Tag: KARLOFF The Man and The Monster

  • Mystery Theatre Exclusive:Signed copies of Nightmares and Visions

    Mystery Theatre Exclusive:
    Signed copies of Nightmares and Visions

    Gauntlet Press is now shipping the numbered edition of the first English-language release of Nightmares, an anthology in which I rejoin three of my collaborators from the feature film Nightmare Cinema (2019). The stories featured in the book are: “As You Sleep” by Mexico’s bestselling author Sandra Becerill, whose most recent books include La Soledad…

  • More than a Monster:
    Karloff Reveals the Man behind the Icon

    Arrayed with costumes and memorabilia, the set of Karloff: The Man and the Monster presents a snapshot of the actor’s career. There’s a sheep’s wool vest from Son of Frankenstein, sarcophagus from The Mummy, gurney from The Bride of Frankenstein, wheelchair from the set of Targets. Behind it all, a projection screen displays the iconic…

  • Talking Frankenstein

    “You’re going to see and feel the essence of who this man was.”   – Director Art DeConciliis discussing Prime Stage’s upcoming production of Karloff: The Man and the Monster. In an earlier post, I mentioned how actor Boris Karloff—the man who gave us cinema’s iconic performance as the Frankenstein creature—worked for years as a…

  • Frankenstein, Karloff, and Spike the Mutant

    “I was euphoric in June. Look where we are now.” So begins a new essay in the New York Times that considers how the summer we hoped for got preempted by Covid-Delta. That’s the thing with monsters. You can never be sure they’re gone for good. Cartoon by Dana Summers, Copyright 2021 Tribune Content Agency,…