
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Documentary
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.
Director: Thomas Hamilton
The Cast

Boris Karloff
Self (archive footage)

Sara Karloff
Self

Guillermo del Toro
Self

Ron Perlman
Self

Stefanie Powers
Self

Christopher Plummer
Self

Peter Bogdanovich
Self

Lee Grant
Self

Joe Dante
Self

Roger Corman
Self

Norman Jewison
Self

David J. Skal
Self

Gregory W. Mank
Self

John Landis
Self

Ian Ogilvy
Self

Dick Miller
Self

Orson Bean
Self
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