Tag: boris karloff

Podcast Episode 116: Ian Ogilvy Talks About His Iconic Career & New Film KNIGHTFALL

Ian Ogilvy is an actor who has entertained generations, having starred in a plethora of roles across film and television. He’s worked alongside iconic stars like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in cult horror films The Sorcerers and Witchfinder [...]

September 19, 2026

Artwork for Madhouse starring Vincent Price

Review: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing Enter The MADHOUSE

Madhouse brings together two of the most well known Masters of the Macabre. Not only do you get the mighty Vincent Price in the lead role, but you also get able support from the great Peter Cushing. It might not be either of the pair’s finest [...]

June 18, 2026

Paying Respect To James Whale’s THE OLD DARK HOUSE

Director James Whale followed-up the huge success of Frankenstein in 1931 with another Universal Pictures chiller, The Old Dark House. Based on J.B Priestly’s novel Benighted, the pre-code 1932 horror-thriller is a wonderfully atmospheric [...]

September 5, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, THE BLACK CAT & THE RAVEN Starring Bela Lugosi

After the success of Dracula in 1931, Bel Lugosi took the lead in a trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for Universal Pictures. The Murders In The Rue Morgue, The Black Cat and The Raven feature Lugosi at his best and the latter two also feature [...]

August 26, 2020

Relax! Boris Karloff Taking It Easy On The Set Of FRANKENSTEIN

This image showing Boris Karloff relaxing on the set of Frankenstein is probably one of the great all-time on-set photographs. It’s Karloff’s full make-up and costume that sells it, along with the way in he is holding his teacup and [...]

April 13, 2020

DVD Review: FRANKENSTEIN Is A faithful Adaptation Of Mary Shelley’s Tale

The story of Frankenstein has been told many times on screen. Some have been great and others have been terrible – this 2004 television fits somewhere in between (possibly nudging towards the former) as it’s a faithful adaptation of Mary [...]

January 12, 2014