Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Trailer (2021)

17 September 2021 Factual 103 mins

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.

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Cast

Boris Karloff as Self (archive footage)

Sara Karloff as Self

Guillermo del Toro as Self

Ron Perlman as Self

Stefanie Powers as Self

Christopher Plummer as Self

Peter Bogdanovich as Self

Lee Grant as Self

Joe Dante as Self

Roger Corman as Self

Norman Jewison as Self

David J. Skal as Self

Gregory W. Mank as Self

John Landis as Self

Ian Ogilvy as Self

Dick Miller as Self

Crew

Thomas Hamilton Director

International Releases Dates

United States 27 January 2022

Production Companies

Abramorama

Shout! Studios

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