STEPHEN JACOBS marks the 80th anniversary of Boris Karloff’s return to England to make his first British film, The Ghoul (1933)
Sara Karloff visits London
Sara Jane Karloff joins author Stephen Jacobs to pay tribute to horror legend Boris Karloff at rare London event
Premature Burials in England, Part 2
STEPHEN JACOBS continues his look at the horror of premature burials in the UK. This time it’s those who didn’t survive being buried alive!
Premature Burials in England, Part 1
STEPHEN JACOBS begins his two-part series into premature burial in England with tales of victims who lived to tale their terrifying tale!
Targets (1968)
Boris Karloff essentially plays himself in Targets a 1968 thriller directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
The Sorcerers (1967)
The Sorcerers is almost a return to Karloff’s ‘mad doctor’ series for Columbia almost three decades years earlier.
Picks from Boris Karloff’s Last Decade
Horror legend Boris Karloff was a fading star in the 1960s. But he still produced some genuine classics. Guest writer STEPHEN JACOBS selects some of the best of Karloff’s later films.
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Corridors of Blood is underrated historical drama based on sad life of an American dentist who became addicted to the nitrous oxide
The Raven (1963)
Roger Corman’s comedy The Raven starring Price, Karloff and Lorre is great fun.
Black Sabbath (1963)
This is a great anthology film by celebrated Italian director Mario Bava with Karloff in his only vampiric role
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar is a lesser film from Karloff’s final years, and the last film he made in Britain. Still, it is worth seeing Karloff and other horror stalwarts
Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Comedy of Terrors – fun comedy with undertakers dealing with a customer who won’t stay dead!
5 Spectacular Dracula Films
Horror film historian STEPHEN JACOBS lists his top five Dracula films for The Spooky Isles
My Top 10 Boris Karloff Films
Award-winning horror biographer STEPHEN JACOBS lists his Top 10 Boris Karloff films exclusively for The Spooky Isles
Karloff’s London: A location guide
Top Boris Karloff expert STEPHEN JACOBS lists of locations around London significant in the horror legend’s life
