List of the best Boris Karloff movies: Bride of Frankenstein(1935), Targets(1968), The Old Dark House(1932), The Black Cat(1934), The Black Room(1935), The Man They Could Not Hang(1939), Bedlam(1946), The Man With Nine Lives(1940), The Boogie Man Will Get You(1942), The Man Who Lived Again(1936), Isle of the Dead(1945), The Invisible Ray(1936) ... ...
7.8/10
Horror
USA
1935
75 Minutes
The Monster (as Karloff)
Boris Karloff Elsa Lanchester Colin Clive Valerie Hobson O.P. Heggie Una O'Connor Ernest Thesiger Gavin Gordon Douglas Walton E.E. Clive Lucien Prival
monster mad scientist fiancée blind person hunter bride witty brooding chilling countryside castle hideout death accident meaning of life guilt pursuit transformation sacrifice 19th century
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
92 Minutes
Boris Karloff Tim O'Kelly Nancy Hsueh James Brown Sandy Baron Arthur Peterson Mary Jackson Tanya Morgan Monty Landis Peter Bogdanovich
killer actor police officer disturbing tense los angeles refinery drive-in theater murder shooting spree aging death actors quest pursuit 1960s
An elderly horror film star, while making a personal appearance at a drive-in theatre, confronts a psychotic Vietnam War veteran who has turned into a mass-murdering sniper.
7.1/10
Comedy, Horror
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Morgan
Boris Karloff Melvyn Douglas Charles Laughton Gloria Stuart Lilian Bond Ernest Thesiger Eva Moore Raymond Massey Brember Wills Elspeth Dudgeon
host butler chorus girl veteran industrialist religious person offbeat amusing mansion country road wales storm arson haunted houses love mystery 1930s
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
7.0/10
Horror
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi David Manners Jacqueline Wells Lucille Lund Egon Brecher Henry Armetta Albert Conti Anna Duncan Herman Bing Andre Cheron
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
7.0/10
Horror
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Baron , Anton
Boris Karloff Marian Marsh Robert Allen Thurston Hall Katherine DeMille John Buckler Henry Kolker Colin Tapley Torben Meyer
twin brother baron colonel daughter servant eerie thrilling dark tyrol castle torture chamber ambition superstition fear impersonation murder royalty rivalry quest
Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.
6.9/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Dr. Henryk Savaard
Boris Karloff Adrian Booth Robert Wilcox Roger Pryor Don Beddoe Ann Doran Charles Trowbridge Byron Foulger Dick Curtis James Craig John Tyrrell
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
6.8/10
Horror
USA
1946
79 Minutes
Master George Sims
Boris Karloff Anna Lee Billy House Glen Vernon Jason Robards Sr. Joan Newton Richard Fraser Ian Wolfe Leland Hodgson Elizabeth Russell
manager patient government official patron protégé intense dark suspenseful mental institution london mental illness imprisonment corruption revolution rescue escape 1760s
Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Encouraged by the Quaker Hannay, she tries... See full summary »
6.7/10
Horror
USA
1940
73 Minutes
Dr. Leon Kravaal
Boris Karloff Roger Pryor Jo Ann Sayers Stanley Brown John Dilson Hal Taliaferro Byron Foulger Charles Trowbridge Ernie S. Adams
A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Max Rosenbloom Larry Parks Jeff Donnell
Fearing life in prison for a fourth offense, convict Duke Berne pulls out of an armored car robbery, planned by his crooked lawyer, but he is framed for the robbery anyway.
6.6/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1936
61 Minutes
Boris Karloff Anna Lee John Loder Frank Cellier Donald Calthrop Cecil Parker Lyn Harding
Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.
6.6/10
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
General Nikolas Pherides
Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Ernest Dorian Erick Hanson
general reporter peasant nurse eerie emotional tense island hotel woods house plagues war love paranoia supernatural metamorphosis mystery 1910s
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1936
81 Minutes
Dr. Janos Rukh
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Frances Drake Frank Lawton Violet Kemble Cooper Walter Kingsford Beulah Bondi Frank Reicher Paul Weigel Georges Renavent
A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
68 Minutes
James Lee Wong
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Dorothy Tree Craig Reynolds Lotus Long Morgan Wallace Holmes Herbert Ivan Lebedeff Hooper Atchley Chester Gan
detective art collector secretary wife russian lawyer dark suspenseful china san francisco household estate office jewelry theft murder investigation false accusations romantic dilemma mystery rivalry
Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daugther of The Moon."
6.3/10
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
6.3/10
Horror
UK
1958
81 Minutes
Boris Karloff Anthony Dawson Elizabeth Allan Jean Kent Vera Day Tim Turner Diane Aubrey Dorothy Gordon Desmond Roberts Peggy Ann Clifford
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
6.3/10
Horror
UK
1967
87 Minutes
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
Boris Karloff Catherine Lacey Ian Ogilvy Elizabeth Ercy Victor Henry Susan George Dinah Sheridan Ivor Dean Peter Fraser Meier Tzelniker Bill Barnsley
An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
67 Minutes
David Mallory
Boris Karloff Warren Hull Jean Rogers Alan Baxter Hobart Cavanaugh Samuel S. Hinds David Oliver Ward Bond Frank Reicher Edwin Maxwell
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
Dr. John Garth
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
6.2/10
Horror
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Boris Karloff Lewis Stone Karen Morley Myrna Loy Charles Starrett Jean Hersholt Lawrence Grant David Torrence
villain daughter commander doctor explorer archaeologist engaging campy gobi desert england expedition schemes showdown good versus evil father/daughter relationship rivalry quest rescue 1930s
(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Mr. James Lee Wong
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Evelyn Brent Maxine Jennings Lucien Prival William Gould John Hamilton Lee Tung Foo John St. Polis Hooper Atchley Frank Bruno
private detective police officer factory owner scientist secretary murder victim suspenseful gripping san francisco chinatown office police station mansion investigation corporate espionage inventions murder mystery 1930s
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal... See full summary »
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
65 Minutes
Gruesome
Boris Karloff Ralph Byrd Anne Gwynne Edward Ashley June Clayworth Lyle Latell Tony Barrett Skelton Knaggs Jim Nolan Joseph Crehan Milton Parsons
detective bank robber doctor dick tracy escaped convict witness thrilling melodramatic bank doctor's office car hospital factory bank heist investigation missing persons crime race against time double-cross mystery
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Mr. James Lee Wong
Boris Karloff Marjorie Reynolds Grant Withers Peter George Lynn William Royle Huntley Gordon James Flavin Lotus Long Richard Loo Bessie Loo Angelo Rossitto
private detective princess captain reporter police captain bank president charming intricate suspenseful san francisco house chinatown docks ship murder investigation chinese-american culture political intrigue forgery swindling royalty
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper.... See full summary »
6.1/10
Adventure
USA
1940
62 Minutes
Boris Karloff Margaret Lindsay Bruce Lester Holmes Herbert Leonard Mudie
pilot cabinet minister spy intelligence officer father love interest tense thrilling france hospital london family home hideout world war i espionage bombing deception secret identity romance adventure
Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
5.9/10
Action
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Wu Yen Fang
Boris Karloff Beverly Roberts Ricardo Cortez Gordon Oliver Sheila Bromley Vladimir Sokoloff Richard Loo
Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
5.9/10
Horror
UK
1933
73 Minutes
Prof. Henry Morlant
Boris Karloff Cedric Hardwicke Ernest Thesiger Dorothy Hyson Anthony Bushell Kathleen Harrison Harold Huth D.A. Clarke-Smith Ralph Richardson Jack Raine
egyptologist professor assistant lawyer impostor ghost creepy suspenseful eerie england country house resurrection afterlife supernatural magic transformation mystery revenge 1930s
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
5.8/10
Horror
USA
1945
71 Minutes
Boris Karloff Lon Chaney J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Anne Gwynne Peter Coe Lionel Atwill George Zucco Elena Verdugo Glenn Strange Sig Ruman
mad scientist hunchback frankenstein's monster werewolf count dracula dark creepy suspenseful europe castle laboratory vengeance scientific experiments evil monsters revenge quest 19th century
The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
67 Minutes
James Lee Wong
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
5.4/10
Horror
USA
1944
86 Minutes
A demented physician becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice sounds similar to his late mistress.
5.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
74 Minutes
Doctor Sartorius
Boris Karloff Joan Wyndham Mona Goya Arthur Margetson Anthony Ireland Morton Selten Nina Boucicault Gibb McLaughlin J.H. Roberts Victor Rietti
evil doctor lady husband son nurse captain tense suspenseful chilling dark melodramatic engaging england murder plot crime prevention greed double-cross wealth poison mystery
An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.
5.0/10
Horror
USA
1963
81 Minutes
Boris Karloff Jack Nicholson Sandra Knight Dick Miller Dorothy Neumann Jonathan Haze
french officer beautiful woman baron elderly woman servant spirit eerie brooding offbeat dreamy baltic coast castle countryside beach crypt shack possession witchcraft dark secrets suicide
A young officer in Napoleon's Army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.
4.9/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
83 Minutes
Baron Victor von Frankenstein
Boris Karloff Tom Duggan Jana Lund Don "Red" Barry Charlotte Austin Irwin Berke Rudolph Anders John Dennis Norbert Schiller Mike Lane
Needing money, the last of the Frankensteins leases his castle out to a film company as he tries to complete his ancestor's gruesome experiments at creating life.
4.2/10
Adventure
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Gen. Pollegar
Boris Karloff Nino Marcel Lou Krugman Reginald Denny June Foray Victor Jory Jay Novello Lisa Howard Peter Coe Paul Marion Vito Scotti
In India, a young elephant trainer vows revenge against the cult that killed his family and, when the local Maharajah refuses to help, sets out alone to battle his enemy.
Crime, Drama
1953
87 Minutes
Don Gaetano
Boris Karloff Franca Marzi Renato Vicario Jole Fierro Carlo Duse Giulio Battiferri Patrizia Remiddi Germana Paolieri Giuseppe Chinnici Domenico De Nimmo Clara Gamberini
An old Italian aristocrat (Boris Karloff) offers to help a narcotics officer (Franca Marzi) catch smugglers.
Horror
1941
65 Minutes
Dr. Julian Blair
daughter scientist wife friend medium housekeeper chilling creepy disturbing university laboratory car new england cemetery obsession grief experiments father/daughter relationship accidental death supernatural
A scientist's (Boris Karloff) daughter (Amanda Duff) narrates his attempt to contact his dead wife's brain wave.
Sci-Fi
1971
75 Minutes
Prof. John Mayer
Boris Karloff Enrique Guzmán Christa Linder
A professor (Boris Karloff) and his helper (Enrique Guzmán) must stop a killer, the byproduct of a sinister invasion.
Horror
1968
90 Minutes
Boris Karloff Juan Ibáñez Julissa Carlos East Rafael Bertrand Tongolele Quintín Bulnes Santanón July Marichael
uncle niece police officer cult leader priest landowner eerie suspenseful thrilling island plantation house voodoo human sacrifice secret identity partnership race against time investigation discovery mystery
A doctor (Boris Karloff) infiltrates a superstitious island cult to save his niece from human sacrifice.
Horror
1970
105 Minutes
Franz Badulescu
Boris Karloff Viveca Lindfors Jean-Pierre Aumont Jacqui Speed Rosenda Monteros Ruven Rojo Dyanik Zurakowska Milo Casada Mercedes Rojo Mary Lou Palermo Manuel de Blas Eduardo Coutelen
A blind sculptor (Boris Karloff) makes art out of bones supplied by his wife (Viveca Lindfors) from corpses boiled in acid.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
68 Minutes
James Lee Wong
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Marjorie Reynolds Charles Trowbridge Frank Puglia Craig Reynolds Lita Chevret Harry Strang Hooper Atchley Jason Robards Sr. Richard Loo
Master sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) and a newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) help a police captain (Grant Withers) catch a killer.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Horror
1945
79 Minutes
Cabman John Gray
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade Paula Corday Sharyn Moffet Donna Lee
doctor assistant taxi driver woman young man grave robber brooding dark hedonistic tense laboratory cemetery house edinburgh, scotland corpse excavation medical experiments mysterious past murder blackmail rivalry
A carriage cabby (Boris Karloff) sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor (Henry Daniell) in 19th-century Edinburgh.
Horror
1968
87 Minutes
Professor John Marsh
Boris Karloff Christopher Lee Barbara Steele Mark Eden Virginia Wetherell Michael Gough Rosemarie Reede Derek Tansley
A man stops at a lodge, where he meets a professor of witchcraft (Boris Karloff) and dreams of a green-faced witch (Barbara Steele).
Horror
1958
85 Minutes
Boris Karloff Betta St. John Christopher Lee Finlay Currie Francis Matthews Adrienne Corri Nigel Green
physician colleague son criminal partner dark gritty london laboratory hospital cemetery house anesthetics experimental medicine drug addiction grave robbing murder father/son relationship discovery quest
A 19th-century London doctor (Boris Karloff) becomes addicted to anesthesia and makes a deal with grave robbers.
Horror
1968
87 Minutes
Dr. Karl Mantell
Boris Karloff Juan Ibáñez Julissa Carlos East Isela Vega Yerye Beirute Eva Muller Santanón Pamela Rosas
Horror
1957
76 Minutes
Boris Karloff Beverly Tyler Murvyn Vye Elisha Cook Jr. Rhodes Reason Jean Engstrom Friedrich Ledebur Glenn Dixon Owen Cunningham Herbert Patterson Jerry Frank
A writer famous for exposing hoaxes investigates a tropical island supposedly rife with voodoo horrors.
7.1/10
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
6.8/10
War
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Sanders
Victor McLaglen Boris Karloff Wallace Ford Reginald Denny J.M. Kerrigan Billy Bevan Alan Hale Brandon Hurst Douglas Walton Sammy Stein
sergeant commander enemy pilot soldier dark intense mesopotamia desert oasis horrors of war world war i battle lost daunting task survival rescue discovery 1910s
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
6.3/10
Horror
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Richard Greene Boris Karloff Stephen McNally Paula Corday Lon Chaney John Hoyt Michael Pate Nancy Valentine Tudor Owen Henry Corden Otto Waldis
Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
5.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
94 Minutes
Abdul
Roland Young Boris Karloff Dorothy Sebastian Ernest Torrence Natalie Moorhead Sydney Jarvis Polly Moran George Cooper Kamiyama Sojin Claude Fleming Clarence Geldart
On a dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When... See full summary »
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1949
84 Minutes
Swami Talpur
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff Lenore Aubert Gar Moore Donna Martell Alan Mowbray James Flavin Roland Winters Nicholas Joy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
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