An obsessed scientist, Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive), attempts to create life by assembling a creature from the body parts of the recently deceased. Aided by his loyal assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), Frankenstein succeeds in animating his creation (Boris Karloff). But the creature is confused and traumatized, escaping to the countryside where it wreaks havoc. Henry Frankenstein searches for and eventually confronts his tormented creation.
Frankenstein (1931) stands tall, a monolith in the canon of horror film history. Evidence of the paradigm–largely contributed to the iconic makeup of Jack Pierce–is still relevant today, almost 90 years since the film was produced. Join us as we discuss what magical elements brought this mammoth film to life–the 19th-century novel, the stage adaptions, cast, director, makeup… Listen, as Johnny has The Keys travels to the Bavarian countryside, where mad scientists rob graves, piece body parts together, and create life from death.
SHOW LINKS
- Mary Shelley’s novel
- Stage and Screen
- 1931 Trailer
- James Whale
- Boris Karloff
- Colin Clive
- Dwight Fry
- Kenneth Branagh version
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Son of Frankenstein
- Ghost of Frankenstein
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- The Munsters
- Young Frankenstein
- Gods and Monsters
- Aurora Monster Models
- Frankenweenie
- Frankenberry
- Forrest Ackerman
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Curse of Frankenstein
- I was a Teenage Frankenstein
- Frankenstein’s Daughter
- SNL
- Night of the Living Dead
- Re-Animator
- Frankenhooker
- Alice Cooper’s Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Alice Cooper’s Teenage Frankenstein
- Alice Cooper’s Feed My Frankenstein
- Crawl
- Japan – Epcot
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