Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021-09-17 | 103 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Boris KarloffSelf (archive footage)
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Sara KarloffSelf
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Guillermo del ToroSelf
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Ron PerlmanSelf
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Stefanie PowersSelf
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Christopher PlummerSelf
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Peter BogdanovichSelf
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Lee GrantSelf
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Joe DanteSelf
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Roger CormanSelf
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Norman JewisonSelf
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David J. SkalSelf
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John LandisSelf
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Ian OgilvySelf
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Dick MillerSelf
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Orson BeanSelf
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