Boris Karloff
Category: Horror
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Dynamite Dan(1924)
SKU: D97170
On the run after he's framed for robbing his employers, freight company worker Dan (Kenneth MacDonald) is protecting his girlfriend from some thugs when he accidentally knocks out a champion boxer and begins a new career in the ring. Silent melodrama also stars Diana Alden, Frank Rice, and Boris Karloff. 61 min. Standard; Soundtrack: ... more
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The Bells(1926)
SKU: D16883
Silent melodrama of murder and guilt in a small European village stars Lionel Barrymore as the town's burgomeister, who harbors a murderous secret, and Boris Karloff as the sinister-looking mesmerist who may uncover Barrymore's crime. Along with the restored and tinted print, this disc also includes Rene Clair's 1923 experiment in ... more
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Frankenstein(1931)
FullscreenSKU: D92899
Based on the novel by Mary Shelley, this classic chiller helped usher in the age of the Universal monsters. When mad scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) pieces together body parts taken from various corpses with hopes of creating life, his resulting production (Boris Karloff, in a career-defining performance) demonstrates the ... more
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Bride Of Frankenstein(1935)
FullscreenSKU: D15632
Boris Karloff's back and Elsa Lanchester's got him in one of the greatest horror films ever made. Revealed to be very much alive, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) takes the next step in his quest to unlock the mysteries of immortality when he's convinced by mad scientist Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) to construct a mate (Lanchester) ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D24200
"Son of Frankenstein," the third entry in the series, stars Basil Rathbone as Wolf von Frankenstein, returning to the ancestral estate with his family to atone for his father's mistakes. With the aid of crippled shepherd Ygor (Bela Lugosi), he brings the monster (Boris Karloff) back to murderous life. Lionel Atwill co-stars. Then, Lon ... more
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The Old Dark House(1932)
FullscreenSKU: D14039
A classic mix of thrills, scares and laughs from "Frankenstein" director James Whale in which six travelers seek refuge from a storm in a decrepit mansion in Wales, only to be frightened by the creepy, eccentric family living there (especially hideously scarred butler Boris Karloff). With Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Ernest Thesiger, ... more
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The Mummy(1932)
FullscreenSKU: D15010
One of the all-time classic chillers, with Boris Karloff playing the title role of 3,700-year-old Egyptian high priest Im-Ho-Tep, condemned and buried alive for sacrilege by his people. Brought back to life when an archeological dig uncovers his tomb and a scroll that can revive the dead, Karloff attempts to reunite with the reincarnation ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D54423
One of the all-time classic chillers, with Boris Karloff playing the title role of 3,700-year-old Egyptian high priest Im-Ho-Tep, condemned and buried alive for sacrilege by his people. Brought back to life when an archeological dig uncovers his tomb and a scroll that can revive the dead, Karloff attempts to reunite with the reincarnation ... more
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The Ghoul(1933)
FullscreenSKU: D59362
Boris Karloff's first starring film role in his native England, and Britain's first true horror feature, was this long-lost tale of a famed Egyptologist who returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on the thieves of a sacred jewel. With Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, and the screen debut of Ralph Richardson. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: ... more
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The Black Room(1935)
FullscreenSKU: D31504
There's twice the horror from Boris Karloff in this shocker that features him as twin brothers--one good and one evil--living in a tiny European nation. After becoming a hated tyrant who rules over his people with an iron fist, the nasty bro begins to sense that a revolution is imminent. But when he retrieves his nice sibling from exile ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D61045
One of Karloff's best mad scientist roles was in this British melodrama, about a deranged inventor with a matter transfer machine he uses to switch men's brains from one body to another. With Anna Lee, John Loder, Cecil Parker; directed by Robert Stevenson. AKA: "The Man Who Lived Again." 65 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
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Juggernaut(1937)
FullscreenSKU: D61885
Unusual crime drama stars Boris Karloff as a doctor, forced to give up his research for lack of funds, who gets an offer of money from a millionaire's wife...if he'll help her murder her husband. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
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The Ape(1940)
SKU: D29456
Boris Karloff is a scientist experimenting with a cure for spinal disease: the transfusion of an ape's spinal fluid into humans. The result: monsters, shocks and screams. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
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Before I Hang(1940)
FullscreenSKU: D31505
Classic chiller stars Boris Karloff as a doctor who is sentenced to death for his involvement in a mercy killing. While awaiting execution, he works on an experiment using a fellow prisoner's blood that could potentially reverse the aging process. But after he injects himself with the serum, his sentence is commuted, and he discovers ... more
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British Intelligence(1940)
SKU: D43291
Taut suspense and a sinister performance by Boris Karloff, as a German spy posing as a butler in the British War Office, highlight this film about a plot to bomb the English cabinet. A remake of "Three Faces East," with Margaret Lindsay. 61 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
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The Man With Nine Lives(1940)
FullscreenSKU: D67115
In this offbeat sci-fi tale, scientist Boris Karloff develops a cancer cure that involves putting patients in suspended animation and treating them with an experimental serum. Accidentally frozen along with a group of test subjects and thawed out years later to learn that his miracle drug has long been lost, Karloff is driven to the ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D60435
Kindly seeming old professor Boris Karloff sells his scenic house to a recent divorcee (Jeff Donnell) who has ambitions of turning it into a hotel. Lucky Boris doesn't just get to stay on as a tenant--he also gets a steady stream of subjects for his experiments to create a race of superhumans! Wacky horror-comedy ... more
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Sabaka(1955)
FullscreenSKU: D65139
Exciting adventure film in the style of "Jungle Book" about an Indian elephant boy who searches for the human sacrificial cult that killed his parents. Nino Marcel, Boris Karloff, Victor Jory and June Foray star. AKA: "The Hindu." 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
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Destination Nightmare(1958)
FullscreenSKU: D24817
A further trip into terror awaits, as Boris Karloff hosts this compilation of stories from his early TV entry "The Veil": "What Happened to Peggy," starring Denise Alexander, Olive Blakeney and Frances O'Farrell; "Girl on the Road"; "The Return of Madame Vernoy," with George Hamilton; and "Destination Nightmare," starring Karloff. 99 ... more
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Jack The Ripper(1958)
SKU: D24818
Third in a series of feature-length compilations from a British TV series made by Boris Karloff, who hosts and stars in each episode. A man witnesses a killing but can't prove it in "The Murder That Never Happened"; a missing will holds the key to saving a farm in "Where There's a Will"; and get a killer's-eye view of England's most ... more
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The Sorcerers(1967)
SKU: D43467
Classic British chiller stars Boris Karloff as a gifted hypnotist who develops a technique that allows him to control the experiences and sensations of others. Enlisting the help of a young test subject, he begins experimenting with the new method. But when Karloff's wife becomes consumed by manipulating the human guinea pig, the dark ... more
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The Snake People(1968)
SKU: D43647
Zombies, an evil dwarf, a reptile woman, and scientist-turned-voodoo priest Boris Karloff turn up the terror on a South Pacific island. With Carlos East, Julissa. AKA: "Cult of the Damned," "Cult of the Dead," "Isle of the Living Dead," "Isle of the Snake People." 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
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SKU: D26440
The King of Horror, Boris Karloff, stars in this terror tale of a mad scientist who needs the blood of frightened women to feed to a living rock creature. With Carlos East, Julissa. AKA: "The Torture Zone," "The Torture Chamber." 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary. NOTE: This Title ... more
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Double FeatureSKU: D71973
King of Horror Boris Karloff stars in a pair of offbeat shockers. First, Italian narcotics smuggling ring leader Karloff must flee from the authorities, taking a government agent's young daughter hostage, in "Island Monster." With Franca Marzi, Patrizia Remiddi. AKA: "Monster of the Island." Next, Boris plays a demented scientist who ... more
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SKU: D02316
First, in "The Walking Dead" (1936), Boris Karloff stars as a man who is framed for murder and executed. Thanks to a doctor's experimental procedure he is brought back to life--with terrifying results! Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn co-star. Then in "You'll Find Out" (1940), Kay Kyser encounters thrills, chills, and laughs when he and ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D18579
Includes "Mr. Wong, Detective" and "The Fatal Hour."
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SKU: D34946
When oilmen Ricardo Cortez and Gordon Oliver squared off over a rich Chinese reserve--and the attentions of missionary Beverly Roberts, they didn't anticipate that all would become the prisoners of bandit warlord Boris Karloff in "West of Shanghai" (1937). The discovery of a corpse on an Army base shines the spotlight of suspicion on ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D35004
When brutal convict Boris Karloff whacks a jailhouse snitch, will trustee cellmate Phillips Holmes observe "The Criminal Code" (1931) and keep his mouth shut, or will he spill to sympathetic warden Walter Huston? Constance Cummings, Mary Doran co-star under Howard Hawks' direction. It was bad for bootlegger Karloff when son Robert Young ... more
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available 6/20/2013
FullscreenSKU: D68638
Boris Karloff is an ailing scientist who gets abducted by a gang of thieves who want to get their hands on his latest invention: a device that neutralizes burglar alarms, in "Night Key" (1937). Jean Rogers co-stars. The bloody reign of King Richard III is chronicled in "Tower of London" (1939), with Basil Rathbone as the crippled monarch ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D68959
It's terror times four with Boris Karloff with a quartet of shockers. Scientist Karloff is executed for illegal work on suspended animation, only to be revived by his assistant so the two can plot a campaign of revenge, in "The Man They Could Not Hang" (1939). Byron Foulger, Lorna Gray co-star. Also includes "The Black Room," "Before ... more
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SKU: D69447
First, "The Haunted Strangler" (1957) stars Boris Karloff as a novelist who has a startling revelation while investigating the case of the notorious "Haymarket Strangler," a man responsible for a series of gruesome murders. With Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan. AKA: "Grip of the Strangler." Then, a 19th-century British doctor (Karloff) experimenting ... more
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