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Frankenstein (1931)

Directed by James Whale

Science Fiction | Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, schofizzy, ashe5k, eduardovictory, zombiefreak, Javitron, seanCduregger

Overview

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his creation’s violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.

Rated NR | Length 71 minutes

Actors

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

Viewing History (seen 6 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
10/01/2023TVBlu-rayOwned8 stars
10/13/2021TVBlu-rayBorrowed7.5 stars
10/30/2019Movie ScreenDigitalTheater8 stars
10/17/2018TVBlu-rayOwned8 stars
10/02/2016TVBlu-rayOwned8 stars
10/24/2012Movie ScreenStreamingTheater8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Pregaming for BRIDE tomorrow at Pickwick

Kinda great that he’s “Hank Frankenstein”

There’s two commentary tracks on this. I dropped over to one during the village festival scene bc I felt that set I’d seen before. Yep. I will have to listen to those in full someday.

perhaps the greatest single image is also one of the biggest flubs in this movie… it’s the one where the monster is just outside of Elizabeth’s bedroom (after he tried to take her) and he runs off. The flub is that it happens so fast like in one second where he’s escaping at the window before they run into the room. James Whale should’ve held for a beat as the monster looks back into the room. It’s a horrifying moment as Elizabeth lays sprawled out on the bed. I have a really good still of this as a desktop background.

Similar one here: https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-frankenstein-1931-moviestills-image17660750.html

Sad that this only lasted but a fraction of a second in the actual film.

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