The Bride Of Frankenstein DVD

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...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.... Read review

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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... Read review

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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... Read review

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