Fresh
Karloff manages to invest the character with some subtleties of emotion that are surprisingly real and touching.
Variety Staff, Variety
Bride of Frankenstein
More fearful than the monster himself!
1935 · 1h 15m · Approved
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
James Whale
Overview
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Director and cast
- James Whale Director
- Boris Karloff as Frankensteins Monster
- Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein
- Valerie Hobson as Elizabeth Frankenstein
- Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Septimus Pretorius
- Elsa Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankensteins Braut
- Gavin Gordon Cast
- Douglas Walton Cast
- Una O'Connor Cast
- E. E. Clive Cast
- Lucien Prival Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Whale added an element of playful sexuality to this version, casting the proceedings in a bizarre visual framework that makes this film a good deal more surreal than the original.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Another astonishing chapter in the career of the Monster.
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
Fresh
Whale's most perfectly realised movie, a delight from start to finish.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Seen today, Whale's masterpiece is more surprising than when it was made because today's audiences are more alert to its buried hints of homosexuality, necrophilia and sacrilege. But you don't have to deconstruct it to enjoy it.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Frankenstein (1931)
Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · Approved
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Director
- James Whale
- Cast
- Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
91
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