Film Quotes by Boris Karloff
81 quotes
Year: 1936
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
John Ellman:
[Responding to Beaumont's questions while dying] Leave the dead to their makers. The Lord, thy God is a jealous god.
Dr. Evan Beaumont: [Feeling a sense of urgency] But, John, what is death? Can't you put it into words? Tell me! Tell me! You must! what is death?
John Ellman: I think I can...
[after a pause]
John Ellman: After the shock...
Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
John Ellman: I seemed to feel...
Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
John Ellman: ...peace and a...
[He dies]
Dr. Evan Beaumont: [Feeling a sense of urgency] But, John, what is death? Can't you put it into words? Tell me! Tell me! You must! what is death?
John Ellman: I think I can...
[after a pause]
John Ellman: After the shock...
Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
John Ellman: I seemed to feel...
Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
John Ellman: ...peace and a...
[He dies]
--
Boris Karloff
(as John Ellman)
in
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
John Ellman:
But you can't kill me for something I didn't do! You can't!
--
Boris Karloff
(as John Ellman)
in
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Year: 1968
Director:
Jack Hill*Juan Ibáñez
Director:
Jack Hill*Juan Ibáñez
Matthias Morteval:
[speaking to a portrait of his father] Somewhere in our garden, father, the evil weed has sprung up again. If God will give me strength in the twilight of my life, I promise you that I will find that weed and tear it from our soil with all its evil seed...
[extremely long pause]
Matthias Morteval: ...Once and for all.
[extremely long pause]
Matthias Morteval: ...Once and for all.
--
Boris Karloff
(as Matthias Morteval)
in
Dance of Death
(1968)
Year: 1939
Director:
Rowland V. Lee
Director:
Rowland V. Lee
Mord:
[to Richard] You're more than a king, more than a man. You're a god to me!
--
Boris Karloff
(as Mord)
in
Tower of London
(1939)
Year: 1965
Director:
Daniel Haller
Director:
Daniel Haller
Nahum Witley:
All that remains of Corbin is a few harmless objects in the cellar.
--
Boris Karloff
(as Nahum Witley)
in
Die, Monster, Die!
(1965)
Year: 1933
Director:
T. Hayes Hunter
Director:
T. Hayes Hunter
Prof. Morlant:
You're afraid of me!
Laing: [Shakes his head] I'm afraid FOR you.
Prof. Morlant: [Referring to the jewel] If this should leave me, you'll have reason to fear... for when the full moon strikes the door of my tomb, I will come back. You hear? I will come back to kill!
Laing: [Shakes his head] I'm afraid FOR you.
Prof. Morlant: [Referring to the jewel] If this should leave me, you'll have reason to fear... for when the full moon strikes the door of my tomb, I will come back. You hear? I will come back to kill!
--
Boris Karloff
(as Prof. Henry Morlant)
in
The Ghoul
(1933)
Year: 1942
Director:
Lew Landers
Director:
Lew Landers
Prof. Nathaniel Billings:
Amelia, this riffraff, as you call him, is really the salt of the earth. All he needs is to be iodized.
--
Boris Karloff
(as Prof. Nathaniel Billings)
in
The Boogie Man Will Get You
(1942)
Year: 1949
Director:
Charles Barton
Director:
Charles Barton
Swami Talpur:
[to Freddie] You're going to commit suicide if it's the last thing you do!
--
Boris Karloff
(as Swami Talpur)
in
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949)
Year: 1935
Director:
James Whale
Director:
James Whale
The Monster:
[about the Bride] She hates me.
--
Boris Karloff
(as The Monster)
in
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Year: 1935
Director:
James Whale
Director:
James Whale
The Monster:
[realizes Dr. Pretorius isn't working] WOOORK!
--
Boris Karloff
(as The Monster)
in
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)