Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster is Thomas Hamilton and Ron MacCloskey’s compelling exploration of the life and career of Boris Karloff, legendary star of such horror classics as Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Black Cat (with Bela Lugosi), Bride of Frankenstein, The Body Snatcher, The Raven, Black Sabbath, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Targets.

Sharing memories of Boris Karloff the man and legend, Sara Karloff is joined by film-makers Roger Corman (The Raven, Masque of the Red Death), Peter Bogdanovich (Targets, Paper Moon), Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth), Kevin Brownlow (Hollywood: The Pioneers, Universal Horrors), John Landis (The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London), Joe Dante (Gremlins), Jack Hill (Spider Baby), Donald F. Glut (Tales of Frankenstein), historians Sir Christopher Frayling, Gregory W. Mank, David J Skal, Cortlandt Hull, co-stars Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music, All the Money in the World), Orson Bean (Being John Malkovich), Dick Miller (A Bucket of Blood), Ian Ogilvy (TV’s Return of the Saint, Death Becomes Her), Stefanie Powers (TV’s Hart to Hart, TV’s The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.), Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon), Ron Perlman (Hellboy, TV’s Hand of God) and many more, giving the film a unique & intimate flavour.

1hr 38mins