Comments on: Bride of Frankenstein http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/ The Darkest Corner of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: paulwjm http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2615 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:25:00 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2615 Too true, unless somebody picks up Van Helsing in about 10 years time and a ray of light shines on them causing them to realise it's a lost cult classic. Maybe not. It's great that these old Universal films can still entertain today and that there are people around who are able to appreciate them. As far as the Pretorius experiments are concerned, I still think they're a great piece of special effects and for the period are pretty amazing. That sequence is just downright strange - I can't quite get my head around how strange it is, it's just bizarre! You mean you got the original DVD transfers of the films? There have been a few, either in box sets or single/double discs, etc. I've got the big boxed set with the three model busts in it - possibly my favourite DVD buy hitherto. It looks great on the shelf and contains hours and hours of entertainment. Too true, unless somebody picks up Van Helsing in about 10 years time and a ray of light shines on them causing them to realise it’s a lost cult classic. Maybe not. It’s great that these old Universal films can still entertain today and that there are people around who are able to appreciate them. As far as the Pretorius experiments are concerned, I still think they’re a great piece of special effects and for the period are pretty amazing. That sequence is just downright strange - I can’t quite get my head around how strange it is, it’s just bizarre!

You mean you got the original DVD transfers of the films? There have been a few, either in box sets or single/double discs, etc. I’ve got the big boxed set with the three model busts in it - possibly my favourite DVD buy hitherto. It looks great on the shelf and contains hours and hours of entertainment.

]]> by: Mike http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2612 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2612 I absolutely love this. For a film that's little over an hour long, there's so much going on all the time, so many memorable characters, and for my money one of the best horror soundtracks there has ever been. You can just tell that real love was poured into the project. It has lashings of humour, and Whale manages to get much more sympathy for his monster than in the first part. Pretorius is a gem of a character. His 'experiments' are still pretty amusing even now - how Frankenstein managed to hold a straight face with all those miniatures running around, compared with what he himself had produced, is beyond me. I don't know about you, Paul, but I got this on a double set with Frankenstein a couple of years ago. As I remember, the set was released - along with those for Dracula and the Wolfman - as some sort of promotional tie-in with the release of Van Helsing. Ironic that 'Van' is already virtually forgotten, whilst the likes of this will live forever. I absolutely love this. For a film that’s little over an hour long, there’s so much going on all the time, so many memorable characters, and for my money one of the best horror soundtracks there has ever been.

You can just tell that real love was poured into the project. It has lashings of humour, and Whale manages to get much more sympathy for his monster than in the first part. Pretorius is a gem of a character. His ‘experiments’ are still pretty amusing even now - how Frankenstein managed to hold a straight face with all those miniatures running around, compared with what he himself had produced, is beyond me.

I don’t know about you, Paul, but I got this on a double set with Frankenstein a couple of years ago. As I remember, the set was released - along with those for Dracula and the Wolfman - as some sort of promotional tie-in with the release of Van Helsing. Ironic that ‘Van’ is already virtually forgotten, whilst the likes of this will live forever.

]]> by: paulwjm http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2598 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:49:15 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2598 Hi Livius Yes, there was a nice little homage to the bride herself in Rocky Horror Show too. Sometimes I love Bride..., sometimes I just appreciate it - my enjoyment seems to depend on my mood a little, maybe because of its strange sense of humour. Whale was quite off the wall in his approach to this one. Hi Livius
Yes, there was a nice little homage to the bride herself in Rocky Horror Show too. Sometimes I love Bride…, sometimes I just appreciate it - my enjoyment seems to depend on my mood a little, maybe because of its strange sense of humour. Whale was quite off the wall in his approach to this one.

]]> by: livius http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2588 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:44:09 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/02/02/bride-of-frankenstein/#comment-2588 Maybe not the greatest horror film ever, but surely it has to rank as the greatest that Universal produced. Of course, it's been mercilessly lampooned in 'Young Frankenstein' but it remains my favorite of the thirties cycle. Karloff's standout performance IMHO. Maybe not the greatest horror film ever, but surely it has to rank as the greatest that Universal produced.
Of course, it’s been mercilessly lampooned in ‘Young Frankenstein’ but it remains my favorite of the thirties cycle. Karloff’s standout performance IMHO.

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