Rank: 4.5 out of 5
Being made in the 1930's, you wouldn't think this movie would be that scary today but several scenes are quite frightening and, if nothing else, make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
Frankenstein does what so many others of its time and soon after couldn't--provides the metaphor and meaning of a play through the medium of film. The cinematography of the monster awakening and reaching for the light overhead versus the following scene of him battling the fire (representative of hell) provides a basic reference for the rest of the plot.
The Frankenku:
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Reanimated dead guy
Throws girl in a lake.
Doctor Frankenstein
Makes monster with assistant;
Not Igor but Fritz.
Fantastic movie. One of the best. And one of, what, four horrors on the list? What was cool about this movie was how it was a mainstream film upon its release, not a B monster movie. And here is a piece of trivia for you (I read it so it MUST be true: the Frankenstein monster is the third most portrayed character in movie history. Count Dracula is second and Sherlock Holmes is first.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Boris Karloff had his back teeth removed to give his monster a more hollowed out dead look. Talk about getting into a role.
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