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KaramAkerfeldt

Good film. Found it hilarious when he drowned the little girl.
12 years 5 months ago
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saydin7

best horror movie ever.
13 years 7 months ago
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Bill.MI.1

The horror classic. Obviously filmed at the beginning of the talkie era, but the german expressionist influence and the story itself make it a horror breakthrough. The book is a bit overrated. There is a reason that the Frankenstein everyone actually knows is the Karloff interpretation. A short and sweet Frankenstein film that gets to the action quickly.
11 years 7 months ago
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fakirfikir

One of the best scenario I have ever watched.
Also this is our(humanity's) first (fictional) AI experience in modern times. Awsome movie, must-watched.

It is interesting how writer fictionalized AI and how humanity respond it (in a most bigoted and irrational way)
7 years 9 months ago
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E. T. Blunt

Proof that society oftentimes sees the monster in the creation, not the creator.
3 years 5 months ago
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roobin_22

d'oh this is awful.. liked the part with the drowning girl though..
13 years 1 month ago
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Earring72

Classic tale and movie. Seeing it in the right perspective for that time very chilling. For now, fine old fashioned horror
2 months ago
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TomReagan

I enjoyed it MUCH more than Dracula - only comparing for obvious reasons, not that the two movies are similar.

It’s all about Boris Karloff’s performance. He’s phenomenal. If it were released today, he would receive an Oscar nom. He, Colin Clive and Dwight Frye (Fritz) are the only ones who can act. Everyone else’s performance is Amateur Hour, early-talkies crap (especially Frederick Kerr as Dr. Frankenstein’s father). The screenplay is also crap, although the monster’s story was surprisingly intriguing. That is, until he randomly attacked Elizabeth. From his creation up until that point, I was enthralled with how tragic his story was. After the monster’s interaction with the little girl (which is the best part of the film, IMO), it just takes a left turn with too many questions as to what the monster’s agenda is. spoiler
2 years 4 months ago
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DisneyStitch

I feel like it could have used a soundtrack. The pace and tone of the film feels somewhat off with just sheer silence punctuating the screen. Karloff does a good job portraying the monster.
3 years 6 months ago
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SLionsCricket

Great storyline, good performances, well paced, interesting yet lacks tension. 3.5/5
10 years 6 months ago
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myrnawilliams

it's surprisingly sad. [2]
12 years ago
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Siskoid

Universal's Frankenstein, with Boris Karloff, came out in 1931, just like Dracula, its cousin franchise, did, and I'm happy to report it doesn't suffer from a similar slowness. Of course, it's not the Mary Shelley novel. I find her book to be astonishing in that it creates an entirely new Gothic monster, not one pulled from folklore like vampires, werewolves, etc. Universal's version does that too, because its child-like, but dangerously strong monster with an "abnormal brain" is completely different from Shelley's existential "Modern Prometheus". It's worth celebrating its originality and sustained popularity. The film is well shot, the violence shocking without being overwhelming, the make-up iconic, and the monster sympathetic. I might question the mix of American and European accents in what appears to be Gothic Bavaria, but overall, Frankenstein retains its power and does not feel as dated as Dracula.
6 years 5 months ago
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Joker of Gotham

Well I finally understood of what movie this scene came from

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A classic of horror that at this day it don´t seems so scary like it probably was back then.

3.5/5
9 years 2 months ago
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Woliver

Oh boy, so what if it's way too different from the original book plot? IT IS A MOVIE! Is not supposed to be a video-book!
It's absurd to claim "but the book was better" both are different thing's, or was the comic book better than the operetta? Pfff! Stop being pretentious guys, you obviously don't read neither see enough movies.
11 years 8 months ago
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Oneironaut

Would have liked this to have been the first Frankenstein adaptation that I saw. It was good, not particularly great. Book is much better - not always something that needs to be said but I feel that it does here.
12 years ago

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