Rent Frankenstein (1931)
4.0 of 5 from 179 ratings
1h 7min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster (Boris Karloff) out of lifeless body parts.
- Actors:
- Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Marilyn Harris, Ted Billings, Mae Bruce, Jack Curtis, Arletta Duncan, William Dyer, Francis Ford, Mary Gordon, Soledad Jiménez, Carmencita Johnson, Seessel Anne Johnson, Margaret Mann
- Directors:
- James Whale
- Producers:
- Carl Laemmle Jr
- Writers:
- John L. Balderston, Mary Shelley, Peggy Webling, Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh, Richard Schayer, Robert Florey, John Russell
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/10/2012
- Run Time:
- 70 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, French DTS 2.0 Mono, German DTS 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS 2.0 Mono, Spanish DTS 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
- Karloff: The Gentle Monster
- Monster Traces: Interactive Pop-Up Facts About
- The Making of Frankenstein
- Universal Horror
- Frankenstein Archives
- Boo!: Short film
- Feature Commentary with Film Historian Rudy Behlmer
- Feature Commentary with Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- 100 Years Of Universal: Restoring the Classics
- Trailer Gallery
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/10/2021
- Run Time:
- 70 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Complex Mandarin, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes Documentaries
- Featurettes On Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr
- Feature Commentaries
- Theatrical Trailers
- And More!
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Reviews (1) of Frankenstein
Pioneering horror - Frankenstein review by Viewer,RowG
It's such a classic it's difficult to review but my initial impressions were a. a stark contrast between moments of great drama and awfully stagey dialogue. b. overuse of the silhouette against a bright horizon c. the empathy you feel for Karloff's "monster" and d. the utter incongruity of the three ancilliary characters (the fiance, the spivvy friend, and the father). This comedy father is also a prominent character in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, although in the latter he is less of a bumbling half wit and more a figure of old fashioned righteousness. In fact, I became overly preoccupied by this father figure because his script makes a mistake and asks why Dr Frankenstein is working away in a windmill (which is actually where he dies not where he revives the body parts).
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