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Frankenstein (1931)
70 min - Horror | Sci-Fi - 21 November 1931 (USA)
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Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale
Writers: John L. Balderston (based upon the composition by), Mary Shelley (from the novel by), and 6 more credits »
Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and Boris Karloff
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[@petermacdonough9077]

Can you imagine what this might have felt like in 1931?...The feel of the movies back then, a ticket costing 10 cents, the smell of the popcorn and watching a horror movie for the first time in your life. For some this might be their first horror movie. For others, they remember Thomas Edison's "Frankenstein" in 1910 and it scared them as children, watching a monster come to life!!! "Theyre adding sound to pictures now. Man, I remember when they were silent. People have to talk now?" Yep, thats how it was!!! And now with the success of "Dracula" the year before, a NEW generation of horror fans was born!!!!

[@apphappy3796]

i know.. right?

[@DarthUmbra]

To quote Dr. Petorius in Bride: "To a new world of Gods and Monsters."

[@octopoopls3k]

? as the monster.

[@anthonybadzhaksizyan5273]

The opening with Edward van Sloan was also in Dracula 1931 but that scene was lost

[@WhisperinWinds67]

@@AsWellYouShould there’s screenshots online, take a look.

[@NotDaMayor]

“Mrs Percy B Shelley”

[@chrishanson9914]

The primary reason for leaving "the monster"'s true identity as (unknown) or the "?", was along the same lines as the disclaimer placed at the beginning of the film. We tend to look (today) at these things through how the world is now and apply our standards over contemporary standards. By placing a "?" as the person who "is" the monster, it was meant to cause even more "desired anxiety". Back then, a good portion of the entertainment was in preparing the audience to be scared, or un-nerved, much more psychological than most of today's "carve 'em up" horror stories. The suspense (including the "?") was just as important in the build up of the show as the actual movie itself.

[@elmultiversodejoaquin405]

The Monster...........Boris Karloff

[@billmcdonnell79]

@@elmultiversodejoaquin405 Boris Karloff best known to play Frankenstein's Monster, also The Mummy and the voice of The Grinch.

[@DDarky95]

The Simpsons have spoofed this with the first Threehouse of Horror. Great opening for a great movie!

[@trippcory]

The creators say in the DVD commentary that the warning was actually legit. They really were afraid that the episode would scare viewers expecting humor

[@Octofox01]

Black Sheemoon and the haunted world of el superbeasto

[@opale1572]

Siempre tienen que salir comentarios sobre Los Simpson.

[@opale1572]

@@trippcory "Expecting humor"? Why? Did they think it was a Laurel & Hardy film?

[@opale1572]

@@Octofox01?????

[@leftcoaster67]

What it lacks in pure scares, it makes up for in wonderful creepy atmosphere.

[@Ruben901]

Back then when movies didn't use Jumpscares to be successful 🤭🤭

[@opale1572]

@@Ruben901 Right!

[@jjayrichardsfilms]

@@Ruben901 Talk about jump scares is always so exaggerated. Horror films haven’t relied on them for a while now. What’s more common nowadays is cartoonish depiction of gore.

[@insertaliashere1379]

The opening music is one of the most underrated pieces in the history of recorded sound. By the way, what's up with that horrifying face behind the credits?

[@Ruben901]

Nosferatu?

[@MelancoliaI]

Might've been a production sketch for the monster's original design?

[@opale1572]

Right!

[@exodia9817]

They definitely made the beginning of the film be like a "You've been warned" or a "What have I gotten myself into" kind of moment. Well, we warned you.

[@crazyjoseph9182]

frankenstein is my favorite monster of all time

[@raymondsteen5316]

Frankenstein I rate the best of all Universal horror films.

[@pikapo16]

Frankenstein is the name of the creator not the monster

[@jackhamilton9604]

Carlos Gutierrez technically since the Monster is considered the son of Dr Frankenstein that would make him A Frankenstein

[@MarkMphonoman]

Me too.

[@BabyLambCreations]

I love how _The Haunted World of El Superbeasto_ parodied this opening, and even used the same music.

[@Ruben901]

Considering the fact that Dr Satan was closely drawn to late 40s cartoons.

[@The_Str4nger]

1:22 Count Orlok from Nosferatu?

[@kotchapakmaneechote2062]

Mmh yes, my favorite actor. *?*

[@LoneTinaja]

“Frankenstein” was released during the depths of the Great Depression. A movie guaranteed to cheer up depressed Americans.

[@1MRBASSMAN]

Music by Universal Studios composer, Bernhard Kaun.

[@opale1572]

A great composer.

[@DrDolan2000]

Even when they had Edward van Sloan verbalize that this movie isn't for everyone, people still got mad and certain scenes were cut

[@Ruben901]

Well...they were warned 😁

[@bobcurtis3958]

Sound movies were very new at the time and I can't imagine what the experience must have been like watching this for the first time back then.

[@bri55118]

High quality horror. To bad modern horror lost a lot of what made theses classics last for generations.

[@christopherpuleo5650]

Im Carl Laemmle Jr. and we all have to go down on the monster half way, because I did but born in the 80's and or 70's!

[@gaycatlover3030]

Such a masterpece, idk what it is, but old horror movies are so charming to watch.

[@edwardgray154]

edward van Sloan was perfect guy for these ghost flicks.

[@ericsantana1184]

Same intro to the haunting world of el superbeasto.

[@opale1572]

????

[@kerranimates]

I used to have this movie on DVD

[@Bobbytomface]

The monster was played by: ?

[@kotchapakmaneechote2062]

He's played by Boris Karloff

[@martino93m3]

is it Universal produces this film?

[@OptmiusPrime114]

Yes

[@billmcdonnell79]

The man who comes out from the curtains and giving the audience a warning about the film before the film started is Edward Van Sloan who also played as Dr. Waldman in this film.

[@keithoneil9894]

He was also Van Helsing in Dracula!

[@Blunderman-rl1hc]

@@keithoneil9894 And he was in "The Mummy." He was certainly typecast as the elderly doctor who acts as the voice of reason in these monster movies.

[@matthewbulger5876]

True, Bela Lugosi turned down, the role of the monster In "Frankenstein (1931) because ,the script called for his,monster character to make grunting noises and felt the makeup would make him unrecognizable? I Await Your Answer.

[@billmcdonnell79]

Bela Lugosi did played Frankenstein's Monster in 1943's "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man".

[@opale1572]

@@billmcdonnell79 Sí. Y quedaba ridículo con su cara de viejo.

[@stevekoller3314]

Thing I find scary about this movie isn't the monster's appearance, but rather the idea of playing God and paying for the consequences.

[@scottghost6274]

Here before 1 dislike

[@jgfear]

If they ever decide to do a proper remake I’d love to see them do this again at the beginning of the film.

[@Ruben901]

I doubt it....the way cinema is going its just all trash. I have yet to see an genuinely original horror movie without need to scare people every 10 minutes.

[@opale1572]

@@Ruben901 Totalmente de acuerdo con usted. Parece que el público se ha infantilizado, o bien que a partir de los años 80 las películas de terror se hagan sólo para niños y adolescentes.

[@Ruben901]

​@@opale1572 Las peliculas de horror en los años 70s eran mas interesantes. Pero los que se gravaban en francia eran mas adelante de au tiempo.

[@subzerosensaix9620]

BEST SONG WHEN I WAS 5

[@KazK-vi6xn]

always love the ? in the opening credits

[@looneywoman]

I wonder why they didn't list Boris Karloff's name in the opening credits.

[@reddhead2948]

Because Bela Lugosi backed out of it late and it was too late to change it to Boris' name at least that's how i see it and begin billed as a question mark just ups Karloff's coolness

[@looneywoman]

Ahhh, gotcha. Thanks!

[@VierthalerStudios]

It's because Boris Karloff was an unknown and they wanted to make the creature more mysterious.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Eric Vierthaler is correct. Bela's leaving the project had nothing to do with Karloff's non-billing. Boris, in fact, was so little regarded as a member of the cast that he wasn't even invited to the film's premiere.

[@looneywoman]

Porfle Popnecker Well, that's unfortunate.

[@emilsabatini4038]

thanks 4 not showing the movie!

[@losvlogsdelmaestro5529]

No se ustedes, pero vine por ocurrencia tv 😅

[@alexanderblazic1145]

Punch green face Frankenstein

[@MrSeb81]

Derp

[@charleyzimmer2505]

0:26 obviously this guy has never been to Florida

[@mrlego611]

1:28 Roc-A-Fella Records

[@emilsabatini4038]

thanks 4 not showing the movie!

[@ghristophermyers666]

Who tf is Baron?

[@Naminski1a]

Where's the Universal Pictures logo?

[@porflepopnecker4376]

They didn't put their logo at the beginning of their films in 1931.

[@matthewbulger5876]

@@porflepopnecker4376 Only at the end,did Universal show It's logo at that time,right?

[@jimbo97]

"It's a Universal Picture" followed by "A good cast is worth repeating:" ...and KARLOFF was given due credit at the end titles.

[@alphamale1228]

Why is Mrs. Percy B Shelly credited for writing the novel? Percy was her husband.