ ~Theron Neel
But Wait, There’s More!
Voodoo Island, featuring: Men turned into zombies! Woman-eating cobra plants! Strange voodoo rituals! The bridge of death! Boris Karloff! You think it can’t get any better? Think again: Music by LES BAXTER! ~Theron Neel
Happy Birthday, Boris!
On November 23, 1887, William Henry Pratt was born. What? Oh, you most likely know him as Boris Karloff. Or Karloff the Uncanny. Or Frankenstein’s monster. Or the narrator of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Or Fu Manchu. Or the Mummy. Heck, I could do this all day, but you get the idea: Boris Karloff was, [...]
Back to Basics—The Invisible Man
By 1933, Universal Studios had become a veritable fear factory, thanks to the efforts of production head Carl Laemmle Jr. After the amazing profits earned from Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy, he was eager to find Universal’s next horror property. Carl Junior had been trying to get a Frankenstein sequel off the ground, but director [...]