Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Julian R. White Of course, one of the best monster movies of all time, and one of which we all know, it's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. What's funny is most people get confused, and think the monster is called Frankenstein. In reality, Frankenstein is the name of the scientist who created it. Being that this film is from 1931, starring the amazing Boris Karloff, it really is far ahead of its time. Beautiful effects, and a plot line that doesn't drag along and bore you like a lot of older monster films. In the age it was made, the film must have been absolutely terrifying. A humongous mash up of body parts made into a body that has the mind of a criminal. Sounds like some kind of horrific drug trip. My overall opinion of the movie though? It's wonderful. I've always been a fan of Karloff's and I could watch it again and again.

merelyaninnuendo FrankensteinA beautiful little kid playing with a not-so-human stranger and welcoming him on her territory is probably one of the most innocent scenes I have encountered in the cinematic history (the writers speak more than they say here). Frankenstein conveys surprisingly more on moral term and less on its clichéd generic characteristic which is the key here that allows it to enter into the bigger picture. James Whale projects the on-paper vision with a great conviction but fails to offer on the gripping side to it by stretching some of the work here (needs better editing and it comes off more disappointing considering its runtime) resulting into an overlong sequences even though being only of 70 minutes. Apart from that, Frankenstein is more satisfying than horrifying, more on morality and satire than entertainment and more human than any other.

Pumpkin_Man They really don't make 'em like this anymore. They're trying to again, like The Mummy with Tom Cruise, but it totally sucked beyond belief. Here, we have the tale of a mad doctor named Henry Frankenstein (In the book, it was Victor. Source material!) who is taking pieces of dead bodies and using them to create life with electrical devices which he has perfected. After he creates the monster, he becomes repulsed by it and leaves to finally marry Elizabeth. The monster gets loose and wreaks havoc on the town, so the villagers whip out their handy torches and pitchforks and begin to hunt the monster down. If you love old school horror, you'll love FRANKENSTEIN!!!

tankace Frankenstein of 1931 is one of the most iconic horror film and many of the tropes we take for granted ,like a mad scientist in white,Gothic image, the hunchback sidekick, wild mobs and the look of the creature ,all of them have taken cues from this film. Credits where credits do to Boris Carloff whose acting really sell the film and make you believe that what you see is real, with his movements and facial expressions. Also the reactions of the rest of the cast help to the selling of the illusions very well.And the scenery is very well made. And here is were I will become critical to Frakenstein ,to the readers be gentle.DISpute the status of classic the film has(rightfully so) ,we have to be honest back in the thirties was scary but now it doesn't have the same impact as the next generations we have grown accustomed to it. To add to that scenes that ones scared the crowd now there are two reactions ,"wait I didn't get it?" and two "That was funny". Also what hampers the film more is its short duration, clocking only one hour and a quarter, so the building up of the tension it isn't fully realized. Finally my biggest issue with the flick is who must it differed from the source material making it completely different from the original book of Mary Shelley. The ironic part is that the film was one of the starting points of Gothic Literature and the film similarly was one of the pioneers of this imagery in films. I am OK with the creating freedom for adaptations ,but after a certain point ,my tolerance is used up.In the end ,I see and I knew before I watch the film why it is considered a classic ,however this shouldn't make any product immune to well thought critic for its flaws, which don't diminish its quality, but show what to do better the next time.