FRANKENSTEIN (1931) - Movie Reaction - First Time Watching!

The best "remake" to show with it is Young Frankenstein!

I see no one's mentioned yet that the book's (and movie's) title refers to the Doctor. The monster is actually never named.
In literary circles he's called 'Frankenstein's monster.'

Now this is a classic. 💯

Cami… it’s alive, it’s alive. 🎃

This film is important to see but "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) is the true masterpiece. It has humor and heart. A very exciting film that looks great. Mel Brooks borrowed a lot from it, including the original sets, for his superb comedy "Young Frankenstein" (1974).

The odd thing I learned about this film is how different the monster is from the novel written by Mary Shelley. Not only is the monster able to speak, he’s actually quite intelligent and even pursued the doctor to exact his revenge. It becomes a mutual vendetta.

Fritz is played by Dwight Frye, who played Renfield in Dracula. Highly underrated actor who never got his due.

That scene where he throws the little girl in the water wasn't shown on TV for quite a few years , just like the line "And now I'm God" was cut out in movie theaters

my uncle told me when he was a little boy back in the 1930s and my mom and dad were dating they all went to see this movie when it first came out and when the monster first turned around and he saw the monsters face he was so scared that he peed his pants

My dad saw this movie in the theater back in the 1930s and it deeply terrified him. He said people were screaming and a few ran out of the theater. One particular part that stood out to him was when the Monster was walking backwards out of the room and then slowly turned around to reveal his face. The movie seems so tame today, but there was nothing like it back then.

The actress, Jane Seymour , once said in an interview her family is related to a. family called "Franks." The Franks' had changed their name because it originally was "Frankenstein." Yes, it's a real name, or WAS a real name. None of what you saw in the film was from the book. However, there was a two-part movie on NBC in the 1970's and I think it was called, "Frankenstein: The True Story." It wasn't much closer to the book, but it was pretty good.

Best remake, Young Frankenstein

I saw all of these movies as a young kid. Great time! Loved them all. Every Friday late night or Saturday afternoon. It was awesome. This story came from a book written by Mary Shelly. The story has been remade several times through out the years. All a little different in their own way. Great reaction to this version made in 1931. You do a great job, glad to see someone do the classic films for sure!!

4:30- That is the legendary Dwight Frye, who you will remember from Dracula as Renfield.

Hands down the best remake is "Young Frankenstein"...its a masterpiece 😊

the Book was written in the 1800s

Frankenstein was a novel written by a very young Mary Shelly and first published in 1818. A well known story by the time this movie was made.

Boris Karloff (the Creature) said that people who had seen the film told him that the Creature terrified them yet they also felt great pity/sympathy for him, and he said that made him very happy because that was exactly the effect he wanted his performance to have.

As a kid, I only got to see this on TV at first. They cut out the part that shows Maria going in the water. So, you didn't get to realize that the 'monster' did not intend to harm her. Only much later when I finally got to see the uncut version of the movie that you realize that he liked her and just didn't know any better. The Bride of Frankenstein is must see as it is also very well done and just as iconic.

Is this based on a book? Only one of the most famous books ever written, *Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,* by Mary Shelley. She was the eighteen year old wife of the famous poet, Percy Blythe Shelley. They and another couple were on a trip in Europe and had been stuck in a castle by bad weather. One night they challenged each other to write a horror story. She wrote the first treatment for Frankenstein and won the contest. Over the next couple of years she expanded it into a full length novel and it was published when she was only twenty. It is widely considered the first true science fiction story. This movie, although terrific as a movie, does not stick at all close to the story in the book. That takes place over several years and the monster learns to talk, read and write. It's a very deeply philosophical novel and the monster is actually a very sympathetic character.

Prolific Englixh stage and film actor Colin Clive (Dr. Frankenstein) wouldn't live much longer after completing the first two classic Frankenstein films. He died in 1937 at just age 37 due to complicationa from his many years of alcoholism.
BTW, in 1931 there was still no motion picture production code which would come along in 1934 to restrict what could be shown on screen and which topics could be dealt with. That's why in many of these early '30s films you'll see plenty of dark, violent, and even sexy stuff that would soon be cut down or erased until the mid-'60s.

Was this based on a book? Yes, yes it was!

IMHO both Frankenstein and Dracula are must reads.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a unique variation.

3:39 "The moon's rising...what does that have to do with...?"

It means that their grave robbing will no longer be obscured in total darkness. The moonlight will make their movements more visible...

The best Vincent Price films to watch for Halloween are his collaboration with Roger Corman on the Edgar Allan Poe cycle ( Masque of the Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher, Tomb of Ligeia, etc.).

Great Reaction Cami! Bride of Frankenstein is a definite must! Can’t wait! 🤘🙏🏻

3:25 that demented/fiendish expression on Fritz's face -- he's into it! Later on, he has his "fearful doubts." "Abby something..." Ygor (Marty Feldman)

The Monster was played by Boris Karloff who will also be The Mummy when you watch it.

Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. It was a commentary to the Industrial Revolution taking place in London
and beyond.

10:47 "And I have a few questions like did this come from a book or anything like that?"

It came from a very famous book just like 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, 'The Invisible Man' by H.G. Wells, and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson. This one was written by Mary Shelly...

The book was by Mary Shelley, wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She is regarded by many as the “mother of science fiction.’

For Vincent Price I'd recommend:
House of Wax 1953
The Fly 1958
House on Haunted Hill 1959

For non-horror Vincent Price I'd recommend:
Laura 1944
The Private Lives of Elisabeth and Essex 1939
The Bribe 1949
The Ten Commandments 1956

Frankenstein was a book by Mary Shelley published in 1818.

And for a Vincent Price horror movie I recommend House of Wax from 1953, his last movie was Edward Scissorhands.

Frankenstein is based on the book Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstoncraft Shelly in 1818.

She and her literary friends, suggested they all write ghost stories. She came up with Frankenstein.

"Frankenstein" (actually "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus") is a book by Mary Shelley.

The scene where the monster throws the little girl Maria into the lake, thinking she will float, was also deemed too shocking for audiences at the time.
The sad result of this cut is we see Maria's dead body, but have no idea how it happened, leading the audience to believe The Monster murdered the little girl intentionally, Thus removing any chance of sympathy for the Monster.

The scene was restored (with the blasphemous line) in the 80s.

Now we see Maria's death as a tragic accident, and can still have sympathy for the monster.

Thus we see the dangers of censorship, which can inadvertently change the entire meaning of a film.

I ALWAYS FELT SORRY FOR THE MONSTER.....HE IS ALONE , NOT ACCEPTED AND KILLED BY A MOB AT THE END OF THE STORY. MARRY SHELLY WROTER THE STORY AND SHE WAS WONDERFUL FOR WE ALL THE MONSTER INSIDE OF US AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY OUT!!

Author Mary Shelley was just 20yr when she published Frankenstein loosely basing it on her tragic life experiences, from her mother dying while giving birth to her, to neglectful father who blamed her for her mothers death, to her falling in love with and eventually marrying a already married man(The pregnant wife killed herself after her husband left her) to the death of her daughter Clara a few days after giving birth. A quote on her daughter from her journal. “Dreamt that my little baby came to life again – that it had only been cold & that we rubbed it by the fire & it lived – I awake & find no baby – I think about the little thing all day”

Directed by James Whale who did 'The Invisible Man', as well as 'The Bride of Frankenstein.' Based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster. Kenneth Strickfaden designed the electrical effects that were used in the "creation scene". They were so successful that such effects came to be considered an essential part of every subsequent Universal film involving Frankenstein's Monster. The scene in which the Monster throws Maria, the little girl, into the lake and accidentally drowns her has long been controversial. Upon its original 1931 release in accordance with censorship codes, the second part of this scene was cut by state censorship boards in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. 'Frankenstein' has continued to receive acclaim from critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1931, as well as one of the greatest movies of all time. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" (Source: Wiki).

"Did it come from a book or something?" Yes, a book called "Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus", written by Mary Shelley, who, in this work, invented modern Sci-Fi.

The shot of Frankenstein and the Monster staring at each other through the gears of the windmill is such a great shot - the gears indicating man's technology and how that is key to the film's theme.
It reminds me of two different Spielberg shots:

Jurassic Park where the DNA code on a computer shines on the Velocoraptor during a chase

Minority report at the beginning when Tom Cruise is desperately trying to figure out what house the soon to be murderer is in and there's a shot through the spinning merry go round which to me is a visual metaphor for Cruise's brain working as time is running out.

Boris Karloff returns in Bride and Son of Frankenstein, in The Mummy, and as a mad scientist in House of Frankenstein.

The windmill scene is great, but the greatest windmill scene in cinema is the great scene in Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent.

The first Universal Monster was Dracula 1931, coming out months before Frankenstein.

The Mummy 1932 was 3rd, and the Invisible Man 1933 was 4th. The Wolfman 1939 came next, followed by Phantom of the Opera 1943 and The Creature From The Black Lagoon 1954.

Yes, there was Frankenstein 1910, The Golem 1915, Häxan in 1922, The great Phantom of the Opera in 1925, and the great Nosferatu (Dracula) 1922, but they are not Universal Pictures.

"Young Frankenstein", they used the original props and set pieces from this movie.

No, unfortunately, this is not from Mary Shelley's story, unless we mean in the very broadest sense. You'll recognize Edward van Sloan as "van Helsing" from Dracula and Dwight Frye is "Renfield". Probably the best remake is "Young Frankenstein". You think it is a joke until you realize how good it actually is.

In real life, Boris Karloff was a sweet, gentle, shy man that loved children. He used to give Christmas presents to kids with disabilities every year.

Yes Frankenstein is a book published in 1818 by Mary Shelley. I read it and it’s fantastic yet dark! And yes the monster had no name and Frankenstein was the scientist’s name.

People are mentioning Young Frankenstein as a great remake but to appreciate all the references you should see The Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein. Also along with Dwight Frye playing Fritz, Frankenstein teacher is played by Edward Van Sloan who played Van Helsing in Dracula.

I just recently saw a documentary on Youtube regarding lost footage of Frankenstein. Originally, the studio and theaters did not want audiences witnessing Frankenstein throwing Maria into the lake. Many thought this scene would traumatize theater goers. The scene was edited out of the movie and resumed with the farmer carrying Maria through the streets. The audience was left thinking Frankenstain intentially killed Maria. As we can see in the film, Frankenstein was very upset and confused witnessing Maria struggle to stay afloat in the water. Frankenstein did have evil thoughts in his mind no malice in his heart. Great reaction as usual Cami.

Boris Karloff had a pretty decent career but is loved by children as the narrator of “How the Grinch stole Christmas “

No one has ever done a better Frankenstein adaptation—even though there are more faithful versions. However, the first sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein, is not only better; it’s an authentic masterpiece, the very best Universal Studio monster movie!!!

You should immediately watch "Young Frankenstein" after this.

His face IS sunken because Karloff removed his partial denture to make his face appear that way.

I highly recommend "The Bride of Frankenstein", followed by"Son of Frankenstein", and finally, the Mel Brooks parody, "Young Frankenstein".

It's a very common mistake to call The Monster Frankenstein. I know as a kid growing up I made that mistake, as did many of my friends. It wasn't until years later that I realized that Frankenstein was the name of the Doctor.

You're never going to run out of classic movies to watch. They are hit and miss (like all movies) but there is absolute gold in the old movie archives if you take the time to look. Your audience are clearly very well versed and can't wait to recommend a new old movie - I wish I could watch all these films again for the first time...

Note: The novel, written by Mary Shelley in 1818, is very different. The creator, Victor (not Henry) Frankenstein, was a young medical student, the means of animation is never revealed, his creature learns very sophisticated speech, and after it is eventually betrayed by Victor and it gets vengeance, the creator chases the creation in search of his own revenge!

The scene where Dr. Frankenstein shouts "it's alive, it's a alive!" was always censored when the movie was shown on TV. It took a long time before it was finally put back into the movie.
Subsequent Frankenstein movies, starting with the "Bride of Frankenstein" that made Elsa Lanchester's role as the bride into an American icon (Lanchester also played Mary Shelley, author of the book "Frankenstein," in the beginning scene of "Bride of Frankenstein"; i think "Son of Frankentstein" came next. They were all good movies in their own way. The subsequent movies benefitted from more advanced technical and artistic film industry improvements, and introduced many legendary characters, some intentionally comic, to the Frankenstein story. After those first three movies, you would be ready to watch the comedy "Young Frankenstein," which parodies all those legendary characters.
Honorable mention goes to "Arsenic and Old Lace," the movie based on the Broadway comedy in which Boris Karloff played a crazy serial killer that everyone thought looked like Boris Karloff (Karloff was a central figure in many early horror movies after Frankenstein).
There were a great many Frankenstein remakes; one was made very recently. I didn't care for any of the remakes.

Dracula was the first of the classic Universal monster movies, predating this one by a few months. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) is one of the most faithful adaptations of the 1818 novel.

To give proper credit for the set design of the lab, it was done by Kenneth Strickfaden, who didn't receive a screen credit for his work for over 40 years.

"Son of Frankenstein" (1939) with Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi is simply brilliant. Lugosi gives an amazing performance as Ygor, and some of the tropes that were used in later films like "Young Frankenstein" by Mel brooks come from that movie.

The last scene in this film (Henry Frankenstein resting and recovering in the bed) was mandated by the studio. You can tell it was tacked on at the last minute because if you look at Henry you can see it's not Colin Clive! It was a stand-in actor. Clive wasn't available to film it.

In 1816, during a gloomy weekend at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont, and Dr. John Polidori spent stormy nights telling ghost stories. Mary Shelley was the 19-year-old daughter of English philosopher, journalist and novelist William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, a famous feminist who wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Women.” She was married to Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her story of Frankenstein was judged to have been the best of the lot. Dr. Polidori's story became The Vampyre which was later published in magazines, book form and as a play. Mary Shelly anonymously published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in 1818. This was arguably the first Science Fiction novel. The "Monster" in her novel was an intelligent, completely articulate, and very angry, superman! As the title states, this story is about the obsessed scientist though the "monster" became the focus to the point where it was called Frankenstein by the public! Most people don't realize that Mary Shelley also published The Last Man in 1826. This was the inspiration for Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend. This was made into the Vincent Price movie The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007). Matheson's novel, in turn, inspired George A. Romero to make Night of the Living Dead (1968).
There have been a few movies and TV shows about this famous weekend in 1816
The three best-known films are:
Gothic (1986), directed by Ken Russell. It takes a surreal, horror-oriented approach to the events at Villa Diodati.
Haunted Summer (1988), directed by Ivan Passer. This is a more romanticized and historical retelling of the same gathering.
Rowing with the Wind (Remando al viento) (1988), directed by Gonzalo Suárez. This version follows the consequences of Frankenstein's creation through the lives of the participants.
There have also been later productions on the same subject, including:
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night (2014), a drama-documentary.
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (2003), a television drama about Mary Shelley and the creation of the novel.
Also, Frankenstein (1910) is generally recognized by film historians as the first screen adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel. It was produced by Edison Studios and directed by J. Searle Dawley. This film still survives. It was one of the earliest of what we would now call "Horror" movies.

The scene of the creature being pinned and screaming in terror as he died a horrifying death by fire was very shocking to 1931 audiences and it's still hard to watch today.

My favorite remake of Frankenstein is The Curse of Frankenstein staring Peter Cushing as Doctor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the monster.

My favorite remake is “young Frankenstein” a comedy that remakes Frankenstein and the bride of Frankenstein.

You should see bride of Frankenstein immediately, it starts right where Frankenstein leaves off. A masterpiece. And the Bride is iconic

10:08 - To make a monster, it takes a village.

As others here have said, the best Frankenstein remake: 'Young Frankenstein'. Another film that sort of follows the Frankenstein theme of a mad scientist creating something is, 'Sssssss' (1973). That actually is the title, and I don't think anyone has reacted to that one.

Not bad for a movie pushing 100.

Not bad for a 95-year old film, eh? Nice reaction, Cami. Thanks.

It's true, "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) is one of those rare instances where the sequel is better than the original picture. The first one is excellent, the sequel is amazing. Both films were heavily influenced by German expressionism, thus the darkness, grotesquely canted sets and odd camera angles. In both cases the black and white cinematography is gorgeous. People will mention "Young Frankenstein" (1974), but it could be characterized as an homage, or possibly a distant sequel. It should be watched, but after the first two or three original films. The story was based on a novella written by the 19 year old Mary Shelley, while vacationing with Lord Byron and her husband. Boris Karloff, as he was known, was really William Henry Pratt, an experienced British actor who was 43 at the time of filming. His performance is remarkable, in the emotion he was able to display without speaking. The monster, of course, has no name. It is merely "The creature." Frankenstein was always the scientist. There are about 6 original Universal Frankenstein movies, but as with all sequels, quality declines with time. Hammer studios, in England, began its own Frankenstein series in the 1950's, many of which were very good, but in color and with more graphic sex and violence. Fun Fact: The little girl that the monster throws in the lake was not afraid of Karloff, and they rode together, with him in costume, in the same car to that lake location. Boris Karloff, was known to be kind and gentle individual in real life, and children recognized that, even behind the makeup. He did the narration and voice of the Grinch, in the children's cartoon, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." PS - The original story, "Frankenstein," is very dark, with the monster methodically killing Frankenstein's family and friends. There was an even earlier silent version made by Thomas Edison in 1910. It was a short film, and only ran 16 minutes.

There have been silent films that had monsters in them, The Golem (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), and The Phantom of the Opera (1925); however, Dracula (1931) was the first talking film that featured a monster in it. After Dracula's success came Frankenstein, followed by The Mummy and The Invisible Man. Next came the first werewolf film that survived, not being a lost film: Werewolf of London, and then in 1935 came The Bride of Frankenstein. Son of Frankenstein finished the trilogy of films starring Boris Karloff (the actor, who became a star after his portrayal of the monster). I highly recommend Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), the first sound version, and The Island of Lost Souls (1932). Two non-Universal Studios classic monster movies.

The breakout star of this film was of course Boris Karloff. It made him into an overnight sensation. This was quite the dramatic turn for Karloff who had largely been a bit actor before he got this role. He was 44 when he got the role of Frankenstein. This is why he would only play the creature for three films as he simply was getting too old by the time the third movie came out. Karloff's name had been William Pratt, and he was an English actor. Somewhere along the line he changed it to Boris Karloff. It is hard to explain just how much the public became enamored with Karloff. In fact, he would have only the name "Karloff" as a film credit. He and Bela Lugosi made many films together as they were both horror film stars. Sadly, while Karloff only became more popular poor Bela slowly became relegated to lesser roles. Boris Karloff would remain a star and his last major film was "Targets" in 1968. Directed by Peter Bogdonavich Karloff starred as an old horror film star, very much biographical role. Boris Karloff was well respected and much beloved. He was known as a gentle, kind-hearted man who even read children's stories on record. I own one of these, which my parents bought for me as a child: "The Ugly Duckling."

Frankenstein was terrifying for the 1930s.
My dad was kid, so frankenstein. was childhood monster. We all have that one movie scary character. , we watched to a bit young ,

The best modern remake ive seen is Del Torros netflix Frankenstein, its absolutely awesome.

Christopher Lee portrayed Frankenstein’s Monster in the Hammer movies. He also played Dracula and the Mummy.

I am a big Universal monsters movie fan....have been all my life...( 72 )
You are hitting the ball out of the park with these classics reaction....best Halloween season reactors on youtube....thanks for making my spooky season enjoyable!

The Kenneth Brannaugh one was pretty fun.

The moon rising is a problem because it makes it easier for people to see them stealing bodies.

The windmill is referenced directly in the movie Van Helsing, and I think you've said you watched that in another video.

The original book is as much a tragedy as horror since the Monster is highly intelligent but trapped in a terrifying body. If you slap this and the Bride Of Frankestein together you have the basics of the book.

Boris Karloff is a legendary actor. He also played the Mummy and several other things.

Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. Stoker published Dracula in 1897. So Frankenstein is almost eighty years older.

As to movies. Looking at Wikipedia, the Universal Monsters films were:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - 1913
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1923
The Phantom of the Opera - 1925 (Lon Chaney Sr played the Phantom)
Dracula - Feb 1931
Dracula (Spanish production) - Apr 1931 (was shot concurrently with the English version. Different directors)
Frankenstein - Nov 1931
The Mummy - 1932
The Invisible Man - 1933
Bride of Frankenstein - 1935
Werewolf of London - 1935
Dracula's Daughter - 1936
Son of Frankenstein - 1939
The Invisible Man Returns - 1940
The Mummy's Hand - 1940
The Invisible Woman - 1940
The Wolf Man - 1941 (Lon Chaney Jr played the Wolf Man)
The Ghost of Frankenstein - 1942
The Invisible Agent - 1942
The Mummy's Tomb - 1942
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man - 1943 (I believe Bela Lugosi plays the Monster in this one)
Phantom of the Opera - 1943
The Mummy's Ghost - 1944
House of Frankenstein - 1944 (sequel to Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man, adds Dracula to the mix)
The Mummy's Curse - 1944
House of Dracula - 1945
She-Wold of London - 1946 (as a note, there's an 80s British horror TV show called She-Wolf of London and the first season is really good)
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein - 1948
Abbott and Costello meet The Invisible Man - 1951
Abbott and Costello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1953
Creature from the Black Lagoon - 1954
Revenge of the Creature - 1955
Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy - 1955
The Creature Walks Among Us - 1956

And that's apparently the whole run.

In Son of Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi plays a hunchback named Igor, memorably enough that recollection of that name has overshadowed recollection of the hunchback Fritz's name in the 1931 Frankenstein.

"Frankenstein" was a novel written in 1818 by Mary Shelley when she was 18.

The skeleton in the background is the Grim Reaper and Frankenstein throws dirt in it's face wile digging.

A funny story from this picture is that the actress who played Maria clung to Boris Karloff, even in his makeup. They even rode to the sets together.

Del Toro's 'Frankenstein' from 2025 is an exceptional version of the story, definitely worth a watch. Not 100% accurate but it nails the most important elements.

Yes, this is based on a book, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein - Or, The Modern Prometheus'. This iconic 30s movie is quite different, but there's been a lot of versions of both this movie and the original book over the decades.

"Is that Igor?" I think its fair to say it's the character Igor was based on.

was a novel written by mary shelly in 1818

In that scene near the ending where the monster hoists Dr Frankenstein's limp body over his shoulder and carries him up the hill to the windmill, Boris Karloff said he severely injured his back in that scene and he suffered back pain for the rest of his life.

That's something both Boris Karloff and "Dracula" actor, Bela Lugosi had in common. Lugosi had sustained a back injury fighting on the Russian Front when he was serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army army during World War I and as a result he suffered from severe back pain all the rest of his adult life until he died in 1956. He was addicted to the pain killer Morphine.

Young Frankenstein is one of my favorite movies… ONLY because I know and love this movie and the bride of Frankenstein and enjoyed the parody of them

The earliest "horror" movie is debatable because the genre had not been established, although most film historians consider it to be the 1896 film by cinema pioneer Georges Méliès; 'The House of the Devil' which was also translated to the title 'The Haunted Castle' or 'The Devil's Castle'. Georges Méliès was an indirect subject of the 2011 movie, 'Hugo' by Martin Scorsese which I highly recommend! 🎥

The movie is an adaptation of the Book "Frankenstein or the New Prometheus" It was written by Mary Shelly who will go down in history as an extremely important female novelist because of the cultural impact her creation had. She was writing at a time when such things were not "proper" for women so I think she should rightly be considered a pioneer. The movie... the movies... are very different from the book.

The reason we associate Frankenstein with green skin has everything to do with how color shows up on black and white film. When shot in black and white, green shows up as a pale gray, giving it a corpse like quality.

Abby Normal. Most of this lab equipment was brought back for Young Frankenstein.

There actually was a decent remake made for television back in the 70s with an actor named Micheal Sarandon as the monster (Think he was married to Susan Sarandon at the time), I think that was his name, it followed the original Shelly novel pretty closely.

In case nobody mentioned it, Boris Karloff narrated the animated holiday classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas based on the book by Dr. Seuss. It is shown yearly between Thanksgiving and Christmas.