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Frankenstein
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- 1931
- James Whale
- 68 mins
- PG
Summary
Classic horror starring Colin Clive and Boris Karloff. Mad scientist Dr Frankenstein dreams of creating a living being from the human bodies of the deceased. All he needs to complete his creation is a suitable brain. But he accidentally gives the creature a criminal's brain and creates a monster.
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A star rating of 5 out of 5.
Alan Jones
"It's alive!" 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. Its success kick-started the golden age of horror for Universal Studios and provided inspiration for scores of imitators and successors. Boris Karloff breathes miraculous life into his definitive monster portrayal: the most touching moment is the creature reaching up to grasp a ray of sunlight. A superb cast, imaginative set design and Whale's innovative direction using bizarre camera angles invoke a remarkably tense and melancholy atmosphere, while the creation scene itself is a masterpiece of gothic science gone mad. The 1935 sequel Bride of Frankenstein is arguably even better and provided fertile material for Mel Brooks's sublime 1974 spoof.
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rolenameHenry FrankensteinColin CliveElizabethMae ClarkeVictor MoritzJohn BolesThe MonsterBoris KarloffDr WaldmanEdward Van SloanBaron FrankensteinFrederick KerrFritzDwight FryeBurgomasterLionel BelmoreLittle MariaMarilyn HarrisLudwig, peasant fatherMichael MarkBridesmaidArletta DuncanBridesmaidPauline MooreVillagerFrancis Ford
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1932-06-23
Languages
English | Latin
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Black and white
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