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Review: Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

Approved by the Production Code Administration of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America

<Originally posted at https://kevinsreviewcatalogue.blogspot.com/2023/10/review-frankenstein-1931.html>

Score: 5 out of 5

Frankenstein. What else is there to say? It's the original mad scientist movie, adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley that invented modern science fiction and, by extension, sci-fi horror. One of the biggest changes it made from the book was to make the monster a lumbering brute rather than give him human intelligence, and in doing so, it foreshadowed the zombie as an iconic monster of horror cinema and later gaming. It's a film that not only left an indelible mark on its source material and how it's perceived, but also, together with their adaptation of Dracula earlier that year, enshrined Universal Pictures' status in the '30s and early '40s as Hollywood's masters of horror who shaped the genre's contours in ways that are visible to this day. Nearly every scene in this 70-minute film is now iconic. It's been imitated, homaged, parodied, dissected, and simply ripped off so many times over the years that one might think it would lose some of its impact watching it in 2023, ninety-two years after it premiered.

One might think.

I decided to finally watch this film for the first time last night, and while so far I've enjoyed my trip into the classic Universal monster movies, this one has easily been the standout for me. It moves at a surprisingly brisk pace that builds a constantly escalating tension as the consequences of its protagonist's crime against nature become clear to everyone involved, Boris Karloff's take on the title character's monster is iconic for a reason, and the cast and production values all around remain impressive even after nearly a century of advances in special effects technology. It's a film that's at once beautifully gothic, larger-than-life, and treads close to camp, yet remains distinctly grim and melancholy throughout, without ever feeling slow or plodding. So far, I'd easily rank this as not only my favorite of the Universal monster movies, but as one of the all-time great horror films in general and sci-fi horror films specifically.

While this film may have a literal monstrous creature at the center of its plot, there's a reason why, as generations of pedantic nerds have pointed out, he's not the title character. No, that would be his creator, Dr. Henry Frankenstein (swapping first names with the supporting character of his friend, who is here named Victor), who's played brilliantly by Colin Clive and, despite being perfectly human, may well be the film's metaphorical monster. Henry is guilty of many sins, the big one being pride. He's nakedly out to prove himself as the greatest scientist who ever lived and the man who conquered death, not least of all to his former professor Dr. Waldman, his father Baron Frankenstein, his friend Victor (with whom he swaps first names from the book), and his fiancé Elizabeth. He compares himself to God in the mother of all blasphemous boasts shortly after he brings his creature to life, one that several state censorship boards ordered to be cut. He genuinely cares about the life of his grand achievement, but chiefly as a trophy of his accomplishment, and soon finds that he is in no way ready to care for him. He's an egomaniac high on his own supply, one who's set up for a terrible, well-deserved fall in the third act as the consequences of his creation come back to bite him and the horror of what he's done starts to sink in.

Even here, however, rather than swallow his pride and admit he made a mistake, he sets out to salvage it instead, not merely joining the mob of angry villagers but insisting on leading it. Whereas once he made the bold claim that he now wielded the power of creation in his hands (just don't ask about how he was too careless to check the quality of the brain his assistant Fritz gave him), now he insists that only by those same hands can this horrible creature be destroyed. After all, only Dr. Henry Frankenstein, the most brilliant man who ever lived, knows how to stop the monster he made! At risk of getting sidetracked into a rant, watching Henry's transformation I couldn't help but be reminded of the far more recent phenomenon of tech gurus who made their fortune with advanced technology, from social media to self-driving cars to AI, insisting that their expertise as the creators of these technologies leaves them uniquely qualified to manage their deleterious consequences on society. Watching this movie today, its portrayal of Henry was one of the most frightening things about it, a shockingly prescient portrait of what a lot of the boy wonders of Silicon Valley who convinced everyone around them, not least of all themselves and each other, that they were saving the world and uplifting humanity were actually like. He may mean well and have a ton of technical knowhow, but outside his area of expertise, he's a fool. I'm specifically reminded of Larry Fessenden's recent Frankenstein homage Depraved, which I saw four years ago at Popcorn Frights' 2019 festival, and which updated the basic plot to the present-day world of Silicon Valley biohackers but otherwise hewed very closely to this movie's themes.

A great monster isn't enough to make a great monster movie, though. And that brings me to the other monster. If Henry is a self-serving jackass with a bloated head, then his creation is a different story entirely. Boris Karloff's performance brought to mind nothing less than a dog, specifically one who's been mistreated for so long that he can't help but be violent and has no idea that he's doing anything wrong. Drs. Frankenstein and Waldman horribly mistreat him, Fritz the assistant hates him and tries to kill him, and it's no wonder when he starts to lash out like a chained-up junkyard dog with the strength of ten men. Even when he tries to be friendly, such as when he escapes his creator's castle and meets a little girl on a farm, his lack of knowledge of how human beings operate has terrible consequences. Make no mistake, Frankenstein's monster is just that, a monster who, at the end of the day, needed to be put down and never should've been created in the first place, much like the rest of the Universal Monsters. But if Jack Griffin was the trollish monster and Imhotep was the sexy monster, then Frankenstein's creature is the tragic monster, one whose entire brief existence on Earth was practically engineered for suffering and whose ultimate fate may as well be mercy after everything he's gone through. Even after what he does, you can't help but root for the monster, if not to prevail than simply to find peace.

The look and feel of the film are exactly what you'd expect from a classic, classy 1930s monster movie. The sets are lavish, and director James Whale incorporates a lot of clear influence from German expressionism into the film, giving many locales a heightened, creepy, and unreal feel to them of a sort that Tim Burton would become famous for decades later. The film is short, and it moves briskly, focusing on building up a situation that slowly but surely spirals out of the control of everybody involved due to their own hubris. It gets moving early, and scarcely lets up from there, with only a brief lull in the middle after the monster escapes and everything suddenly starts to sink in for Henry just as his wedding to Elizabeth is about to get going. Whenever the monster was on screen, I knew in my heart that he didn't mean any harm, but that didn't change the tension in the air at the knowledge that he could still snap and turn on the characters around him at any moment, as he often did. This wasn't really a slow burn, but it wasn't a "jump scare" movie either; a lot of the frights were built around the characters and the mood, and Whale pulled them off.

The Bottom Line

Even now, Frankenstein is a film with no less power to frighten and amaze, its themes still relevant to this day and the performances by Colin Clive and Boris Karloff crafting a pair of legendary monsters. It's a must-see not just for fans of horror interested in its history, but anybody who wants to watch a sci-fi horror classic that still holds up.

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Nonbinary actor Bella Ramsey leaves Twitter after change to anti-LGBTQ+ harassment ban

Nonbinary actor Bella Ramsey has left Twitter following the microblogging platform’s repeal of policies against LGBTQ+ harassment. “Twitter it’s been fun,” Ramsey wrote in an April 21 tweet. “My account will still be active for now but I will not be on here! Thank you my gay army and all the rest. Love you.” --- Related Stories Pedro Pascal posted Pride flag photos & the Internet went wild The Internet’s iconic “Daddy” of the moment took a stand for LGBTQ+ people. --- “My gay army” refers to Ramsey’s fans and supporters, particularly those who have supported Ramsey’s role as Ellie, a queer teen, in HBO’s TV series adaptation of the queer-inclusive 2013 zombie video game The Last of Us. In a March interview with The Last of Pods podcast, Ramsey referenced their gay army amid homophobic backlash to the series, stating, “I’m very aware that there’s a gay army who are on Twitter who are just supporting me and Ellie. They’re so much louder than any people who hate the show.” Twitter it’s been fun. My account will still be active for now but I will not be on here! Thank you my gay army and all the rest. Love you. pic.twitter.com/I99u43nBnO— Bella Ramsey (@BellaRamsey) April 21, 2023 While Ramsey didn’t provide a reason for their departure, they left the platform after the site quietly revoked a policy that protected transgender people from deliberate misgendering and deadnaming. Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk has overseen a dramatic rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech on the platform, making millions of dollars from hateful tweets. On March 31, Ramsey observed the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) with a message to their younger self. The tweet said, “Happy TDOV to this little dude! I didn’t know the word nonbinary in this picture. But I knew what it meant. Inherently. Because I always was, and always will be. Lotsa love to all of my trans, enby (non-binary) and gender funky friends. #TransDayOfVisibility.” Happy TDOV to this little dude! I didn’t know the word non-binary in this picture. But I knew what it meant. Inherently. Because I always was, and always will be. Lotsa love to all of my trans, enby and gender funky friends. #TransDayOfVisibility pic.twitter.com/8T5Kq6SIOW— Bella Ramsey (@BellaRamsey) March 31, 2023 In a January interview with The New York Times, Ramsey came out as nonbinary, saying, “I’m very much just a person. Being gendered isn’t something that I particularly like, but in terms of pronouns, I really couldn’t care less.” Ramsey became famous by portraying Lyanna Mormont, a young powerful ruler, in HBO’s fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. They later voiced the lead character in the cartoon series Hilda and appeared in the 2021 queer horror short Requiem. http://dlvr.it/Sn2kVZ

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Queer pride icons 2023 masterpost

I’ve turned on this collection of pride icons being my biggest one yet since I wanted to include way, more fandoms than previous years. these are all fandoms I’m involved with as well as fandoms that I’ve met a lot of queer people from, absolutely lovely characters, and who I think deserve to be included in this set due to either a great portion of fandom representation or just a massive cannon content representation for queer people that I think should be celebrated. All of the original posts that these links lead to, if you want a version of any of the characters with a flag that isn’t shown on the postal hasn’t already been asked for, send me an ask or direct message me and I’ll make you a custom one just for you, because pride month should be celebrated by everyone!

Jacksepticeye egos:

Robbie the zombie

Chase Brody

Jackieboyman

Jameson Jackson

Antisepticeye

Shawn Flynn

Marvin The magnificent

Jacksepticeye ego custom requests:

Demiromantic chase

Idemiromantic/acespike jackie

Agender boy jackie

It/its flag jackie

Cupiosexual jackie

Markiplier egos:

xenogender Jameson

Bingsepticeye

Actor Mark

Darkiplier

Damien

Celine

Wilford Warfstache

Bim trimmer

Jim

Engineer Mark

Yancy

Illinois

Googleplier

Bingiplier

Doctor iplier

The host

Markiplier ego custom requests:

(None yet)

Sanders sides:

Virgil Sanders

Logan Sanders

Patton Sanders

Janus Sanders

Remus Sanders

Roman Sanders

Sleep

Emile

Sanders sides custom requests:

Abrosexual patton

good omens:

Crowley

Aziraphale

good omens custom requests:

Genderqueer crowley

The Sandman:

dream/morpheus

desire

despair

death

Lucifer

The Corinthian

The Sandman custom requests:

(None yet)

The owl house:

Luz Noceda

Amity Blight

Willow Park

Hunter

Gus Porter

Eda Clawthorne

Raine Whispers

King Clawthorne

Lilith Clawthorne

Hooty

The Collector

The owl house custom requests:

Poly/Uranic Hunter

#jacksepticeye #Markiplier #the owl house #the sandman #good omens #pride month #pride icons #zombie pride icons 2023 #Pride icons #masterpost

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The second of the Jacksepticeye ego pride icons for 2023, Jackieboyman! With a slightly different outfit from last year, I’m pretty happy with the way he’s turned out! if you guys want a version of Jackie with a flag that isn’t in the set or with multiple, please send me an ask and I’ll make you a custom one! Make sure to check back on this original post if you’re looking at a reblog because some links are going to be updated as more of the drawings are released. happy pride month to all of those queers that love Jackie!

JSE egos: Robbie, Chase, Jameson, anti, Shawn Flynn, Marvin

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Virgil Sanders pride icons for pride month 2023 because all of you sanders sides people loved them last year and the year before so I’m here to deliver again! if you want this with a flag that isn’t here with multiple flags in the background, please either DM me or send me an ask and I will make one for you!

Sanders sides: patton, Logan, Janus, Remus, Roman sleep, emile

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Another one of the extra fandoms I’m adding into my pride icon series this year is the owl house, starting off with luz! if you want one of these with a flag, that isn’t there or featuring multiple flags, contact me through my ask box and I’ll give you one! happy pride to the owl house fandom!!!

owl house characters: amity, Willow, Hunter, Gus, Eda, King Lilith, Hooty

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Private profile, pictures/icons off Aziraphale from Neil Gaimans wonderful Good omens series! there’s nothing there than this little angel, who is, and I quote, “gayer than a tree full of monkeys on the nitrous oxide.” if you want a version of this with a different or multiple flags in the background, send me an ask and I will make you a custom version because everyone should be able to celebrate pride month, no matter your label (or lack there off!)

good omens characters: Crowley

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Popping in with a darkiplier pride icon set! I don’t know how well this black and white filter works because the drawing program I use at the moment is really bad and wouldn’t let me access any kind of glitching or chromatic affect, so sorry. if you like this and you want them with multiple flags or just a flag that isn’t in this set, please send me an ask and I will make one for you! Make sure to check back on this original post if you are re-blogging this because some links will be updated as drawings are posted.

Markiplier egos: actor Mark, Damien, Celine, Wilford, Jim, engineer, Mark, Yancy, Illinois, google, Bing, Dr iplier, the host

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Pride icons for dream from the Sandman (the Netflix adaptation). I normally do a yearly set of pride icons, and this year I’m adding in a few more fandoms and those includes good omens and Sandman. there will be more on the way and if you want a version of these with two or more flags or just a flag that isn’t in the set feel free to contact me through my ask box or dm me and I will make one just for you!

Sandman characters: desire, despair, death, Lucifer, Corinthian

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New gender and sexuality just dropped: Jim. If you want custom jim pride, just send me an ask and I will do one. Happy pride!

Markiplier egos: actor Mark, dark, Damien, Celine, wilford, Bim, trimmer, Jim, engineer, Mark, Yancy, Illinois, Google, bing, Dr iplier, the host

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Pride icons of the gayest character of all, literally the devil. Lucifer from the Sandman in the classic red robes outfit. If you want a version of these with any pride flags that aren’t in the set, send me an ask with your request! happy pride to all of the Sandman fans out there!

sandman characters: dream, desire, despair, death, the Corinthian

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#zombie draws #lucifer the sandman #sandman lucifer #gwendolyn christie #gay pride #pride #lgbt pride #pride month #pride 2023 #demon #pride icons #pride art #ace pride #bi pride #pride month 2023 #lgbtqia #queer pride

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New Pride pfp! (Added in a little lesbian flag because that’s actually a label I in my day to day. I just don’t really talk about it on here)

#zombie draws #gay pride #pride #pride month #lgbt pride #pride month 2023 #pride icons #pride 2023