Hooptober 4.0 - 2017 - Film #27

If you haven't heard of Frankenstein then you have obviously been living under a sulfurous rock on a malformed planet orbiting an arsinic farting sun in a galaxy hiding in the blind spot on the other side of Alpha Centauri. Or somewhere like that. You get the idea.

James Whale's 1931 version of Frankenstein is so embedded in our culture that even if you haven't actually sat down and watched the film in its entirety, there is a good chance you will have seen iconic images, heard famous quotes and quite often seen entire scenes, perhaps without even realising it

So, it is without a doubt that everyone is familiar with Boris Karloff's…

Can you imagine the pure unadulterated horror James Whale's Frankenstein incited in 1931! It is the stuff of nightmares, a monstrous creature created.. piecemealed if you will together like a patchwork quilt of flesh from dead corpses! My god what a horrifying and truly inspired addition to the horror genre! The 30s and 40s were great times for the horror enthusiast they knew no bounds or limits the possibilities were endless! Sadly creating new and terrifying monsters went out of fashion nowadays filmmakers primary focus seems to be limited to creating monstrous men wielding machetes or chainsaws!

When I was a youngin I literally got goosebumps on my arms watching the lab scene, levers pulled, lights flickering with a mad…

This is the first of a review series that will cover the original Universal horror films. I am partnering a list with each that highlights the respective character. Frank's list is HERE

When I was not quite five, I woke up one night after my parents were asleep, crept into the den, and quietly put on the TV. Something was just ending (that I don’t recall), but what came on next changed my life forever. It scared the shit out of me, mainlined a horror addiction right into my little veins and pulled me into the world of cinema.

Universal Pictures’ Frankenstein, like it’s Dracula before, has more to do with the play Frankenstein than the Novel by Mary Shelley.…

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I didn't set my expectations high for this after how underwhelming I found Dracula, but this was FAR better in every possible way, in that it was better directed, acted, and actually had stuff going on, which is surprising considering Universal produced both films back-to-back.

Henry Frankenstein toys with science a little too much and puts together a monster made from body parts he and his hunchback accomplice shamelessly robbed from a nearby graveyard. The creation seems innocent enough, but kills and escapes after being bullied for too long. The story is the typical "mad scientist" tale that's been copied countless times since. I understand it's not…

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James Whale’s Frankenstein is an iconic and historically significant piece of cinema, nothing can change that. It has inspired numerous artists and it has astounded generations of movie lovers. For people who were watching this back in 1931 Boris Karloff’s “Monster” was so terrifying that whenever he was appearing on screen they were screaming and running away from theaters! So from a historic point of view Frankenstein is a very important movie, it is not just a milestone in the horror genre, its groundbreaking technical achievements and the role it has played in defining the relationship between movies and viewers turn it into a milestone…

James Whale directs this classic horror in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses. Starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and Boris Karloff.

Adapted from the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley and play of the same name by Peggy Webling, published four years earlier, this iconic horror movie concentrates on the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he aims to create life by accumulating a monster from body parts of the perished.

Supported by his trustworthy distorted helper, Fritz (Dwight Frye), Henry thrives in animating his monster (Boris Karloff), but, muddled and disturbed, it goes on the run into the country and starts to cause chaos. Frankenstein looks for the intangible existence, and…

"Frankenstein" is directed by James Whale who would later go on to direct "The Invisible Man" which I thought was the better film compared to this. The story follows the traditional Frankenstein story but with some liberties taken toward it. One of my gripes with this film is that we barely get a chance to see the monster let loose and get into some action besides the climax of the film. There are some elements of the film that could have been emphasized on and this could have been a much more dramatic telling of the story by seeing the danger of this monster. The cast are all good in their respective roles, the standouts are Colin Clive as Frankenstein…