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List creator: AKrizman Created on: October 3, 2004 - 4:26 PM PDT Description: Essential Frankenstein movies

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	Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection (Disc 1 of 2) (1935)			Not Rated
It's the James Whale directed Frankenstein movies (Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein - both included on this disc), more so than Mary Shelley's novel that created the cultural icon of the flat-headed, neck electrode bedecked Monster.
	The Bride (1985)
This film starts with a remarkably faithful refilming of the creation scene from the end of James Whale's 1935 Bride of Frankenstein and the rest of the movie plays like a plausible sequel to it.
	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)			Not Rated
Hammer resurrected the Frankenstein franchise (and the gothic horror genre) with this retelling of the Frankenstein story. This time the expressionist style of Whale's 1931 version was replaced with a more realistic sensibilty.
	Flesh for Frankenstein (Criterion Collection) (1973)
Shamelessly lurid and excessively graphic, Paul Morrissey's interpretation of Frankenstein is as perverse and bizarre as any of his other Warhol movies.
	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Kenneth Branagh gives the Frankenstein story an epic treatment ----------Supplemental Viewing----------
	The Golem (1920)
James Whale sites this classic German expressionist film as an inspiration for his film. It's easy to see similarities in the styles of the two films.
	Re-Animator (Special Widescreen Edition) (1985)			Not Rated
Mary Shelley wrote a great story about bringing the dead to life, but she is sooooo 19th century. H.P. Lovecraft brought the story into the 20th Century, and invented modern horror in the process.
	May (2002)
This Frankenstein for the 21st century is gruesome, twisted, smart, and original.
	No Telling (The Frankenstein Complex) (1991)
This film revisits the scientist-playing-God theme, but with an ecology message. It's a cautionary tale about chemical farming and animal testing that portrays the horrifying consequences of science trying to control nature.
	Young Frankenstein (1974)
Lots of films have spoofed Frankenstein, but none are as respectful, timeless, and laugh-out-loud funny as this Mel Brooks classic. ----------They Created a Monster!----------
	Gods and Monsters (1998)
Recounts a fictionalized relationship between the retired James Whale and his handsome handyman. Using flashbacks of Whale's childhood and WWI experience we get a glimpse at where the horror came from.
	Gothic (1986)
Three movies have been made about the events of the Summer of 1815 that led Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein. Ken Russell's trippy surreal version is far superior to Rowing with the Wind. I've never seen Haunted Summer.