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“Reactions to this, James Whale's ageless masterpiece, are varied; some say it just could be the Greatest Horror Film Ever Made, some think it's just an overblown tongue-in-cheek comedy sham. Probably Whale himself would have been the first to label his picture a "farce", but count me among those who think it's a brilliant piece of work, well in consideration as one of the undisputed top-tier horror classics of any decade. It qualifies as horror, but mostly plays along more like a child's twisted storybook fantasy. It's renowned as one of the few movie sequels which may be considered even better than its original (in this case, that would be James Whale's 1931 FRANKENSTEIN). While I think both films are excellent, with the first being more serious in tone than its follow-up, I'd give the ha” read more

Slant’s 100 Greatest Horror Films – 2018 Edition (100 movies items)

"For Frankenstein‘s sequel, James Whale turned up the dial on the extravagantly expressionistic set designs and sly sense of black humor. Especially notable in a storyline that more or less picks right up where the first film concluded is the addition of a prologue featuring a tale-spinning Mary Shelley (played by the Bride herself, Elsa Lanchester) and Ernst Thesinger’s mad, Mephistophelean Dr. Pretorius, who seduces Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) back into the laboratory by dangling the p"

100 Greatest Golden Age Hollywood Films (100 movies items)

"For the most part, sequels tend to be decent continuations of megahits which, by definition, lack the freshness of their predecessors and spill just a little too much water while trying to walk the narrow tightrope between the demands of the narrative and the demands of the audience. But sometimes sequels have defied expectations by either being every bit as good as, or sometimes even better than, the original films that spawned them. An early example of a high quality sequel is James Whale’s "

Fantastic Films of the '30s (18 movies items)

"Directed by: James Whale Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate."

Halloween (2017) (30 movies items)

"Tiene un buen desarrollo del personaje del monstruo de Frankestein. Grandes actuaciones, y aquí por lo menos los personajes te importan más y los recuerdas por más tiempo. Lo que sí me pareció raro, fue como a pesar de llamarse: "La novia de Frankestein", esta a penas aparece al final... ¿PORQUÉ LLAMARLA ASÍ ENTONCES? Entiendo que la trama se centre un poco en buscarle una pareja, pero igual, es un tanto molesto que apenas tenga como 5 minutos de pantalla."

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

Collection: From Novel to Film (780 movies items)

" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Frankenstein PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel AUTHOR/CREATOR: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1818 (anonymously), 1823 (with Shelley's name) HAVE I READ: Yes NOTES: Not based on a novel all it's own, this movie is actually based on a very minor subplot from the novel Frankenstein. "