Here Comes The Bride! Run!
Added 1/10/2010
There's plenty of background and film historical knowledge back of this film. You won't find that here!
Elsa Lanchester in the company of a couple of hot shot 19th century poets on a dark and stormy night, discuss Frankenstein's monster. She revels them with more of the story as they thought it was over. No way!
Several scenes work for me. Use of dark and light shadows as in German expressionism. The sympathetic monster. And the introduction of a new member of the cast: Dr. Pratoreus. Apparently a professor of Dr. Frankenstein and who was later "booted out", Pratoreus wants to show the good doctor what he's accomplished and wants him to cooperate with him and pool their resources to make a woman.
And what a woman, but I digress!
Pratoreus' tiny people in jars including a cool mermaid. Great effects and I still have no idea how they did that. Perhaps through separate filming and super-imposition?
Meantime the Monster lives. He approaches people in a friendly manner and they scream at him, shoot him, hit him, and throw fire at him. The guy just can't win!
Eventually the townsfolk lock him up in chains. Even the burgermeister is not convinced he's a monster, just some crazy person. However the monster breaks the chains and runs amok. Hell breaks loose.
The rest of the film deals with the Monster and builds sympathy for him. The blind man scene is especially touching. Great parody of that scene with Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. John Carradine plays a small part in interrupting the monster's pleasure with the blind man. What a party crasher!
Meantime, Pratoreus now controls the monster and with promises of female companionship, the monster follows his bidding. Frankenstein meantime wants nothing to do with further experiments. Forcing him through betrayal and death is a sure deterrent however and changes his mind big time.
Soon, the unveiling, but the reception for the bride is not to be, I'm afraid.
James Whale's best production yet of the Frankenstein monster. Having as complete control as an independent film maker would have today, his vision was perfect. The perfect monster movie.
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Bride of Frankenstein
Added 11/30/2009
This classic is another must for your collection if you collect classic horror movies. Good clear picture and excellent sound track.
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Bride of Frankenstein... Save the Whales
Added 11/25/2009
Bride of Frankenstein: 8 out of 10: Bill Condons Gods and Monsters certainly has made a viewing of the Bride of Frankenstein de-rigueur in certain intellectual (read gay) circles.
While there is undoubtly some homosexual subtext in Bride, and one definitely is hard pressed to find a campier villain than Ernest Thesiges Dr. Pretorius, the reality is this is simply one of the best films of the 1930s even without the revisionist, gay old time slant.
James Whale has created a tight, must see movie that cemented Boris Karloffs well deserved stardom. It also introduced special effects that are shocking for the early thirties and are still impressive today, Dr. Pretoriuss Homunculi in particular.
The picture is quite theatrical with great indoor sets used to great effect. I can see the influence on everything from Dark City to The Matrix.
As must see for film fans and amateur historians alike, The Bride of Frankenstein comes highly recommended.
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SOMEONE TO LOVE
Added 11/18/2009
The original odd couple, Mr. And Mrs. Frankenstein's Monster, mesmerized movie-goers on the heels of the huge success of 1931's iconic "Frankenstein."
It seemed certain that Frankenstein's monster perished in a burning windmill at the end of "Frankenstein," but box office success has a strange way of resurrecting dead movie characters. In the sequel that is superior to the original, the still unnamed monster seeks love and a mate.
Boris Karloff is back as the Creature and Elsa Lanchester entered the pantheon of horror-movie icons as the man-made bride with her trade-mark lightning bolt hair and herky-jerky reptilian movements.
Look for scene-stealing Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorious, who toasts the creature couple: "To a new world of gods and monsters!" Never a good send-off for a bride and groom. The doomed couple cannot overcome their twisted genetic heritage and realize they can never live a normal life. They find a redemption of sorts, end their monstrous lives in a fiery self-sacrifice. The monster, his mate and Pretorius die, freeing Dr. Frankenstein and his mate to pursue a relatively normal life. Much has been made of the ending; that the death of a creature liberates his creator. Who is the god and who is the monster? (Not rated, full frame, 78 minutes)
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Ah yes, a classic horror film. It's my only vice...
Added 8/13/2009
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) The first movie is truly a landmark and despite its dated elements, a true classic. And while I do think this sequel is an even better movie in many ways, they actually work best taken together, as one big story told in two parts.
The plot has Henry Frankenstein and his creation surviving the fiery end of the first movie. Henry (Colin Clive) just wants to get on with his life and marry his fiancee Elizabeth. The monster (Boris Karloff) doesn't know what he wants, at least until he meets up with Dr. Praetorius (Ernest Thesiger), another dabbler in the science of life and death and former teacher of Henry Frankenstein. Dr. Praetorius uses the monster to force Henry back into the lab where the dotty Dr. P conceives of a bride for the monster. Of course, these things never go smoothly, and soon there is terror, and murder, and oh yes, there is blood. Director James Whale mixes whimsical light moments with horror, pathos and high drama, and it's more entertaining than any 70+ year old movie has any right to be. Franz Waxman's score is poetic and gorgeous, and the performances are delicious, if a little high strung. This one is an absolute must, even for those who prefer their horror movies a little more recent. Followed by The Son of Frankenstein. Also with Valerie Hobson.
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Here Comes The Bride! Run!
Added 1/10/2010
There's plenty of background and film historical knowledge back of this film. You won't find that here!
Elsa Lanchester in the company of a couple of hot shot 19th century poets on a dark and stormy night, discuss Frankenstein's monster. She revels them with more of the story as they thought it was over. No way!
Several scenes work for me. Use of dark and light shadows as in German expressionism. The sympathetic monster. And the introduction of a new member of the cast: Dr. Pratoreus. Apparently a professor of Dr. Frankenstein and who was later "booted out", Pratoreus wants to show the good doctor what he's accomplished and wants him to cooperate with him and pool their resources to make a woman.
And what a woman, but I digress!
Pratoreus' tiny people in jars including a cool mermaid. Great effects and I still have no idea how they did that. Perhaps through separate filming and super-imposition?
Meantime the Monster lives. He approaches people in a friendly manner and they scream at him, shoot him, hit him, and throw fire at him. The guy just can't win!
Eventually the townsfolk lock him up in chains. Even the burgermeister is not convinced he's a monster, just some crazy person. However the monster breaks the chains and runs amok. Hell breaks loose.
The rest of the film deals with the Monster and builds sympathy for him. The blind man scene is especially touching. Great parody of that scene with Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. John Carradine plays a small part in interrupting the monster's pleasure with the blind man. What a party crasher!
Meantime, Pratoreus now controls the monster and with promises of female companionship, the monster follows his bidding. Frankenstein meantime wants nothing to do with further experiments. Forcing him through betrayal and death is a sure deterrent however and changes his mind big time.
Soon, the unveiling, but the reception for the bride is not to be, I'm afraid.
James Whale's best production yet of the Frankenstein monster. Having as complete control as an independent film maker would have today, his vision was perfect. The perfect monster movie.
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Bride of Frankenstein
Added 11/30/2009
This classic is another must for your collection if you collect classic horror movies. Good clear picture and excellent sound track.
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Bride of Frankenstein... Save the Whales
Added 11/25/2009
Bride of Frankenstein: 8 out of 10: Bill Condons Gods and Monsters certainly has made a viewing of the Bride of Frankenstein de-rigueur in certain intellectual (read gay) circles.
While there is undoubtly some homosexual subtext in Bride, and one definitely is hard pressed to find a campier villain than Ernest Thesiges Dr. Pretorius, the reality is this is simply one of the best films of the 1930s even without the revisionist, gay old time slant.
James Whale has created a tight, must see movie that cemented Boris Karloffs well deserved stardom. It also introduced special effects that are shocking for the early thirties and are still impressive today, Dr. Pretoriuss Homunculi in particular.
The picture is quite theatrical with great indoor sets used to great effect. I can see the influence on everything from Dark City to The Matrix.
As must see for film fans and amateur historians alike, The Bride of Frankenstein comes highly recommended.
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