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What influenced the 1931 movie Frankenstein?

I'm writing an essay on how societal differences surrounding the novel and 1931 version of Frankenstein changes the effectiveness of the two mediums. I'm pretty happy with the information of gathered relating the background of the book, but what sort

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Top 10 Horror Movies for Halloween

Today is Halloween, and for many people that means candy and scary movies. Here now are ten of my favorite films to watch during the Eve of All Saints (in no particular order):

1. Halloween (1978): The story-a masked serial killer stalking a group of babysitters on Halloween night-became the template for all the slasher movies, which peppered the 1980s.

2. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935): Universal basically cornered the market for horror in the 1930s through 1950s -- and its greatest achievement may have been this film, the followup to its classic Frankenstein (1931). Boris Karloff reprises his role as the Monster & Elsa Lanchester is cleverly cast as both his intended and his (literary) creator Mary Shelley.

3. Horror of Dracula (1958): Like Universal, Hammer Films became the ‘go-to’ people for horror, and their crowning triumph was this, the first Dracula film in color with Christopher Lee rivaling Bela Lugosi with his take on the count.

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The horror film, an introduction
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The horror film, an introduction

CHAPTER 6 FRANKENSTEIN (1931) AND HOLLYWOOD EXPRESSIONISM Though conceived in the early nineteenth century, Frankenstein became one of the most widely ...

Frankenstein
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Frankenstein


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Mad Scientists, Then and Now
The best-known -- and also the best -- of these is surely James Whale's classic 1931 film, Frankenstein. In this tale -- which is too famous to require commentary -- Dr. Frankenstein discovers "the secret of life" and creates in his laboratory a

Book Review: Westlake Soul, by Rio Youers
Book Review: Westlake Soul, by Rio Youers The unsettling unpleasantness of a simple tray of sterilized surgical instruments has been exploited in movies from 1931's Frankenstein up to all of the early films of David Cronenberg and beyond. The scene in The Exorcist that disturbed audiences the

Radio Silence Eyes Frankenstein Found-Footage Film
—Dr. Henry Frankenstein, in the 1931 Universal film. Every once in a while, Hollywood's pathological fear of innovation collides head-on with its neurotic need for imitation, often resulting in a bizarre, modern-day Frankenstein's monster of a hybrid.

Tuesday's Five Things to Know Before 5
The KiMo Theater downtown launches its Friday Fright Nights series this week with the 1931 version of “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff. Tickets are $5 and $7 and include a free box of popcorn. More information is on city Cultural Affairs

We Need To Talk About Kevin
We Need To Talk About Kevin The scares start with James Whale's 1931 version of Frankenstein. Boris Karloff stars in the role that launched a thousand nightmares. On May 18, it's 1933's The Invisible Man starring Claude Raines. On May 25, we get Bela Lugosi vamping it up in