Third in a series of feature-length compilations from a British TV series made by Boris Karloff, who hosts and stars in each episode. A man witnesses a killing but can't prove it in "The Murder That Never Happened"; a missing will holds the key to saving a farm in "Where There's a Will"; and get a killer's-eye view of England's most famous criminal in "Jack the Ripper." 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

A group of greedy relatives gathered to claim their inheritance, harmless musical toys that become mechanical monsters, and the legendary Boris Karloff are the elements of this Mexican-made shocker. With Andres Garcia, Julissa. AKA: "House of Evil," "Macabre Serenade." 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

Zombies, an evil dwarf, a reptile woman, and scientist-turned-voodoo priest Boris Karloff turn up the terror on a South Pacific island. With Carlos East, Julissa. AKA: "Cult of the Damned," "Cult of the Dead," "Isle of the Living Dead," "Isle of the Snake People." 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.

The King of Horror, Boris Karloff, stars in this terror tale of a mad scientist who needs the blood of frightened women to feed to a living rock creature. With Carlos East, Julissa. AKA: "The Torture Zone," "The Torture Chamber." 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary.

King of Horror Boris Karloff stars in a pair of offbeat shockers. First, Italian narcotics smuggling ring leader Karloff must flee from the authorities, taking a government agent's young daughter hostage, in "Island Monster." With Franca Marzi, Patrizia Remiddi. AKA: "Monster of the Island." Next, Boris plays a demented scientist who needs the blood of frightened women to feed to a living rock creature that dwells inside a volcano in "Chamber of Fear," co-starring Carlos East and Julissa. AKA: "Fear Chamber," "The Torture Zone." 178 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English (dubbed) Dolby Digital mono; featurette. Dubbed in English.

First, in "The Walking Dead" (1936), Boris Karloff stars as a man who is framed for murder and executed. Thanks to a doctor's experimental procedure he is brought back to life--with terrifying results! Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn co-star. Then in "You'll Find Out" (1940), Kay Kyser encounters thrills, chills, and laughs when he and his band are hired to play an heiress's birthday party at a creepy old mansion. With Karloff, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, and Helen Parrish. AKA: "Here Come the Boogie Men." Next, the comedy "Zombies on Broadway" (1945) follows Wally Brown and Alan Carney as they travel to the Caribbean to find undead performers for their nightclub act. Lugosi, Anne Jeffreys, Sheldon Leonard co-star. Lastly, "Frankenstein 1970" (1958) follows the scarred Baron Frankenstein (Karloff) as he follows in his infamous grandfather's footsteps--much to the dismay of an American TV crew filming him. With Don "Red" Barry, Jana Lund. 5 hrs. total on two discs. Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Boris Karloff is an ailing scientist who gets abducted by a gang of thieves who want to get their hands on his latest invention: a device that neutralizes burglar alarms, in "Night Key" (1937). Jean Rogers co-stars. The bloody reign of King Richard III is chronicled in "Tower of London" (1939), with Basil Rathbone as the crippled monarch who eliminates all rivals with the help of bald, clubfooted executioner Karloff. A young Vincent Price also stars. "The Climax" (1944) has Karloff as a Paris Opera House physician obsessed with a beautiful singer he believes to be the reincarnation of the star he murdered years earlier. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story, "The Strange Door" (1951) stars Charles Laughton as a 17th-century nobleman who imprisons his brother in a dungeon after he marries Laughton's true love. Karloff co-stars as Laughton's reluctant henchman. And, "The Black Castle" (1952) follows an English aristocrat who vows revenge against the 18th-century Austrian count who murdered two of his friends. Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. star. 7 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French.

It's terror times four with Boris Karloff with a quartet of shockers. First, Boris stars as twin brothers, one good and one evil, under the influence of an ancient curse that leads to the secret of "The Black Room" (1935). With Marian Marsh, Robert Allen. Next, Scientist Karloff is executed for illegal work on suspended animation, only to be revived by his assistant so the two can plot a campaign of revenge, in "The Man They Could Not Hang" (1939). Byron Foulger, Lorna Gray co-star. Then, doctor Karloff, experimenting with ways of arresting the aging process, becomes younger thanks to a blood transfusion...but the blood came from a condemned murderer! Edward Van Sloan and Evelyn Keyes co-star in "Before I Hang" (1940). And, the horror/comedy "The Boogie Man Will Get You" (1942) finds deranged doc Karloff selling his house to a woman who turns it into a hotel, providing subjects for Boris' plan to breed a race of superhumans. Peter Lorre and Maxie Rosenbloom co-star. 4 1/2 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

First, "The Haunted Strangler" (1957) stars Boris Karloff as a novelist who has a startling revelation while investigating the case of the notorious "Haymarket Strangler," a man responsible for a series of gruesome murders. With Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan. AKA: "Grip of the Strangler." Then, a 19th-century British doctor (Karloff) experimenting with anesthetics becomes addicted to his new drug and is later blackmailed by two Burke-and-Hare types to assist in their graverobbing, in "Corridors of Blood" (1958). Co-stars Christopher Lee. Next, "The Atomic Submarine" (1959) journeys to the North Pole to find the cause of disasters occurring in the world's oceans and finds a UFO controlled by a cyclopean creature on a mission of world destruction. Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Tom Conway, and Sid Melton star. And, an American test pilot becomes the "First Man Into Space" (1959), only to turn into a hideous monster, in an early blending of horror and space-age sci-fi. Marshall Thompson, Maria Landi star. 5 1/4 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; interviews; photo gallery; theatrical trailers; more.

A moody, rarely seen sequel to the 1931 Lugosi classic (it picks up right where that film left off), "Dracula's Daughter" stars Gloria Holden in the title role. Desiring to be cured of her vampirism, she goes to a doctor for help but winds up wanting him to become her undead consort. With Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, and Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Van Helsing. Then, Lon Chaney, Jr. plays the infamous "Son of Dracula," travelling through Louisiana as Count Alucard (spell it backwards) and searching for a bride. Atmospheric and often overlooked Universal chiller co-stars Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers. 148 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailers; more.

Universal first added a lycanthrope to its stable of screen monsters with "Werewolf of London," starring Henry Hull as a botanist who is attacked in Tibet by a wolfman and returns to his native England to find he has inherited the mark of the beast. Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson co-star. Then, the foggy streets of London are again ravaged by a bloodthirsty creature, and a young woman fears she may have inherited her family's curse and is responsible for the killings, in "She-Wolf of London." June Lockhart, Don Porter, Sara Haden star. 137 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailers; filmographies.