"Boris Karloff stands tall as one of film history's most iconic performers, particularly within the horror genre. Foremost known for portraying some of the most iconic monsters in film history, from his work as Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein, Imhotep in The Mummy, or voicing The Grinch himself, Karloff had a few distinctive attributes that made him one of the most memorable stars of the era."
"Directed by Edward Dmytryk, the film follows pioneering scientist Dr. Julian Blair (Karloff), who is working on unique research into human brain waves. When his beloved wife Helen dies in a tragic accident, Blair becomes (you guessed it!) obsessed, this time with finding a way to use brain waves to communicate with the dead. It's a horror film, so it turns out that was a bad plan."
Boris Karloff became an icon of horror through landmark monster portrayals and a string of Columbia films casting him as obsessive scientists. Universal's 1938 Dracula/Frankenstein success prompted studios to expand horror production, and Columbia signed Karloff to a five-film contract that emphasized mad-scientist roles without monster FX budgets. Karloff portrayed resurrection-, cryogenics-, and age-obsessed doctors across The Man They Could Not Hang (1939), The Man With Nine Lives (1940), and Before I Hang (1940), culminating in The Devil Commands (1941). Directed by Edward Dmytryk, The Devil Commands features a scientist attempting to use brain waves to contact the dead, cementing Karloff's mad-scientist legacy.
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