Frankenstein
Drama • 1931 • 1 hr 10 min
Starring
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
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Absolute classic. Not everything holds up, especially the uneven acting. A masterpiece of early horror.
Exceeded my expectations. Didn’t feel cheesy and the monster is still tragic, despite being more “monstrous” than other portrayals.
A stone cold classic. Imitated and parodied to the point that it’s kinda hard to watch the original now
Not the first, but the best and classic story. Boris Karloff is the most heart-stopping monster and the saddest.
Really set up well for this time period.
Quintessential horror film and a memorable protrail by Katrloff
C'mon...it's Frankenstein. Easy to imagine this was pretty shocking in 1931.
One of the best universal monster movies in the bunch. You can never go wrong with Boris Karloff, James Whale and makeup legend Jack Pierce.
Boris Karloff is great. Horror staple. You need to watch the classics to know what established the genre
One of the original and most classic monster films.
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Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
