Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
Acting
Karloff's own voice — rare interview footage.
Production
Sara Karloff's intimate family perspective.
Direction
Hamilton's obsessive completist approach.
Director
Thomas Hamilton
Boris Karloff
Self - Interviewee
Sara Karloff
Self - Interviewee
Orson Bean
Self - Interviewee
Joe Dante
Self - Interviewee
Donnie Dunagan
Self - Interviewee
Christopher Frayling
Self - Interviewee
Donald F. Glut
Self - Interviewee
Daniel Haller
Self - Interviewee
Jack Hill
Self - Interviewee
Norman Jewison
Self - Interviewee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karloff recorded 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' in a single day, wearing his Monster boots underneath the booth to get the voice right. This doc finally gives that story its due.
The film argues Karloff's 1940s-50s Broadway run was his true artistic peak, deliberately obscured by studio marketing that needed him forever Frankenstein. Sara's home movies prove he preferred the stage.
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