Like any genre, horror has a lengthy list of names attached to it, whether in the form of filmmakers, writers, artists, or actors. In the case of the latter, it’s difficult to think of a star more ...

Director James Whale used expressive cinematography, Karloff's gift for pantomime, and an original approach to fight sequences to inspire a lasting, haunting sense of fear. Melvyn Douglas, Lillian ...

The Invisible Ray,' Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi's final collaboration deserves to be considered among their horror classics ...

Starring Boris Karloff, this 1931 sci-fi horror film was directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling (which, of course, was based on Mary ...

Boris Karloff was the first actor to bring the monster, a.k.a. the Creature, to life in the 1931 film The role of the monster has been portrayed by numerous actors over the years, with Jacob Elordi ...

Boris Karloff plays a mad scientist who takes the idea of ‘new year, new you’ a little too far in Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, airing on the Jan. 4, 2025 edition of the MeTV series ...

Matthew is a features writer for Collider currently based in Manchester. In his spare time he likes to read, write, obsess over Batman and complain about his Wordle score. Universal Pictures, known ...

British actor Boris Karloff is seen in his trademark role as the monster of Frankenstein in this 1947 photograph. In my last column, I discussed the evolution of the cinematic vampire, from silent ...

Doug Jones is one of the modern era's most accomplished monster actors, having embodied inhuman creatures in films like Hocus Pocus, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water. He was inspired by one of ...