Tales of Frankenstein – 2018
This one is a little tough to write about because a) it’s genuinely bad and b) I quite like it. It’s cheaply made, amateurishly acted
Category: Frankenstein
Jurassic Park – 1993
The dead are brought back to life using technology, and then turn on their creators, so sounds like a Frankenstein movie to me. But it goes a little further than that superficial similarity.
The Frankenstein Chronicles Season 1 (2015)
I usually start these essays by summarising the plot, but as Frankenstein Chronicles is a meandering six episode series, it’s probably not a great idea
9 (Movie) (2009)
9 is computer animated children’s movie, perhaps a little darker and scarier than many children’s movies but otherwise not especially memorable. The visual design is
Van Helsing — 2004
Victor Frankenstein (Samuel West) makes his Monster (Shuler Hensley), just as the angry torch-wielding mob arrives. We learn that Frankenstein’s experiments have been funded by
Metropolis – 1927 (Part 2)
Last time we had a sort of general look at Metropolis as it relates to early Frankenstein cinema. It’s a big subject, and honestly I’m
Metropolis – 1927
I usually like to give a fairly thorough synopsis of movies I review, but let’s face it: this one is just too damned long. Even
The Groovie Goolies – 1970-71
Back in the 1960s that blandest of bland American cultural icons, Archie*, was brought to TV as an animation. From that show came a more
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
In medieval Prague, the learned Rabbi Löw (Albert Steinrück) predicts that the Jewish Ghetto will be threatened by the Emperor, who wants to drive out
Frankenstein: Day of the Beast – 2011
I’ll just race through the synopsis of Frankenstein: Day of the Beast quickly. This is because, while there’s lots of running and screaming in this