Product Details

• Actors: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall, Katherine DeMille
• Directors: Roy William Neill
• Writers: Arthur Strawn, Henry Myers
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: August 6, 1996
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303257291
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,712 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Karloff Gets To Act!, March 22, 2000

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Chris Aitken (Manakin Sabot, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Room [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The "Black Room" enables the viewer to enjoy great acting (Karloff) and an entertaining story. Karloff portrays twin brothers. One kind and innocent beyond belief (Think of an intelligent Gomer Pyle). The other (brother) pure evil (Think of J.R. Ewing as a serial killer). The brothers are both doomed by a family curse, and bound by a beautiful maiden. If this story isn't interesting enough, just tune in to Karloffs' one man acting clinic. Karloff made me think. Why was I rooting for both the "good" and "evil" brother? I was probably just rooting for Karloff. However this film proved to me, someone of Karloffs' ability does not need a cheering section. Buy (or rent) this film. You won't be disappointed!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Karloff pulls it off!, December 3, 2000

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Kelly Dillman (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Room [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The two main characters in this movie are twin brothers, both played by Boris Karloff. One is pure evil, the other is unbelievably kind. Only an actor of high talent could give credibility to either of these two extremes - Karloff plays both of them perfectly! I would've never thought Karloff had such range, having only seen him in "monster" movies like THE MUMMY and FRANKENSTEIN. He does it with what appears to be no effort at all. It's an interesting tale - though it does get a little bogged down in some spots. The special effects are also first-rate, considering the year in which it was filmed. Sit back and enjoy a real master at work!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boris Karloff at his best., September 30, 2001

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Marc Russell (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Room [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the kind of film no one has made in many years -- a horror film that is not only stylish and high-class, but even charming. It barely qualifies as horror, but it is a grim period melodrama (early 19th century, to be precise) with Boris Karloff as twin brothers, the good Anton and the evil Gregor. After Gregor murders Anton, he masquerades as Anton, which means Karloff is actually playing a THIRD role ("Gregor as Anton"), and is more subtle and effective than he was in the earlier scenes. The sequences in which two Karloffs are on screen simultaneously are technically very smooth, and the under-appreciated Roy William Neill does his usual good job of directing. The payoff, in which the ancient family prophecy is fulfilled, is ingenious and thrilling.