The Real Boris Karloff

Oct 23, 2007 08:21

Having devoted a recent journal to my failed prediction that Tony Todd would be the "New Boris Karloff," I recently did a small-scale BK FilmFestival through Netflix. Here are my results ( Read more... )

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chimpstop November 5 2007, 02:41:34 UTC
What, no "The Black Cat"? with Bela? Where Bela is the good guy, and Boris is a Sensationalist-Version Crowley type?

We have another of their flicks, The Invisible Ray, waiting in our queue.

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popegrutch November 7 2007, 20:25:32 UTC
I've watched "the Black Cat" so many times (and reviewed it elsewhere) that comment seemed unnecessary. I was shooting for more obscure films this outing.

Incidentally, the character of Hjalmar Poelzig is not based on Crowely, but rather on Hans Poelzig, who Edgar G. Ulmer had known in Germany. Poelzig was a member of the Fraternitas Saturni, and was art director on the 1920 version of "Der Golem."

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chimpstop November 7 2007, 23:19:17 UTC
You mean the "KEN Guide" lied to us? We saw it as a double feature, back in early '99 I think, with the original "The Mummy"

In a fit of DVR Angst Storm erased "The Invisible Ray" from the queue. She'd grabbed it and a bunch of other classic BW pre-1950 Horror films during October.

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