Frankenstein
The man who made a monster.
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DVD Details
- The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster, an Original Documentary
- Commentary by Film Historian Rudy Behlmer Boo!: A Short Film
- Theatrical Trailer
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 17, 1999
- Originally Released: 1931
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Boris Karloff & Colin Clive | |
Performer: | Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Marilyn Harris, Michael Mark, Arletta Duncan, Pauline Moore & Francis Ford | |
Directed by | James Whale | |
Edited by | Clarence Kolster | |
Screenwriting by | Francis Edward Faragoh & Garrett Fort | |
Composition by | Bernhard Kaun | |
Art Direction by | Charles D. Hall | |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle | |
Director of Photography: | Arthur Edeson & Paul Ivano |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"It's alive! It's alive!"
Entertainment Reviews:
The granddaddy of the horror genre...
Premiere
[Whale] did it in the Grand Guignol manner, with as many queer sounds, dark corners, false faces and cellar stairs as could possibly be inserted.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 5/5 --
Shocking in its day and still a genuinely creepy experience, director James Whale's primitive yet enthralling interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic tale of man playing God is the most influential genre movie ever made.
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Radio Times
A complete reimagining of the Mary Shelley novel, Whale's version makes the monster an object of both terror and pity...
New York Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
...a watchable yet consistently uneven horror flick that feels long even at 70 minutes...
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 5/5 --
Classic monster movie still electrifies.
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Common Sense Media
The film is unique in Whale's work in that the horror is played absolutely straight, and it has a weird fairytale beauty not matched until Cocteau made La Belle et la Bête.
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Time Out
Description by OLDIES.com:
Boris Karloff stars as the screen's most memorable monster in what many consider to be the greatest horror film ever made. Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster (Karloff) out of lifeless body parts. It's director James Whale's adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel blended with Karloff's compassionate portrayal of a creature groping for identity that makes Frankenstein a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time.
Product Description:
FRANKENSTEIN is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film (INVISIBLE MAN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), embark on an unholy mission by stealing a body from a graveyard and a human brain from a medical college. Unbeknownst to Frankenstein, however, Fritz takes a violent and murderous abnormal brain. Henry's strange letters about his experiments worry his fiancée, Elizabeth (Mae Clark), and friends Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan). They arrive at Frankenstein's laboratory to find the spectacular scene of creation under way--and Frankenstein intoxicated with his own godlike power.
FRANKENSTEIN is in many ways the original horror classic, virtually creating the genre itself, leading to numerous sequels and myriad imitators. Whale's ability to give humanity to the Monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.
FRANKENSTEIN is in many ways the original horror classic, virtually creating the genre itself, leading to numerous sequels and myriad imitators. Whale's ability to give humanity to the Monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.
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Movie Lover: Kevin William Wardle from
County Durham, England UK -- June, 21, 2005
I got 'The Mummy' at the beginning of the year from Alpha (they had a very limited amount for sale on this site), & it was only $5.95 for a Universal OOP title!!! How do they do it? Get this classic now before it's gone...A must!!!
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