Advantages: classic movie Disadvantages: a bit dated for the younger generation
...Clive as the Mad/Genius Doctor Frankenstein and Dwight Frye has is slightly retarded and deranged hunchbacked assistant.
Obsessed with the possibility of producing life from dead body parts, Frankenstein pushes the boundaries of science to the max.
Eventually after obtaining parts from the local morgue they have a male the body prepared, (Should of gone to the body shop). all they need now is a brain. Frankenstein's obsession at playing God, makes ... ...But is it the life Frankenstein wanted? Has he created the ultimate Man or Monster?
A very dated movie now, but one I think the older generation would still enjoy, even if just for remembering past movies,
My teenagers found it quite boring and certainly not frightening in the least, in fact if it wasn't so boring said one, it would be comical.
I quite preferred some of the later versions, with the flute playing Egore with his crooked broken neck.
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dreamscancometrue 14.02.2007
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Advantages: Good spooky film, easy to get a hold of, not too long Disadvantages: bit dated
...be scared silly of the Frankenstein Monster films and I think this was the one that scared me the most.
It's very short, only just over an hour long, and probably not very scary if you watch it now as an adult but when you are young it's terrifying. It's in black and white was made in 1931 so it's almost as old as me!
It stars Colin Clive as Doctor Frankensein who is on the quest to make a real live bloke out of the dead parts of other blokes. ... ...the brain (or head) of Frankenstein gets swapped with the brain (or head) of a mad man and then all hell breaks out.
It stars our hero Boris Karloff as the most unattractive 'son' of Frankenstein and you have to feel sorry for the guy as nothing seems to go right for him. Lasses just run of screaming when they see him as his 'dad' made him look proper unattractive, with an odd face and a humpy back. Frankenstein also has a really funny (strange) ...
dingledot 07.01.2009
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Production Year: 1998 - Horror - Director: Stephen Norrington - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Keir, Traci Lords, Udo Kier
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