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Frankenstein (Universal Studios Classic Monster Collection)

starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan
directed by: James Whale

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783227467
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783227469
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Running Time: 71 minutes
Sales Rank: 32751
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1931



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Description:
Boris Karloff stars as the screen's most memorable monster in what many consider to be the greatest horror film ever made. Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster (Karloff) out of lifeless body parts. It's director James Whale's adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel blended with Karloff's compassionate portrayal of a creature groping for identity that makes Frankenstein a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time.

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'It's alive! Alive!' shouts Colin Clive's triumphant Dr. Frankenstein as electricity buzzes over the hulking body of a revived corpse. 'In the name of God now I know what it's like to be God!' For years unheard, this line has been restored, along with the legendary scene of the childlike monster tossing a little girl into a lake, in James Whale's Frankenstein, one of the most famous and influential horror movies ever made. Coming off the tremendous success of Dracula, Universal assigned sophomore director Whale to helm an adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous novel with Bela Lugosi as the monster. When Lugosi declined the role, Whale cast the largely unknown character actor Boris Karloff and together with makeup designer Jack Pierce they created the most memorable monster in movie history: a towering, lumbering creature with sunken eyes, a flat head, and a jagged scar running down his forehead. Whale and Karloff made this mute, misunderstood brute, who has the brain of a madman (the most obvious of the many liberties taken with Shelley's story), the most pitiable freak of nature to stumble across the screen. Clive's Dr. Frankenstein is intense and twitchy and Dwight Frye set the standard for mad-scientist sidekicks as the wild-eyed hunchback assistant. Whale's later films, notably the spooky spoof The Old Dark House and the deliriously stylized sequel The Bride of Frankenstein, display a surer cinematic hand than seen here and add a subversive twist of black comedy, but given the restraints of early sound films, Whale breaks the film free from static stillness and adorns it with striking design and expressionist flourishes. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Classic in Name only
I bought this dvd to show my students after having read Frankenstein, well, both the students and ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 77 and Still Kicking
Given that I already own The Monster Legacy Collection (Frankenstein / Dracula / The Wolf Man) (busts ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Boris goes out in a blaze of gory!
Another of my childhood favorite monsters - Frankenstein's monster. I have to admit I always thought ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Now I Know What it Feels Like to Be God!"
-This review pertains to the Frankenstein: 75th Anniversary Edition DVD-

Mary Shelley's classic ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - UNIVERSAL BLOWS SO BAD, WORST DVD PRODUCER?
i mean come on now, this is the second set that has arrived fallen apart,,,the book edition, in this and Dracula ... Read More

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