Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Monsters, Doctor, Mad Scientists, Revenge, Love
Tagline: A Monster Science Created - But Could Not Destroy!
Plot: 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
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 All in all Frankenstein shows what true love for the subject matter can produce. A film that will never die, and a film that will inspire entire generations of fans to live, breathe, die, and strap electrodes to this genre.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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| Directed by |
James Whale
Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House |
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| Written by |
Mary Shelley
Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein | |
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| Cast |
Boris Karloff
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bride of Frankenstein, Scarface |
 | Colin Clive
Bride of Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Mad Love | Mae Clarke
Singin' in the Rain, The Public Enemy, Thoroughly Modern Millie | John Boles
Stella Dallas, Curly Top, The Littlest Rebel | | | Dwight Frye
Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man | |
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