Boris Karloff Double Feature
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Director: Thomas Hamilton Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Boris Karloff, Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, Sara Karloff, Stefanie Powers
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
There will be a Q & A with Ron MacCloskey, Co-Writer/Co-Producer of Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster directly following the first film
Bride of Frankenstein
Director: James Whale Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 1935
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger, Valerie Hobson
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
90th Anniversary Screening!
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a…
Bride of Frankenstein
She’s Alive!