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.
Thomas Hamilton
Director
Boris Karloff
Self (archive footage)
Sara Karloff
Self
Guillermo del Toro
Self
Ron Perlman
Self
Stefanie Powers
Self
Christopher Plummer
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Lee Grant
Self
Joe Dante
Self
Directed by John Ford70%
Love, Antosha74%
The Class of ‘9271%
Maria by Callas73%
Room 23761%
McQueen74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Being James Bond77%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Sidney70%
Being Eddie67%
Sherman's March67%
Wick Is Pain74%
Spielberg75%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Elstree 197661%
Looking for Richard68%
Public Speaking70%
Fuck64%
