Boris Karloff

This page is devoted to Boris Karloff, star of such tv & movies as the science-fiction/horror/fantasy Frankenstein and the tv series Thriller, and subject of books. There's even a book titled This Is A Thriller including complete episode guide. Here's a list of videos available from his tv series, followed by past episodes of Thriller broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel:

Thriller: "The Incredible Doktor Markesan" (1962)
Thriller: "The Premature Burial" (1961)
Thriller: "Masquerade" (1961)
Thriller: "The Grim Reaper" (1961)
Thriller: "The Terror in Teakwood" (1961)
Thriller: "The Prediction" (1960)

Karloff movies that aired in April, 2001:


DATE      TIME          MOVIE TITLE         NETWORK OR CHANNEL
Sat 31    2:00 PM     The Crimson Cult        SHOWTIME    
April 1-26  various   The Crimson Cult        SHBY & BYD   
Sun 8     3:00 AM     The Comedy of Terrors          AMC    
Thu 12    1:00 PM     The Daydreamer                 AMC  
Sat 14    7:30 AM     House of Frankenstein          AMC    
Tue 17    9:30 AM     A&C Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff   AMC
Fri 27    various     The Mummy                            AMC    
Mon 30    7:30 PM     Son of Frankenstein                  AMC    
May 2     8:00 AM/2pm,  Bio: Boris Karloff, The Gentle Monster   BIO Channel
May 7     5:00 PM     Unconquered (western)                TCM  
June 12  10:30 PM  Charlie Chan at the Opera                    FMC    
Wed 13    7:15 AM  The Invisible Man                            AMC    
Thu 14    1:30 PM  Weird Science: Searching for Boris Karloff   FAM    
Mon 18    6:30 AM  The Daydreamer (voice only, puppets)         AMC    
Wed 20    7:45 AM  The Mad Genius                               TCM
Wed 27    8:00 AM  Box Office Bio, Karloff: The Gentle Monster   BIO
Fri 29    2:00 AM  The Raven                                     AMC    
Fri 29    9:45 PM  Devil's Island                                TCM    
Sat 30   11:00 AM  THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN                Sci-Fi Channel
July 6    9:30 AM  A. & C. Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde     Sci-Fi Channel

Sci-Fi channel broadcasts of Thriller in 1999:

August 6, 1999: THE PREMATURE BURIAL
Fri the 13th, GOD GRANT THAT SHE LYE STILL (about a witch)
August 19, MASQUERADE
August 20, THE LAST OF THE SOMMERVILLES
August 26, LETTER TO A LOVER
August 27, A THIRD FOR PINOCHLE
September 2, THE CLOSED CABINET
September 3, 5am, DIALOGUES WITH DEATH
September 9, THE RETURN OF ANDREW BENTLEY
September 10, THE REMARKABLE MRS. HAWK
September 16, PORTRAIT WITHOUT A FACE
September 17, AN ATTRACTIVE FAMILY
September 23, WAXWORKS (the old story about a wax museum that has real bodies under the wax), Ron Ely, J. Pat O'Malley
September 24, "LA STREGA (The Witch)" starring Ursula Andress (1962), directed by Ida Lupino
(final broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel, none scheduled for October), 0ct. 1st would have been "The Storm" (a black cat is the only witness to murder)

A biography of Boris Karloff is on our Wild Wild West website.

And Karloff was in some Edgar Allen Poe movies

Click here for videos in the category of: Thriller, or Horror