Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

September. 17,2021      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Boris Karloff as  Self (archive footage)
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