Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.
Director: Thomas Hamilton
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Boris Karloff as Self (archive footage) |
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Sara Karloff as Self |
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Guillermo del Toro as Self |
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Ron Perlman as Self |
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Stefanie Powers as Self |
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Christopher Plummer as Self |
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Peter Bogdanovich as Self |
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Lee Grant as Self |
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Joe Dante as Self |
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Roger Corman as Self |
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Norman Jewison as Self |
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David J. Skal as Self |
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Gregory W. Mank as Self |
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John Landis as Self |
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Ian Ogilvy as Self |
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Dick Miller as Self |
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Orson Bean as Self |
| Directing | Thomas Hamilton | Director |
