Bride of Frankenstein is a movie directed by James Whale in 1935 and based on the characters from the book Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, first published in 1818. The movie features Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger, Dwight Frye, and others.
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Storyline
The movie begins where James Whale’s Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad experiments. Yet when his wife is kidnapped by his creation, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new monster, this time a woman.
Movie vs Book
Year
1935
Minutes
75
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Bride of Frankenstein
Director: James Whale
Country: USA
Year: 1935
Length: 1h15m
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Year
1818
Pages
288
Book Rate
8.14
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Book
Frankenstein
Original title: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Country: UK
First published in: 1818
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.”
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