the boris karloff thread

[macabre]

hi
who else could have been born a pratt and made such a massive impact on the horror genre,
i love boris karloff and though it pains me to admit it ,he did make a few b-movies.what is your first recollection of being scared s**tless by a movie? mine;  4yrs old sneaked downstairs to watch a classic double bill dracula/frankenstein. the only thing that has ever come even remotely close to scaring the s**t out of me  BESIDES THESE MOVIES was when i first woke up next to my wife to be, (they say love is blind) to bloody right i was BLIND drunk at the time .
well thanks
macabre man

[Rev. Powell]

I'm a big-time Karloff fan.  My favorite performance was THE BODY SNATCHER.  That was one evil dude... killing a dog mourning at the grave of his master!

[the ghoul]

Karloff is great.  I think my favorite Karloff movie performance is "The Man Who Lived Again" (AKA "The Man Who Changed His Mind.").

He was always excellent in whatever role he was given.

[Newt]

Karloff is great.  ...
He was always excellent in whatever role he was given.

Absoutely agree.

My dad was a big fan, so Karloff/Lugosi/Chaney/Price loomed large in my childhood.  I hold great affection for them all, but Karloff was the best.

[Rev. Powell]

I also love his narration for "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

[Andrew]

His performance in "The Comedy of Terrors" alongside quite a few other of my favorite actors (incuding Vincent Price) is quite fun, and that film probably had a miniscule budget.  Karloff had an exceptional presence that he brought to the screen.  Among my favorite old horror films is "The Black Cat" (1934) with him and Lugosi. 

[Raffine]

Karloff is ALWAYS watchable, even in poverty row stuff like THE APE.

A great, somewhat neglected late Karloff performance is in Peter Bogdonavich's TARGETS, in which he plays aging horror star Byron Orlok who unexpectedly decides to retire from films.

Here's Orlok being interviewed by an obnoxious radio DJ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfXOx04d6m4&feature=related