Preview of the Boris Karloff Blogathon...

During the week of Thanksgiving, some 100 blogs will participate in the Karloff Blogathon in celebration of the great actor's birthday, November 23. The effort has been organized by Pierre Fournier of the very excellent Frankensteinia blog.

My contribution to the effort will be reviews of three Karloff films that sees him playing three very different parts. I've no doubt that there will be much historical knowledge and critical insights to be gained from the hundreds of other posts that will be appearing elsewhere, but here I will do what I do--review movies! Karloff was a foundation stone of the horror movie genre, and he continues to have an impact more than 30 years after his passing, and it will be fascinating to read what all those writers have to say.

Here are stills from the three films I will be covering. Check back on 11/23, 11/26 and 11/29 for the reviews.

Gloria Stuart is menaced by Karloff in "The Old Dark House"...


Marguerite Churchill and Edmund Gwenn try to get Karloff to reveal what he saw on the other side of death's gate in "The Walking Dead"...


Anna Lee becomes trapped behind the walls of an insane asylum
run by Karloff in "Bedlam"...

For more information, visit Frankensteinia by clicking here.

Coming Soon:The Karloff Blogathon

November 23 is Boris Karloff's birthday, and the blogosphere will celebrate with a weeklong Blogathon organized by Pierre Fournier of Frankensteinia. This blog and 40-50 others will be celebrating the life and movies of Boris Karloff with reviews and informative articles of all kinds.

If you have a blog that might be able to take part, why don't you sign up to join the parade of posts? Click here for details abot the Blogathon and how you can be part of it.