Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

November 23, 1887

William Henry Pratt (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), better known as Boris Karloff, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in 1909. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (19…

Known For

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Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · 1h 45m · TV Show

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1931 · 1h 10m · Movie

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966 · 26m · Movie

A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.

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Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

1935 · 1h 15m · Movie

Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

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Scarface

Scarface

1932 · 1h 33m · Movie

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

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The Mummy

The Mummy

1932 · 1h 13m · Movie

A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.

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The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1932 · 1h 12m · Movie

Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.

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The Raven

The Raven

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.

6.5
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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

1963 · 1h 37m · Movie

Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories about a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

7.0
10
The Black Cat

The Black Cat

1934 · 1h 5m · Movie

Stranded honeymooners follow mad doctor to manor.

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Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein

1939 · 1h 39m · Movie

Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilita...

7.0
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Targets

Targets

1968 · 1h 30m · Movie

An aging horror star contemplates retirement amid the modern culture of random violence, while a disturbed young gun collector embarks on an unprovoked killing spree.

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The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

1945 · 1h 18m · Movie

A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.

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House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein

1944 · 1h 11m · Movie

A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.

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15
The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

1964 · 1h 24m · Movie

Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.

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16
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947 · 1h 50m · Movie

A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.

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The Raven

The Raven

1935 · 1h 1m · Movie

A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.

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Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead

1945 · 1h 11m · Movie

A Greek general in the 1912 Balkans finds his Wife's grave robbed and fights a plague.

6.5
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953 · 1h 16m · Movie

Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.

6.4
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Lured

Lured

1947 · 1h 42m · Movie

British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

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Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.

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The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol

1934 · 1h 13m · Movie

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.

6.8
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The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932 · 1h 9m · Movie

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

6.2
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Die, Monster, Die!

Die, Monster, Die!

1965 · 1h 20m · Movie

A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wif...

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25
Mad Monster Party?

Mad Monster Party?

1967 · 1h 34m · Movie

On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix...

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The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

1936 · 1h 6m · Movie

After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.

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The Ghoul

The Ghoul

1933 · 1h 17m · Movie

An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

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The Crimson Cult

The Crimson Cult

1968 · 1h 27m · Movie

Robert Manning visits the remote country house where his brother Peter was last seen. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Robert detects a feeling of menace in the air.

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The Last Repair Shop

The Last Repair Shop

2024 · 39m · Movie

Tells the story of four unassuming heroes who ensure no student is deprived of the joy of music. It is also a reminder of how music can be the best medicine, stress reliever and even an escape from poverty.

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Unconquered

Unconquered

1947 · 2h 26m · Movie

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.

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The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers

1967 · 1h 26m · Movie

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

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Smart Money

Smart Money

1931 · 1h 21m · Movie

A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.

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Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947 · 1h 5m · Movie

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.

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Bikini Beach

Bikini Beach

1964 · 1h 39m · Movie

A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.

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Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

1931 · 1h 20m · Movie

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

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