Movie #2: Frankenstein – James Whale – 1931
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| Borrowed from: http://100years100movie.blogspot.com/2011/04/frankenstein.html |
Background: Author Mary Shelley wrote a story in 1818 that went on to simultaneously become the bane of high school English literature students and establish itself as a worldwide icon of the horror film genre. As a friendly heads up, watching this film will in no way prepare you for any upcoming pop quizzes on the novel.
Synopsis: The classic cautionary tale about rough drafts gone wild comes to life on the big screen. James Whale’s cinematic vision goes to great lengths to recreate a golden era where people fainted upon hearing horrifying news and society regarded slapping a frantic woman in the face as “reasoning with her.” A manmade monster wreaks some havoc, tosses his creator out of a windmill, and seemingly burns to death. The film concludes with the patriarchal Baron von Frankenstein raising a celebratory glass in the name of his unborn grandchildren. Fade, roll credits, the end. I couldn’t tell if this was a work of fiction or a gritty documentary about the good ol’ days.
Austin’s Scariest Moment: Suffering a flashback to my “Stranger Danger” preschool days after watching the monster toss little Maria to her untimely death.
Jen’s Scariest Moment: Mob mentality. Nothing good can come of large numbers of townies yielding fire while running through the hills screaming what can only deciphered as, "RABBLE! RABBLE!"
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