FRANKENSTEIN (1931) (1931)

JAMES WHALE

Literary Classics Horror Medical 10th - 19th Centuries Tango's Choice Kelly's Heroes Recommended Creature Features

Cast

BORIS KARLOFF COLIN CLIVE MAE CLARKE JOHN BOLES EDWARD VAN SLOAN FREDERICK KERR DWIGHT FRYE MARY SHELLEY FRANCIS EDWARD FARAGOH GARRETT FORT CARL LAEMMLE JR E M ASHER

Plot

The classic version of Frankenstein, often imitated but its stunning style has rarely been bettered. For the unfamiliar, Frankenstein tells the story of a maverick doctor's attempts to create life from the body parts of the deceased. His creation (Frankenstein's Monster...) is the tragic embodiment of goodness. More human than those around him, the monster finds himself needing friendship more and more, before embarking on a doomed relationship with a small girl who takes pity on him. Needless to say, things don't end happily. Beautiful, melancholic and frighteningly modern whenever you watch it. All together now! "Ferr-riend Goood..."