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The man who made a monster.
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Frankenstein
1931 Directed by James Whale
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Colin Clive Mae Clarke John Boles Boris Karloff Edward Van Sloan Frederick Kerr Dwight Frye Lionel Belmore Marilyn Harris Ted Billings Mae Bruce Jack Curtis Arletta Duncan William Dyer Francis Ford Soledad Jiménez Carmencita Johnson Seessel Anne Johnson Margaret Mann Michael Mark Pauline Moore Inez Palange Paul Panzer Cecilia Parker Rose Plumer Cecil Reynolds Ellinor Vanderveer Robert Milasch
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Frankenstein - Boris Karloff, El doctor Frankenstein, Frankenstein, o homem que criou o monstro, Frankenstayn, Frankenštajn, Frankenstein, el autor del monstruo, Furankenshutain, Φρανκενστάιν, Франкенщайн, Frankenstein, l'homme qui créa un monstre, Frankensteins monster, Dr. Frankenstein, 弗兰肯斯坦, 魔鬼博士, 科学怪人, פרנקנשטיין, フランケンシュタイン, 프랑켄슈타인, Франкенштейн, Frankenstein - mannen som skapade en människa, Frankeştayn, 科學怪人
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Horror, the undead and monster classics Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse horror, scientist, monster, doctor or experiment horror, creepy, eerie, frighten or chilling monster, creature, dinosaurs, scientist or beast scary, horror, creepy, supernatural or frighten horror, creepy, eerie, blood or gothic Show All…
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Monolithic on every level.
The way the villager carries his dead child through the town... haunting stuff.
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Immortal. James Whale's 1931 masterpiece, predicated on the turmoils and agony of Difference, is still haunting. Much of it is based on its design, with the high Gothic metaphysical ideas clashing with the ignorant medievalist mindset. Knowledge vs. safety. Boris Karloff's performance, iconic from the first smash-cut to his undead scowl after turning towards the camera (and the audience), is so harrowing. Crying out on the windmill as his creator abandons him, as he is consumed by the fire that he fears, is one of many moments of legend in popular culture, horror, and tragedy. While a flawed adaptation of Mary Shelley's magnificent novel, it distills key ideas and transplants them into a stumbling corpse of artifice. The Universal…
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Almost impossible to imagine what seeing this in theaters must have been like for people in '31. Boris Karloff's face has been on so many Halloween decorations and Fangoria covers over the years that it's easy to forget that he's giving an actual layered and human performance. His monster is simple minded and sweet in addition to being menacing, like a German Expressionist Lenny from Of Mice and Men. Spoilers if you're, like, a time traveler or a baby reading this but the scene where he's trapped in the burning building is genuinely sad. Like watching a dog that bit somebody get put down.
The "it's alive!" scene is rightfully iconic and I was pleasantly surprised with how subdued it…
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A classic of classics! Directed by the legendary James Whale! Produced by the legendary Carl Laemmle Jr. who brought most of the Universal Monsters to the world. His father also responsible for a few. This movie came out when talking movies were the new innovation. It is still awesome to this day. If you have or haven’t seen it try it out for Halloween. It would be an excellent choice!
This month I have been watching only my horror favorites! Some try to watch a new horror movie for 31 days of horror. I have been enjoying my favorites. Though I had decided not to review any movies I have already reviewed this year. Not all my favorites will be or are reviewed and they are in no particular order. I’ll try to keep watching one every other day on the even days of the month. We only have a little time left for Halloween! -
mary shelley in 1818: y'all ready to uhhhhh question morality and what makes someone god?
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i'm just like frankenstein except that when he decides he wants to feel like god he does crazy scientific experiments and i just play the sims for 20 minutes until i get bored
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This is funnier than I rememberd. The whole set up of someone leaving a criminal's brain in a jar just waiting to be robbed is so ridiculous that it's brilliant.
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(Halloween Movie Fest 2021)
A monstrous horror classic through and through!
"Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive ... Henry - In the name of God! ... Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!"
I got off to a shaky start with these Universal Monster movies, having been underwhelmed by 'Dracula' last year. But there are some classic movies that have stood the test of time because they are just crafted so well, and that is exactly how I felt about Frankenstein!
"You have created a monster, and it will destroy you!"
(Quick Hits) ... Spoilers:
- What a clever way to psych out the audience by giving them a scare…
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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…
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