Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

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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 actor

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Sara Karloff actor Guillermo del Toro actor Ron Perlman actor Stefanie Powers actor Christopher Plummer actor Peter Bogdanovich actor Lee Grant actor Joe Dante actor

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Roger Corman actor Norman Jewison actor David J. Skal actor

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Gregory W. Mank actor John Landis actor Ian Ogilvy actor Dick Miller actor Orson Bean actor