56 Frankenstein Films Ranked from Best to Worst
For the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," I re-read it and, then, reviewed a bunch of Frankenstein films. This list is a ranking of all of them that I've reviewed, from the classic Universal series, to the Technicolor Hammer splatters and beyond. A few are fairly faithful adaptations, more are loose reworkings and some have very little to do with Shelley's story besides monsters or character names. For my full IMDb reviews on these movies, links are posted at the bottom of each entries' brief summary below.
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- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.To make a sequel that's better than the original, director James Whale and company doubled everything--two mad doctors, two monsters, two brides, two narratives--added a musical score lacking from the 1931 film, capitalized on technical improvements to talkies in the intervening years, expanded production and added camp. There are plenty of ways to enjoy this classic, including for grotesque horror, humor, religious allegory or a queer reading. I especially love the mise-en-abyme of the homunculi of Dr. Pretorius.
My Full Review - DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.The classic Frankenstein film, this one confirmed that shockers were a viable genre for Universal after their initial success of "Dracula" (1931)--launching the golden age of 1930s horror films. Boris Karloff stars in his first of three films as the monster and the first of five Frankenstein films on this list. The film's make-up, characterization of the creature as a mute child-like figure, and the lab full of flashing and spinning gizmos have had an especially lasting influence, as have the little Maria, graveyard and windmill scenes and the line, "It's alive!"
My Full Review - DirectorVíctor EriceStarsFernando Fernán GómezTeresa GimperaAna TorrentIn 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.This Spanish art-house film set after its nation's civil war is a contemplative allegory of the effects of the 1931 film listed above on a small child. It's a beautiful film, with a style that supports its themes, including the father's beehive metaphor.
My Full Review - DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.A loving spoof of the Universal Frankenstein series, it's full of scenes that parody the classic ones and includes some entirely original moments, such as Frankenstein (that's "Fronkensteen") and his creature performing "Puttin' on the Ritz." It's even more enjoyable if you've seen the 1931 and 1935 films listed above and the 1939 film directly below.
My Full Review - DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsBoris KarloffBasil RathboneBela LugosiReturning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.The third film in Universal's Frankenstein series, this one changes course. Unlike the prior two, it wasn't helmed by James Whale, although it does feature Karloff in his last role as the monster. Although it's Bela Lugosi as Ygor and Lionel Atwill as the Inspector who steal the show. This is the most expressionistic and fairytale-like Frankenstein film on this list and one of the best-looking.
My Full Review - DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.The first Frankenstein film, this silent short from the Edison Company may develop the story's doppelgänger theme better than any of the features listed here. It does so with a mirror motif and by adding elements of the "Jekyll and Hyde" story. The creature's creation within a cauldron is also unlike any other since.
My Full Review - DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingSusan DenbergThorley WaltersAfter being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed young man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.The fourth Frankenstein film by Hammer, it's easily the best film I've yet seen from that studio, and that's because its narrative is an intelligent and novel reworking of the misogynistic male fantasy of mother-less birth inherent in Shelley's story. Not only does this Frankenstein create woman, he creates her to control her via the transferring of a man's soul within her body. Plus, Martin Scorsese, in his assessment of the film, might not be wrong to call the soul capture scene "sublime."
My Full Review - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsRobert De NiroKenneth BranaghHelena Bonham CarterWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.Kenneth Branagh's film is operatic, with its focus on dancing, a swooping camera, set designs that prominently feature a large ballroom and staircase, and, of course, the music. That it's one of the more faithful adaptations is secondary to its rendering the novel cinematically. Otherwise, there's more focus here on romance compared to the book, and the unique creation scenes are highly suggestive of masturbation.
My Full Review - DirectorBill CondonStarsIan McKellenBrendan FraserLynn RedgraveThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) director James Whale are explored.This semi-fictional biopic of James Whale, the director of the above 1931 and 1935 films, aptly explores the analogy of Whale's budding friendship with and homosexual desires for his gardener with that of the male relationships in his film "Bride of Frankenstein." Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave give excellent performances.
My Full Review - DirectorHoward W. KochStarsBoris KarloffTom DugganJana LundNeeding money, the last member of the Frankenstein family leases his family's castle out to a film company as he tries to continue his ancestor's gruesome experiments to create life.Another self-reflexive Frankenstein film, this B-picture is about a TV crew who rent Frankenstein's castle for their program about his ancestor's experiments in reanimation. Little do they know, Karloff's mad scientist is continuing the family business. Sure, this film suffers from some B-picture aesthetics, bad dialogue and a mummy-like creature, but the castle and the lab look great, and Karloff lifts the entire project with some well-seasoned ham. Judging by its current 4.7 rating on IMDb, I consider this the most underrated entry on this list.
My Full Review - DirectorGonzalo SuárezStarsHugh GrantLizzy McInnernyValentine PelkaLord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.This is another overly-maligned film, but that's largely the fault of Miramax, who distributed it on home video with some 30 minutes cut out. Nevertheless, it's the most-fully realized film about the creation of the novel by Mary Shelley, with a firm grasp of its Romantic era setting, as reflected by its appropriate musical score, philosophical underpinnings, lush production design and focus on nature. Plus, having Frankenstein's creature come to life as an apparition who haunts Mary's life, which, indeed, was full of tragic deaths, is brilliant. And, yes, Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley became lovers here, on screen and off.
My Full Review - DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.This is an event more than a film, to be shared at midnight screenings with rowdy audiences dressed up and participating in the performance. That said, it's an interesting and transgressive if stagy adaptation and a rock musical that has earned its cult status. Leading the fabulous cast, Tim Curry plays the mad scientist Frank-n-Furter, "a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania."
My Full Review - DirectorStephen SommersStarsHugh JackmanKate BeckinsaleRichard RoxburghThe famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.While its X-Men's Wolverine meets Bram Stoker's Dracula gets most of the attention in this postmodern monster rally, there's a nice black-and-white homage to the 1931 film in the beginning, and the creature is portrayed as an absinthe-induced creation with a visibly green electrical brain. This is the most visually spectacular of this century's digital movies to employ 19th-century Gothic horror literature for CGI-filled, action-packed summer blockbusters.
My Full Review - DirectorPaul MorrisseyAntonio MargheritiStarsJoe DallesandroUdo KierDalila Di LazzaroBaron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.Not for the easily offended, or even, perhaps, the not-so-easily offended, this is the most gruesome film on this list, including a scene where Frankenstein has sex with a cadaver while fondling the body's gallbladder. You cannot film that tastefully. Nor does this exploitation gore-fest originally made for 3D attempt to be tasteful in any way, and, yet, it does rework some of Shelley's novel in intelligent ways, and most exploitation films don't look as good as Paul Morrissey's "Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Blood for Dracula" (1974).
My Full Review - DirectorRoy William NeillStarsLon Chaney Jr.Ilona MasseyPatric KnowlesThe resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.Marvel's Cinematic Universe, DC's Extended Universe, Universal's floundering Dark Universe reboot--it all started here when the worlds of the Frankenstein monster and the Wolf Man collided. The sequel to "The Ghost of Frankenstein," listed below, and "The Wolf Man" (1941), this monster rally is inconsistent in its faithfulness to the prior films, but it's still an interesting landmark and quite a bit of fun.
My Full Review - DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAlberto DalbésDennis PriceHoward VernonDr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.I ranked two of Jess Franco's Dracula films very low in my other list, but this Frankenstein feature of his is a surprisingly well-composed and constructed picture, which is underscored by the narrative's focus on sight, including hypnotic eyes, a sex cult of spectators, and a blind soothsaying vampire. Next to Paul Morrissey's work, this is one of the best Gothic-horror sexploitation movies I've seen.
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottClaude Earl JonesDoctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.Another sequel on this list I find a bit better than the original version, it's highly imitative of the 1935 "Bride of Frankenstein" topping this ranking, which means it's the best-looking installment in the Re-Animator series, as well as the best at exploring the trilogy's inherent misogyny. Also, while the mad doctors here continue to use their patented "reagent" formula instead of lightening for their reanimation experiments, this "Re-Animator" is also the most similar in its raising of the undead to other Frankenstein films.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsJames MasonLeonard WhitingDavid McCallumWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.It suffers from the TV standards of its day and is also available in an abridged version that others have panned, but the complete two-part TV movie does a few interesting things in reworking the novel, including two unique creation scenes, a mirror motif that underlies the doppelgänger theme (the best since the 1910 film above) and gay undertones.
My Full Review - DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn O'Hurleyin this surreal, comical take on Frankenstein, Mulder and Scully arrive in a small rural town to investigate claims of a monster obsessed with Cher that's sedating and impregnating the local women.This "X-Files" TV monster-of-the-week episode is unappealing in its light treatment of rape and mockery of "white trash," and besides-the-point in its references to "Mask" (1985), but, it, indeed, is postmodern in its pastiche of the classic Universal series and self-reflexive in its insertion of a surrogate writer of the episode within the narrative.
My Full Review - DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.The story of a boy who reanimates his dog, the well-named "Sparky," this live-action short film is better than Tim Burton's later feature-length stop-motion animated remake and full of homages to James Whale's Frankenstein films listed above.
My Full Review - DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsJames LorinzJoanne RitchiePatty MullenA medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.An outrageously goofy and trashy cult film, its boy scientist plays doctor on some prostitutes so as to select the best parts for stitching together the remains of his dead girlfriend and kills them off by designing his own drug, which the stereotypical hookers find irresistible. This "Bride of Frankenstein" is blatant in its objectification of women, but the mad scientist gets his just deserts.
My Full Review - DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.Nominally an adaptation of a serial-turned-book by H.P. Lovecraft, this gore-fest is nevertheless patently a pastiche of Shelley's story. There are also echoes of Bram Stoker's "Dracula," Universal's Mummy movies and Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960), but none of these predecessors, I believe, include a disembodied head trying to force cunnilingus on a woman.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansMark RuffaloWhen Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.Mad scientists (Tony Stark, Bruce Bannon), monsters (Hulk is basically Hyde to Bannon's Jekyll, plus there are the AI robots), a (scarlet) witch, a haunted house on a hill (see opening fight sequence), and two creation scenes, including one where the god of thunder provides the bolt of electricity to spark life--what more does a Frankenstein movie require? The superhero stuff may be subpar for the MCU, but the horror-film allusions are interesting.
My Full Review - DirectorJed MercurioStarsHelen McCroryJames PurefoyNeil PearsonA gripping re-telling of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece. Set a few years into the future, Dr Victoria Frankenstein works on an advanced stem cell research project.And now for the most maternal Frankenstein film, with a Dr. Victoria instead of Victor for this TV updated adaptation. Although the TV style, cluttered plot and the monster are quite bad, the gender-reversal is handled well, including an appropriately-redesigned creation and lab.
My Full Review - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBoris KarloffLon Chaney Jr.J. Carrol NaishA deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.The sequel to the above "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," this is another fun little monster rally from Universal. Karloff is back, but as the mad scientist this outing, which by this point was the better role compared to the monster. There's also the Wolf Man again, as well as a hunchback, Gypsies and Dracula. A journey plotting helps the film move at a good pace.
My Full Review - DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPeter CushingPeter WoodthorpeDuncan LamontUpon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.The third Hammer Frankenstein film, this one is often panned for imitating Universal's series, but the prior Hammer films did that, too, to an extent, but they didn't have the production values to do it on this scale. This one includes a hypnotist and a redheaded mute beggar girl who befriends the monster.
My Full Review - DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.The last film in Universal's Frankenstein series enters the self-parody world of comedic duo Abbott and Costello, including humor that is hit and miss, but the underlying plot is basically a sound and traditional horror picture, which it was originally intended to be. The monster gets short changed here, though, and I hate that in one scene Dracula casts a reflection in the mirror.
My Full Review - DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingFrancis MatthewsEunice GaysonHaving escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.The second Hammer Frankenstein film, it's the only one to adhere to the continuity of its predecessor, as it begins where the last film left off. This one also benefits from a slightly larger production than the original listed directly below, and its hunchback and brain transplant business is heavily indebted to the Universal series.
My Full Review - DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingHazel CourtRobert UrquhartWhile awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.Hammer's first Frankenstein film and their first technicolor horror production, this is a milestone merely for that. Otherwise, the production is rather cheap, but this is a radically more sinister Victor Frankenstein than people were used to, as well as the addition of the then-novel gore and the inclusion of a framing narrative make this one worthwhile.
My Full Review - DirectorTim BurtonStarsWinona RyderCatherine O'HaraMartin ShortWhen a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.A pastiche of Universal's Frankenstein films, as well as of other monster movies, this stop-motion animated remake of the above 1984 short suffers from the padding and copious amounts of sap added to its narrative, although it's still fun to spot all of the references to other movies.
My Full Review - DirectorFred DekkerStarsAndre GowerRobby KigerStephen MachtA group of young monster fanatics attempts to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.This kiddie monster rally has some charm and is well paced except for the slow movements of its hardly-menacing monsters, which include the entire gang of Frankenstein's creature, Dracula, the Wolf Man, Gillman, the Mummy and three vampire brides.
My Full Review - DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJeffrey CombsTommy Dean MussetJason BarryAfter 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror.The latest and silliest installment in the Re-Animator trilogy features Jeffrey Combs in ever top form as the mad doctor, who here teams up with a new assistant while serving a sentence in prison. Sure, the rest of the acting is bad, and a lot of the proceedings are exceedingly ridiculous, but it's an amusing time for those who appreciate excessively gory camp.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsKumi MizunoTadao TakashimaNear the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.This Japanese giant monster movie, or "kaiju" film, from the director, Ishirō Honda, of "Godzilla" (1954), features a Frankenstein boy who is a product of the atom bomb and who fights a goofy-looking prehistoric dinosaur who arises from a natural earthquake. An interesting, albeit silly and derivative, film for its borrowings from "Godzilla" and "King Kong" (1933), as well as the Universal Frankenstien films. Followed by a sequel, with the Americanized title of "The War of the Gargantuas" (1966), listed below.
My Full Review - DirectorBernard RoseStarsXavier SamuelCarrie-Anne MossDanny HustonA married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster.Mostly a grotesque retread of the classic Universal versions listed up top, this lesser-known adaptation does have the one interesting distinction of exploring the incestuous and necrophiliac nightmare from Shelley's story--the only film I've seen to come close to doing that.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingShane BriantMadeline SmithBaron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.The seventh and final film in Hammer's Frankenstein series, it was about time they put Frankenstein in an insane asylum, but, of course, that doesn't prevent him from getting up to his old tricks of reanimating corpses. This one is formulaic, but I appreciate its camp, including how ridiculous its monster looks.
My Full Review - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsCedric HardwickeLon Chaney Jr.Ralph BellamyDr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.This fourth installment in Universal's Frankenstein series marks the descent of the studio's horror films into B-productions. It's, indeed, a "ghost" of the prior trilogy and has quite a few ridiculous parts, but is still some fun, and it introduces the brain transference business, which would subsequently be part of the narratives of other Frankenstein B-pictures.
My Full Review - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsOnslow StevensJohn CarradineLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.Monster-rally sequel to "House of Frankenstein," listed above, this one suffers from not having the journey plot of its predecessor and, instead, having the gang of monsters come to the mad scientist's home office. This one is inconsistent in its faithfulness to the prior film, by somewhat following the continuity with the Frankenstein creature, but ignoring the past fates of Dracula and the Wolf Man. There's also a female hunchback, for a change.
My Full Review - DirectorRichard E. CunhaStarsJohn AshleySandra KnightDonald MurphyDr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern-day L.A.So bad it's laughable 1950s teen B-picture. The two female monsters look ridiculous. Worth a look if you enjoy unintentionally-funny bad films.
My Full Review - DirectorWilliam A. LeveyStarsJohn HartIvory StoneJoe De SueEddie is a Vietnam war veteran who loses both his arms and his legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a huge hulking monster.This blaxploitation film is even worse the the film directly above. The filmmaking is incompetent, the plotting is repetitive and dull and the monster looks ridiculous. Nice-looking lab, though, even if it does rip off the 1931 version.
My Full Review - DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourStarsElle FanningBel PowleyOwen RichardsLife and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.The latest movie about Mary Shelley's creation of the Frankenstein story, which is likewise about creation. The monster here are three of the men in Mary's life, namely William Godwin, Lord Byron and, most of all, Percy Shelley. Unfortunately, it's a drab and melodramatic picture, too.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsGabriel ByrneJulian SandsNatasha RichardsonThe Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.Like "Rowing with the Wind" and the introduction to "Bride of Frankenstein," both listed above, this one deals with Mary's creation of the Frankenstein story, which itself is about creation. "Rowing with the Wind' did some interesting things with this concept, but director Ken Russell, here, merely exploits it for an opium-induced madhouse romp with the literary titans running around scaring each other silly, including by conjuring up a sort-of-monster via a séance.
My Full Review - DirectorJohn HughesStarsAnthony Michael HallIlan Mitchell-SmithKelly LeBrockTwo high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.80s teen comedy where two boys are inspired by the 1931 "Frankenstein" to create their dream woman, who turns out to be more of a genie than a monster. The humor is so terribly juvenile it's kind of funny. Only the nauseatingly sweet ending spoils the fun.
My Full Review - DirectorJimmy SangsterStarsRalph BatesKate O'MaraVeronica CarlsonBrilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.This sixth installment in Hammer's Frankenstein series is a semi-parody remake with a younger cast of the 1957 Hammer original, listed above. Too bad it's not funny.
My Full Review - DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingVeronica CarlsonFreddie JonesBaron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.The fifth Hammer Frankenstein film, which some people like, but I consider the worst in the series for its uneven and padded plot full of gore for its own sake. It, nonetheless, has its moments and is a relatively slick production for Hammer.
My Full Review - DirectorChris BaileyStarsWayne AllwineRussi TaylorKelsey GrammerIn an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as lab assistant to the sinister Dr. Frankenollie, who happens to be searching for a donor to provide his monstrous creation with a brain...This Mickey Mouse short is full of references to Frankenstein, as well as other movies, but it's pretty feeble.
My Full Review - DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAdam SandlerKevin JamesAndy SambergDracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.Like Franken Berry, it's a mere caricature of Shelley's Frankenstein, overly sweet and not very good for you.
My Full Review - DirectorZack SnyderStarsBen AffleckGal GadotJason MomoaFueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.A dismal superhero movie, especially when compared to the better integration of comic-book fare and Frankenstein allusions in the above "Age of Ultron," which also involved Joss Whedon behind the scenes. The Superman resurrection scene, however, is oddly sexually suggestive, with the embryonic chamber looking vaginal, which makes you think about what Flash's role is in all of that.
My Full Review - DirectorMel WellesAureliano LuppiStarsJoseph CottenRosalba NeriPaul MullerBaron Frankenstein's daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.Italian sexploitation B-picture that somehow nabbed Joseph Cotten as Frankenstein. His daughter goes around sleeping with and killing everyone to try to improve his reputation. I guess that's one way to go about it.
My Full Review - DirectorRoger CormanStarsJohn HurtRaul JuliaNick BrimbleThe ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.Frankenstein story meets Mary Shelley biopic meets "Back to the Future" (1985), this mad scientist rips a hole through time, teams up with Dr. Frankenstein, beds Mary and tries his best to screw up the space time continuum. Somehow, Roger Corman managed to cast enough respectable actors and create a believable-enough production for this ridiculous concept to make a movie that's not hilariously bad, but just bad.
My Full Review - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRuss TamblynKumi MizunoKenji SaharaThe sole survivor of a fishing boat recounts sightings of hairy giants. A scientist investigates, revealing mutated creatures, growing from remains of a previous monster. Nearly indestructible, they battle in Tokyo until only one remains.Supposedly a sequel to the above "Frankenstein Conquers the World" (1965), this kaiju film doesn't have much of anything to do with Frankenstein. Indeed, the Americanized version removes all references to "Frankenstein" and is none the worse for it. Unfortunately, that means it's merely a picture of two guys in monkey costumes wrestling around on miniature sets.
My Full Review - DirectorAlbert DeMondStarsMorton LowryMae ClarkeLawrence GrantA wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.Short film by Universal that cannibalizes clips from "Frankenstein" (1931), "Nosferatu" (1922) and the now-lost "The Cat Creeps" (1930), for the purposes of mocking them. It's the narrator, however, with his lame jokes, who is the one deserving of mockery.
My Full Review - DirectorJerry WarrenStarsRobert ClarkeSteve BrodieCameron MitchellWhen a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.Sometimes hilariously inept, but always at least inept, impoverished production that mixes elements from Shelley's Frankenstein, Stoker's Dracula and quotations from Poe onto a "Dr. Moreau" like island populated with alien Amazons and other weird stuff. John Carradine, better known for playing Dracula in bad movies, plays the giant head of Frankenstein's ghost here, his last film.
My Full Review - DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsDaniel RadcliffeJames McAvoyJessica Brown FindlayTold from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.Ever wonder what Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" would look like if it were a corporate hack job? It looks like this movie.
My Full Review - DirectorFranc RoddamStarsStingJennifer BealsAnthony HigginsAfter years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".The basic idea here is to replace the ending of the 1935 "Bride of Frankenstein" with two hours of boring and unoriginal wretchedness. Sting, as Frankenstein, (yes, that Sting) and Razzie-nominated Jennifer Beals as the Bride are awful, but the plot of the monster and his midget friend joining the circus actually isn't too bad.
My Full Review - StarsLuke GossAlec NewmanNicole LewisWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and swears revenge.This two-part TV movie is why I couldn't care less whether a screen adaptation is "faithful" to a book or not, because while this one is more slavishly devoted to the particulars of Shelley's story than most, its TV visuals aren't only unimaginative, they sap one's imagination. Plus, every deviation this one does make from the book was a poor choice and illustrate how little its makers actually appear to understand their source.
My Full Review - DirectorStuart BeattieStarsAaron EckhartBill NighyMiranda OttoFrankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.I hate this movie, and I don't want to write about it anymore than I already have in my review, linked below.
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