James Whale's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the sequel to his classic FRANKENSTEIN, is considered one of the best horror films of all time. After the Monster (Boris Karloff) is trapped in... more
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had perished in a burning windmill. But that was before the runaway success of the movie dictated a sequel. In Bride of Frankenstein, we see that the monster (once ...
had perished in a burning windmill. But that was before the runaway success of the movie dictated a sequel. In Bride of Frankenstein, we see that the monster (once ...
Actor(s): Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger, Dwight Frye, Valerie Hobson, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor, E. E. Clive, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton
Director(s): James Whale
Genre: Horror
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1935
Colour: Black & White
Running Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Franchise Name: Frankenstein
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 01/11/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 903 220 9
Editor: Ted J. Kent
Barcode: 3259190322097
Production Designer: Charles D. Hall
Screenwriter: John L. Balderston, William Hurlbut
Cinematographer: John Mescall
Composer: Franz Waxman
Producer: Carl Laemmle
Author: John L. Balderston
Art Director: Charles D. Hall
DVD Description
James Whale's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the sequel to his classic FRANKENSTEIN, is considered one of the best horror films of all time. After the Monster (Boris Karloff) is trapped in a windmill fire, Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) assumes that the fiendish murderer has perished... but he's not dead yet. Rising from the rubble, the Monster is on the loose again lonely and misunderstood, and killing those who cross him. Frankenstein wants to forget his creation, but the evil Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) has a diabolical plan to create a mate for the Monster, and Frankenstein must comply or else.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Audio Commentary, Featurette - 1. SHE'S ALIVE! Creating The Bride Of Frankenstein, Trailer
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Professional reviews
Review: "...The best of the Frankenstein movies -- a sly, subversive work..." (Chicago Sun-Times, p.5, 03/01/1999)
"...A rarity....The movie doesn't hesitate to go too far....It's a kick..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F24, 02/08/1991)
Advantages: The definitive cinematic telling of Frankenstein. Disadvantages: None
...James Whales made two masterly films in the early thirties based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the second one being Bride of Frankenstein in 1935 and which many critics rate as possibly the greatest horror movie ever made. But this 1931 original is almost as good with the wonderfully stylish black and white photography and creepy atmosphere, inspiring endless directors through the years. Superb sets which evoke a nightmarish sense of the unreal and a stunning central performance by Boris Karloff as the definitive monster, evoking both terror and pathos in equal measures. Add to that Whales macabre sense of humour and horror movies just don't get any better. The definitive cinematic treatment of the story....
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... With a clash of the cymbols James Whale's masterpiece leaps onto the screen. The follow up to the 1931 Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein surpasses all that went before it (or since if truth be told). It's an amazing film made at the height of Universal's first horror cycle and maybe you should read on...
After killing the monster at the end of the first film, Universal's problem was how to create a sequel...and they managed it. With the opening scene of the Shelley's and Byron, that very question is posed to Elsa Lanchester's Mary Shelley and that is the springboard for our adventure.
Carrying on from the finale of Frankenstein, we discover how the monster (Karloff) in fact DIDN'T die but was saved from the rampaging flames and is now free to stalk the countryside once more. At the same time we find that his creator...
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...We all have a favourite film, a film that enthrals us and never fails to keep us entertained. With some people it's musicals, with others it's spy films, but with me it's a horror film. But surely you haven't sold out and fallen for a cheap and nasty splat/gore movie Neil? Not in the slightest. My personal favourite, the film I love above all others barely scrapes into the horror genre anymore. A film so old it's only just in the sound era. After my review of Singin' In The Rain many may assume that that's the film I worship but the truth is even more bizarre, for indeed my celluloid love affair is with someone far different to Gene Kelly or Judy Garland. My most revered film of all times is...drum roll please...The Bride of Frankenstein.
I first fell in love with this film over 9 years ago and it's captivated me ever since. But why...
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