Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
99 min
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.
- Release date
- September 17, 2021
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Laura Forrest Hay
Trailer
Cast
- Guillermo del Toro as Self - Interviewee
- Ron Perlman as Self - Interviewee
- Christopher Plummer as Self - Interviewee
- John Landis as Self - Interviewee
- Lee Grant as Self - Interviewee
- Stefanie Powers as Self - Interviewee
- Peter Bogdanovich as Self - Interviewee
Crew
- Vincent Price · Archive footage
- Peter Lorre · Archive footage
- John Carradine · Archive footage
- Thomas Hamilton · Director
- Thomas Hamilton · Writer
- Ron MacCloskey · Writer
- Nick Howe · Producer
- Natasha Markou · Producer
- Duncan Moss · Producer
- John Ozment · Producer
- Laura Forrest Hay · Composer
- Bruce Heinsius · Cinematographer
- Anuree De Silva · Editor
- Folasade Oyeleye · Editor