Boris Karloff’s long and storied career in film didn’t begin with horror films. While that genre would come to define him both as an actor and as a physical presence, William Henry Pratt ...

Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose Boris Karloff impersonation was immortalized in the novelty hit “Monster Mash,” which has become a Halloween perennial, has died. He was 69. Pickett ...

It’s no coincidence then that the horror service Shudder is using “Boris Karloff” to kick off a February-long showcase of Karloff films—not just the 1931 “Frankenstein,” in which the ...

Arguably one of the most popular horror sequels ever made, The Bride of Frankenstein has been cited as James Whale’s masterpiece, Boris Karloff’s finest hour, and the crown jewel of Universal ...

BORIS Karloff, the subject of a 14-film retrospective that opens today at Film Forum, was not only the premier horror film actor in Hollywood’s golden age but one of its most beloved stars.