This Is Your Life, Boris Karloff
The legendary actor gets the celebrity life story treatment on USTV.
This Is Your Life, Boris Karloff Read MoreCultural Chaos and Forgotten Stories
The legendary actor gets the celebrity life story treatment on USTV.
This Is Your Life, Boris Karloff Read MoreThe short-lived effort by the British censors to give “morbid and horrible” films their own restrictive adults-only category.
The Horrific History Of The ‘H’ Certificate Read MoreLooking back at one of the great lost figures of classic horror cinema.
The Extraordinary Creepiness of Skelton Knaggs Read MoreThe Universal monster cycle – and the series of films starring their only original creation, the Gill Man – ends with a whimper rather than a bang.
A Sequel Too Far: The Creature Walks Among Us Read MoreContinuing our look back at Hammer Horror with the company’s clumsy attempt to blend their style with the Universal Monster movie.
Halloween Hammer: The Evil of Frankenstein Read MoreContinuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their impressive reinvention of a moribund genre.
Halloween Hammer: The Plague Of The Zombies Read MoreContinuing our Hammer Horror month with a look at one of the company’s lesser efforts, another entry in the Mummy series.
Halloween Hammer: The Mummy’s Shroud Read MoreOur series of Hammer Horror film reviews for the Halloween season begins with their radical reinterpretation of the most moribund series in the Universal Monster canon.
Halloween Hammer: The Mummy Read MoreThe often-derided 1973 two-part TV adaptation of the classic story is more interesting than critics give it credit for.
In Defence Of Frankenstein – The True Story Read MoreThe rise and fall of the iconic Saturday night horror movie pairings of classic – and not-so-classic – horror movies.
Dracula, Frankenstein And Friends: The Glory Days Of The BBC2 Horror Double Bill Read MoreLooking back at the short series of underrated and provocative films that Boris Karloff made for Columbia Pictures at the start of the 1940s.
Boris Karloff’s ‘Mad Doctor’ Cycle: An Appreciation Read MoreEdited, reshot, reconstructed and rearranged, the 1925 version of Gaston Leroux‘s gothic shocker remains the best.
Phantoms Of The Opera – The Various Versions Of The Lon Chaney Masterpiece Read More