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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 0025193108623
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 45
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD31086D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Running Time: 421 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1939
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/19/2006
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The gaunt face, the large eyes and elegant hands, the rich voice with a touch of menace (and more than a touch of lisp): Boris Karloff had the tools of a genuine movie star. He also had a deeply sensitive understanding of flawed creatures, which made his best roles--including the Frankenstein monster and the Mummy--weirdly sympathetic. His profitable employment in those Universal monster movies is filled out with the release of The Boris Karloff Collection, a grouping of non-classics from his Universal jobs.
These are the kind of movies that would show up with great promise on your local "Nightmare Theater" or "Creature Feature" late-show slot: Hey, Boris Karloff in something called Tower of London? Sounds scary! And you'd watch in bewilderment as the film would turn out to be a historical drama with a few grisly touches. Universal perpetuates this misunderstanding with this DVD release, which declares "The Master of Horror in His Most Frightening Roles!" Which is quite a stretch. (Some of Karloff's best horror stuff is on the Bela Lugosi Collection, a superior DVD package.)
Still, for fans, there's much to enjoy here. Tower of London is a thoroughly entertaining tale of Richard III's bloody rise to power, with Basil Rathbone as Richard and Karloff as his bald, beetle-browed executioner (definitely one of Boris's best looks). Two early-1950s films are great fun: The Strange Door has Charles Laughton doing one of his modern-Nero roles as a perverse nobleman with a really cool torture dungeon (Karloff is his servant), and The Black Castle lays on the wolf howls and creaking doors in a tale of revenge. Juicy performances by Richard Greene and Stephen McNally gives this oomph, even if Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr., are peripheral. McNally's castle is equipped with an excellent secret room with swarming alligators.
Night Key (1937) isn't horror, but a perfectly OK B-movie about inventor Karloff and his revenge on the businessman who stole his electrically charged idea. 1944's The Climax was made to capitalize on the lavish sets Universal made for The Phantom of the Opera, and director George Waggner (The Wolf Man) seems far too enamored of costumes and arias. Even when it's dull, which is frequently, the film has gorgeous Technicolor to look at, and Karloff is suitably obsessed as a doctor messing with a promising soprano. In short, the DVD set may disappoint the unwary, but Karloff devotees will enjoy the icon, and the occasional alligator pit. --Robert Horton
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If Peter Lorre (Rosenberg, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]) can be Mr. Moto "Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)," then Boris Karloff (Camberwell, London, England, UK) can be Mr. Wong. Boris appears in more than 160 films and videos.
Actually these films are quite entertaining. They are also some of his more obscure films but it is worth purchasing as a set.
Night Key (1937) David Mallory
Tower of London (1939) Mord
The Climax (1944) Dr. Friedrich Hohner ... Read More
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This collection is a real treat for Karloff fans. Mr. Karloff is at his best in all 5 films. My favorite is The Strange Door with Charles Laughton. Mr. Laughton dominates his scenes. Sally Forrest is fetching as the leading lady. There's even Boris in Technicolor in The Climax. The film isn't a horror film really but still pleasing to the eye with the luscious colors and beautiful Susannah Foster as the soprano. YES shades of Phanton of the Opera. They even used the Phantom sets.Night Key is an interesting ... Read More
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Boris Karloff "king of the monsters" made
many movies where he wasn't a monster but
some of the movies were considered horror.
This set included many of his best work
& are overlooked classic movies! Tower
of London is a Universal classic gothic
tale with Karloff playing the executioner
as a vicious evil man who follows the King
to his death! Vincent Price is also here
as the brother of the King & is great.
The STrange Door w/Charles Laughton is
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Fantastic set of Karloff films. Very enjoyable with great prints. It was good to finally be able to see Night Key again.
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I only got this movie pack to see "Tower of London." I had seen it when I was a kid on TV and then again about 15 years ago. It's every bit as good as I remember it both times and is by itself well worth the price of the DVD package.
But I want to say something about one of the B-movies included: the 1937 "Night Key." I had never even heard of it. It's a mildly entertaining melodrama, with generally good acting but gets silly towards the end. Only the day after seeing it did I realize that there is ... Read More
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