Grade: D
Synopsis: A spy (Margaret Lindsay) infiltrates the home of a high-ranking English official, where she works with another undercover operative (Boris Karloff) to uncover and secure information.
British Intelligence is a spy thriller that lacks any real thrills. The filmmakers seem so enamored with their labyrinthine plot of agents, double agents, and triple agents, that they forget to make the characters, or their missions, interesting. Compounding this is the fact that the whole convoluted story is riddled with holes that only serve to further distract from the action at hand. MORE »
Posted 155 days ago in Movie Reviews and Boris Karloff. No responses
Grade: D+
Synopsis: Things go wrong when a doctor (Boris Karloff), condemned to death for mercy killing, is allowed to carry on his experiments using a criminal’s blood.
Before I Hang takes a decent premise, that aging is a disease that can be cured, and runs it into the ground with a tired plot twist that ignores much of the film’s potential. MORE »
Posted 170 days ago in Movie Reviews and Boris Karloff. No responses
Grade: D
Synopsis: A corrupt feudal lord (Boris Karloff) murders and impersonates his younger twin (Boris Karloff) to further his own ends.
The Black Room, despite some good production and a great dual-role for Boris Karloff, is terminally boring. In fact, it seems that the filmmakers were more interested in showing off the novelty of having Karloff talk to himself then in telling anything resembling a suspenseful story. MORE »
Posted 170 days ago in Movie Reviews and Boris Karloff. No responses
Grade: D
Synopsis: A daydreaming pulp writer (Danny Kaye) finds himself mixed up with a mysterious woman (Virginia Mayo) and a sinister doctor (Boris Karloff).
Your enjoyment of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will likely be commensurate with your enjoyment of lead Danny Kaye’s shtick, as the film’s plot is really just a flimsy device to afford Kaye the opportunity do a variety of skits and songs as different characters. MORE »
Posted 179 days ago in Movie Reviews and Boris Karloff. No responses
Grade: D-
Synopsis: An Egyptologist (Boris Karloff) rises from the grave to seek a sacred jewel.
The Ghoul starts off well enough, with a bedridden and disfigured Boris Karloff in a gloomy gothic mansion going over the instructions to be carried out after his death. It’s a good setup, and the funeral scene that follows, with Karloff locked in a crypt—with the key inside–has you pumped for some serious undead action. MORE »
Posted 193 days ago in Movie Reviews and Boris Karloff. No responses
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