It’s alive! It’s alive! It’s aliiiiiiiiiive!
After wrapping up October with a look at the queer-leaning throuple in Killer Klowns From Outer Space (listen), the shifting genres of J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage (listen), and the feminist(ish) antics of George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick (listen), we’re kicking off November with a celebration of the Netflix release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (review) with a discussion of James Whale‘s Frankenstein (1931)!
Frankenstein follows obsessed scientist Dr. Victor Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he attempts to create life, with the help of his assistant Fritz (Dwight Frye) by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster (Boris Karloff), but it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc on the nearby village. When word gets to his fiancée Elizabeth (Mae Clarke), Frankenstein must find his creation and face him down before he causes any more damage (or death!).
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Episode 359: Frankenstein (1931)
Toss that girl in the pond and break out the good champagne because we’re discussing James Whale’s seminal horror film Frankenstein (1931) to celebrate the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025)!
Join us as we discuss how Frankenstein‘s success (along with that same year’s Dracula), helped kickstart a series of Universal monster films. We also discuss what made this film so terrifying for audiences in 1931, despite the fact that the creature itself is one of the most sympathetic characters in horror history.
Plus: another lesson in German Expressionism, lamenting the uselessness of Elizabeth (Mae Clarke), heaping all the praise on that dummy shot, and recounting a funny anecdote about….hard-boiled eggs???
Cross out Frankenstein!
Coming Up Next: We’re headed to the bayous of Louisiana with an oft-requested film from our listeners: the Kate Hudson-starring The Skeleton Key (2005).
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