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Whether your scary movie taste runs to classic or slasher, there's an offering for you this Halloween weekend on local movie screens.
The original 1931 "Frankenstein," its sequel, "Bride of Frankenstein," "My Bloody Valentine," "Halloween" and Alfred
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By David Mermelstein Horror films—the old-fashioned kind, not the modern, torture-porn variety—may be the only movies enjoyed regardless of quality. In fact, we seem to prefer the ones with impossible plots, wooden acting and crude special effects.
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Wall Street Journal
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"Monster Mash": It's an obvious choice, but a good one. Bobby Pickett does a great Boris Karloff imitation on the original 1962 single, yet you might also want to include on the mixtape the comical Beach Boys cover, issued in 1964.
"Thriller": Since 1
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The San Jose Mercury News
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This article is part of Halloween
Turner Movie Classics (TCM) is offering two days of Halloween chills, classic movie style, with movies about horror and deranged mad scientists. Scares begin on Friday at 6:00 AM with Behind the Mask with Boris Karloff
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"We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now's your chance to -- uh, well, we warned you." -- Prologue for 1931 film Frankenstein...
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DEPRESSION-ERA NEWSREELS 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays, Film Vault, KC Central Library.“CORPSE BRIDE” Voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Film Vault, Central Library.
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KansasCity.com
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MOVIE RATINGS
= Poor
= Fair
= Good
= Excellent
G = General audiences
PG = Parental Guidance
PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens
R = Restricted audience
CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired
ALPHABETICAL
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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One of Dr. Seuss' most likeable characters, Horton the kind-hearted elephant
was introduced to young readers in 1940's Horton Hatches the Egg. In that
book, the decent and honorable pachyderm takes over the motherly duties of
Mayzie, a bird who
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DVD Verdict
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/horton1970bluray.php
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“WHITE ZOMBIE” and “THE BLACK CAT” In the first, Bela Lugosi threatens a young couple on a zombie-filled Caribbean island; in the second he squares off against Boris Karloff. 6:30 tonight, KCK West Wyandotte
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/1519779.html
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The Terror was an interesting little low budget gem I watched this morning. It is a typical Roger Corman classic, which means it is decent, despite Corman’s rush job. This is due mainly to the performances of the movie’s two leads – a very old Boris
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The Retroist
http://www.retroist.com/2009/10/20/the-terror-1963/
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KARLOFF & LUGOSI HORROR CLASSICS (1936-1958). Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made a series of memorable movies together during the 1930s and '40s (including The Raven and The Body Snatcher), but those aren't the titles showcased in this four-picture
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Charlotte Creative Loafing
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HALLOWEEN comes but once a year, a circumstance the home video industry must profoundly regret. Horror film aficionados constitute one of the most dedicated fan bases out there, reliably supporting a healthy, year-round market both in brand new, direct-
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...Thank God Warner Brothers is at least acknowledging Halloween with this four-movie salute to two of cinema’s horror giants- Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. The Walking Dead (1936) is a Warner’s gangster film mixed with supernatural elements. Boris is railroaded...
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Paper Magazine
http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2009/10/karloff_lugosi_horror_classics.php
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[For the entirety of October I will be showcasing one horror film each day. Every film is pulled from my DVD shelf, recorded on the home DVR or streamed via Instant Netflix and will be one I haven’t seen. Unlike my usual A Movie A Day or A Movie A Week
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Ain't It Cool News
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42722
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"What a beautiful spot for a murder!"
You don't have to be a movie buff to have heard the names of Boris Karloff
and Bela Lugosi. Each starred in an iconic Universal horror classic—Frankenstein for Karloff and Dracula for Lugosi—and had a long
career
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another Youtube premier, and another Karloff doctor tale - who could ever get bored of that ! Part 2 can be found here: www.youtube.com Heres more about this film: The Devil Commands is a 1941 horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Boris Karloff. In it, a man obsessed with contacting his dead wife falls in with a sinister phony medium. Wikipedia Enjoy, regards Dr.Bubble ... AVGN obama The Devil Commands Boris Karloff hammer horror the nerd peter cushing vincent price roger ...
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LIBRARY HORRORSWith Halloween coming, KCK’s West Wyandotte Library has scheduled a slate of free horror movies to be screened at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the auditorium at 1737 N. 82nd
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/1495970.html
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...and last horror feature by the future director of "Casablanca,'' Michael Curtiz, "The Walking Dead'' (1936) is one of Boris Karloff's best, if least known, pictures. Six writers are credited with this unusual resurrection thriller (with religious overtones),...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/movies/dvd_extra_karloff_and_lugosi_iHkEsbvtAiSY9ph6YyWjJM
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A craftsman with an eye for both steampunk and retro-horror aesthetics has crafted an arcade cab that fuses the two together,
Building your own aracde cabinet is a pretty big achievement, but making one with as much character as Doug Haffner's
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The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95030-Arcade-Cabs-Steampunkd
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It was the first time I had ever met Bela Jr., Ron Chaney and Dwight Frye Jr. Bela and Ron had been actively involved in the protection and perpetuation of their famous family members' legacy. Up until that time I had not really been involved
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When I spoke to Doug, I really put my foot in it. Doug and his manager John I both consider friends, for a couple of years now, I've kept in touch with both of them on and off and I hate the feeling I may have said something that left Doug with a bad
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It's that time of year again. Halloween is my favorite time of the year, and it provides a convenient excuse to explore one of my favorite genres of film (as I have done for the past couple of years)
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Dark Horse has provided CBR News with covers and solicit information for products shipping December, 2009. When you're through checking out these solicitations, be sure to visit CBR's Indie Comics Forum and discuss these Dark Horse releases with fellow
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Comic Book Resources
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here: www.youtube.com Heres more information on the film: The Man They Could Not Hang is a (1939) low-budget horror film produced by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of The Ninth Guest (1934). It was directed by Nick Grinde and starred Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard. Dr. Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. A young medical student offers his services to him. He accidentally dies and Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge ...
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Movie posters have been used as promotional tools since the earliest days of the cinema. Duly recognized as true works of art, film posters are extremely popular among collectors, with certain vintage examples commanding big bucks.
Here are seven rare
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Quazen
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It's a wonderful sequence, spare and violent, ominous and yet elegant - not one shot too many, a perfect mix of mess (the sound of the bowling alley mixed with the crowd with the strange eerie whistling going on over it - the whistle that we now know
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The Sheila Variations
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In 1965 America was awash in comic monsters. On CBS Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis were camping it up on The Munsters, while their ABC rivals The Addams Family featured John Astin, Carolyn Jones and Jackie Coogan in a series based on the New
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PopMatters
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If you like Italian-Gothic horror and late-career Boris Karloff and if you have a limited attention span, try to get hold of Mario Bava’s short film "The Wurdalak", based on a 19th century story about a family that turns into undead ghouls after the
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Jabberwock
http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2009/07/horror-reco-bava-does-johar.html
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The plaque up on the wall said it all. "Nets donated by Boris Karloff."
Patrick Kidd, the Times cricket blogger and admitted hopeless batsman, gave a
nervous laugh as he approached the web of nets at the Brit Oval in
Kennington.
"I thought this was
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Times Online
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We think Frankenstein and we think Boris Karloff shuffling through a Gothic castle, Peter Boyle doing a soft-shoe across a stage, maybe even Robert De Niro in...oh, best to forget that one.
, the brainy, lyrical first novel by poet Laurie Sheck,
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Entertainment Weekly
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Boris Karloff Documentary Pt 5 of 5
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The 'Bride of Frankenstein' will rise again - a new remake of the 1935 Boris Karloff classic is in the works.
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment are planning a remake of the movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The companies are in
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New York Daily News
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Busy is not the same as clever.This distinction eludes the makers of “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” They figured that if they kept Ben Stiller racing from one special effect to another, nobody would notice that
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KansasCity.com
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TALK to American actor Hank Azaria and you also hear from Boris Karloff, Jerry Lewis and a whole raft of characters from The Simpsons.
Even in his latest movie, Night At The Museum 2, the producers get more than their money’s worth from him. His main
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The Northern Echo
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The mask of Tutankhamen - photo by Ed Wetschler. Click on photo to enlarge.
So mine is a tale of bold actions and derring do including one Sphinx, three pyramids, and a critique of the 1932 horror movie, The Mummy.
Boris
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A superb television performance by Boris Karloff on "Thriller," 1961! scary stories, zombies, 1960,
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Boris Karloff plays a genius undead physician who has discovered a fluid to prolong life indefinitely. Co-stars Dick York and Carolyn Kearny. From the 1961 series 'Thriller' hosted by Boris Karloff!
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He always vowed that he wouldn’t die unless he could take it with him.But now that Forrest J. Ackerman really is gone, the grand old man of science fiction’s memorabilia collection is on the auction
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KansasCity.com
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Boris Karloff (1887-1969) was the greatest actor ever in horror film. His first real succes (and his first horror role) was the monster in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931). That film, of course, is a classic; it made Karloff instantly recognizable and, eventually, something of an icon. The actor was typecast for the rest of his life but he was never bitter about it since he enjoyed the work immensely and was able, unlike his colleague, Bela Lugosi, to land some really juicy parts even in ...
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An article published earlier this week (see ) included analysis of a select set of eBay accounts and their bidding activities with eBay seller *stoneark* (AKA stonark, AKA Corner Collectibles, AKA Cornner Collectibles). Anthony Shkutnick, partnered
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...fairy tales". He quit for tax reasons at $32,000, which he gave to charity. Lon Chaney Sr, shortly before his death, told Karloff: "Find something that no one can do, do it better than anyone can do it and you'll leave your mark." Your IP address will be logged ...
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/04/screen-legends-boris-karloff
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He became a celebrated figure after his star roles as the monster in Frankenstein (1931) and the Egyptian revenant in The Mummy (1932). By the mid-1930s, Karloff was frequently billed just by his surname. He is represented by two stars on Hollywood's
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/04/screen-legends-boris-karloff
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Que the voice of Boris Karloff…
It was quarter past dawn…
All the Whos, still a-bed,
All the Whos, still a-snooze
When he packed up his sled,
Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings!
The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The
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Sustainablog
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A circus performer terrorized by mysterious powers from beyond . . . a jade idol of a monkey that carries a curse on a South Pacific island drives a man to the brink of madness . . . an art gallery haunted by paintings that come to life at night . . .
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Horror Comic Book News
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A circus performer terrorized by mysterious powers from beyond . . . a jade idol of a monkey that carries a curse on a South Pacific island drives a man to the brink of madness . . . an art gallery haunted by paintings that come to life at night . . .
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