Tag Archives: Boris Karloff

Dynamic Duo #45

Posted on November 1, 2025 by sheila

Universal makeup genius Jack Pierce applying the iconic makeup he designed onto Boris Karloff.

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May 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 8, 2024 by sheila

Forward Fast (2024; d. Lorraine Sovern) I met Lorraine at the Florida Film Festival. Someone I was talking to at a party told me about her work and about this short film. He then pulled her over to our group … Continue reading →

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March 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 17, 2024 by sheila

Conspiracy (2001; d. Frank Pierson) I went down a little Wannsee Conference rabbit hole so figured I’d re-watch this chilling nasty little movie. Lured (1947; d. Douglas Sirk) I had never seen this. I love discovering new Douglas Sirks! This … Continue reading →

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February 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 6, 2023 by sheila

Reboot (2022) Allison and I watched it together when I was in New York for the first half of this month. I adore this series and am so bummed it wasn’t picked up for Season 2. We had a blast … Continue reading →

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June 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 3, 2021 by sheila

La Notte (1961; d. Michelangelo Antonioni) Pauline Kael included La Notte in her infamous essay titled “The Come-Dressed-As-the-Sick-Soul-of-Europe Parties”. Now you can debate her on this opinion – and I think she’s off (although I think it’s a hilarious title). … Continue reading →

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Chronological Jack: The Terror (1963); Dir. Roger Corman

Posted on July 30, 2010 by sheila

One random sunny day along the coast of ….. France, Lieutenant Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson), separated from his regiment in Napoleon’s army, encounters a beautiful woman, who leads him on a mysterious chase through a forest, across a field, up … Continue reading →

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Boris Karloff: “shocked by unkindness and never less than polite”

Posted on November 30, 2009 by sheila

This is my late addition to the spectacular Boris Karloff Blog-a-Thon going on at Frankensteinia. I have been losing myself in all of the links. Great stuff – make sure you head on over there and read. Keep scrolling! Peter … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Great Boris Karloff Bowling Scene From Scarface

Posted on August 20, 2009 by sheila

… directed by Howard Hawks. This is for Peter Nellhaus. It’s a wonderful sequence, spare and violent, ominous and yet elegant – not one shot too many, a perfect mix of mess (the sound of the bowling alley mixed with … Continue reading →

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Movie Poster: The Bride of Frankenstein

Posted on February 10, 2009 by sheila

Classic.

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Karloff Week

Posted on February 3, 2006 by sheila

I love living in New York sometimes – it does have its perks – and one of the perks is a joint like the Film Forum. Why? Because they do week-long retrospectives on Boris Karloff. I have to go see … Continue reading →

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