How ‘Frankenstein’ Helped Invent the Modern Studio Horror Movie in 1931

That year, Boris Karloff and James Whale teamed up to create an iconic monster whose influence would be felt in Hollywood for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ the Titular Scientist Laments His Nightmarish Creation. But the Real World Can’t Get Enough of His Monster

In the two centuries since the Gothic novel's publication, the English writer's tale of a science experiment gone wrong has ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Frankenstein’: THR’s 1931 Review

On Nov. 21, 1931, Universal unveiled the monster film in theaters, adapting a novel that was at the time an unproven commodity on the big screen. By THR Staff 1931's 'Frankenstein' On Nov. 21, 1931, ...
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The Best Frankenstein Movie Is Also the Worst Adaptation of Shelley's Novel

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. "It's alive," the immortal words of Victor Frankenstein, ...

A Giant-Size ‘Frankenstein’ Poster Highlights Stellar New Universal Monsters Art (Exclusive)

Coda and Sideshow present two new shows of monstrously good art, including Tyler Stout's 'Frankenstein.' ...

A Bride-less ‘Frankenstein’? Guillermo del Toro explains his biggest change to Mary Shelley’s classic novel

For the record, that piece of the novel was also left out of James Whale 's 1931 Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff as the most famous cinematic version of the creature. But it provided the basis ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Frankenstein’: THR’s 1931 Review

On Nov. 21, 1931, Universal unveiled the monster film in theaters, adapting a novel that was at the time an unproven commodity on the big screen. By THR Staff 1931's 'Frankenstein' On Nov. 21, 1931, ...