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Boris Karloff

50 issues • 1958–1982 • Famous Monsters of Filmland

The face that launched the franchise. Issue after issue bears the King of Horror — the Monster, the Mummy, the soft-spoken gentleman who terrified the world by standing very still. Famous Monsters loved Karloff like family, and it shows on every cover.

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50 issues

The Boris Karloff Stills

Production stills, posters and lobby cards.

Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan / Before I Hang
The burned Monster (Boris Karloff) in profile / Bride of Frankenstein, Jack Pierce makeup
Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster, portrait study of the Jack Pierce design
Boris Karloff as John Ellman (The Walking Dead)
Boris Karloff resting between takes on the Bride of Frankenstein set (1935)
Boris Karloff as Mord (Tower of London)
Boris Karloff as the Monster (Bride of Frankenstein set)
Frankenstein 1970 (Boris Karloff as the Baron) / vintage poster
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Boris Karloff as Morgan (The Old Dark House)