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Director:
James Whale
Writers:
Mary Shelley (novel)
Peggy Webling (play)
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Release Date:
21 November 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
A Monster Science Created - But Could Not Destroy! more
Plot:
Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(53 articles)
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User Comments:
WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST? more (227 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
71 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (cinema version) (cut) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (2002) | Finland:K-15 (2004) | Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | South Korea:12 | Canada:(Banned) (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Norway:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

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Trivia:
A 20-minute test reel, starring Bela Lugosi as the monster and directed by Robert Florey, was filmed on the Dracula (1931) sets. This footage has not been seen since 1931 and is now considered lost. Only a poster, featuring the vague likeness of Bela Lugosi as a 30 feet colossus, remains. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Early in the film, Dr Waldman presents two brains in glass jars each bearing two neatly typed labels, one in Latin, the other in English. The good brain reads "CEREBRUM" and "NORMAL BRAIN" while the other reads "DYSFUNCTO CEREBRI" and "ABNORMAL BRAIN." When Fritz breaks into the medical school, the typed NORMAL and ABNORMAL labels have been replaced by larger, hand-printed ones. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dr. Henry Frankenstein: Down! Down, you fool!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) more

FAQ

How closely does the film follow Shelley's novel?
How many other movie remakes of Mary Shelley's original story have been made?
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24 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST?, 3 October 2000
Author: mord39 from New York

MORD39 RATING: **** out of ****

Dark, cloudy nights. Thunder and lightning. Colin Clive's Frankenstein shouts: "It's Alive!", and Boris Karloff lurches forth in Jack Pierce's greatest monster makeup of all time....What more can be said about this classic?

It's one of the first (and greatest) horror movies of all time and required viewing. Karloff's sympathetic monster can evoke fear as well as break our hearts. This film made him a huge star after years of working as an unknown in tons of features.

James Whale is a masterful director, though there are less "light moments" in FRANKENSTEIN than some of his later horror films. Interestingly enough, the lack of a music score in this movie actually works in its favor.

Tight, brisk, and oozing with the stuff nightmares are made of, this grandaddy of all monster films needs no further selling.

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