Bride of Frankenstein - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film released on April 22, 1935, a sequel to the 1931 film Frankenstein. Bride of Frankenstein - Title ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Bride Of Frankenstein - Sets And Special Effects
The financial success of the original Frankenstein movie enabled the producers to put much more money into the production than its low-bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia - Homunculus
The concept of a homunculus (Latin for "little man", sometimes spelled "homonculus") is often used to illustrate the functioning of a sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Hollywood Career
Whale was best known for his work in the horror genre, making such momentous and iconic pictures as Frankenstein, where he was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Origin
The term "steampunk" was originally a tongue in cheek variant of "cyberpunk". The prototypical "steampunk" stories were essentially cyber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia Ii - Homunculus - Pop Culture
Homunculus - Representations of the homunculus. In the classic horror film Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein's old teacher, Dr. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein 1931 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein 1931 Film - Additional Credits And Trivia
In the opening credits, Karloff is unbilled, a question mark being used in place of his name. He is, however, listed in the closing credi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - Silent
1896 The Devil's Castle aka Le Manoir Du Diable 1910 Edison Frankenstein 1913 Student of Prague aka Der Student von Prag 1914 The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Origin
The term "steampunk" was originally a tongue in cheek variant of "cyberpunk". The prototypical "steampunk" stories were essentially cyber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Thesiger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Thesiger - Early Career
Thesiger attended Marlborough College with aspirations of becoming a painter, but quickly switched to drama, making his professional debu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Shelley: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Shelley - Biography
Mary Shelley was born in London, England, the second daughter of famed feminist, educator and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the equally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Film Adaptations
Frankenstein - Trivia. Depictions of The Monster have varied widely, from mindless killing machines (as in many of the Hammer films) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Re-animator: Encyclopedia Ii - Re-animator - Plot
After being expelled from a university in Zürich, Switzerland, Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) arrives at Miskatonic University in New Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein 1931 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein 1931 Film - Differences Between The Film And Its Source
In the original novel, the monster's creator is named Victor Frankenstein and his best friend's name is Henry Clerval. A woman named Just...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Thesiger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Thesiger - Working With James Whale
After Whale had moved to Hollywood and found success with Journey's End and Frankenstein, he was commissioned to direct the screen adapta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Thesiger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Thesiger - After Frankenstein
Originally cast to play the luddite Theotocopolous in Things to Come (1936), Thesiger was replaced by the "more marketable" Cedric Hardwi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Name Origins
Frankenstein - Frankenstein. Mary Shelley always maintained that she derived the name "Frankenstein" from a dream-vision, but the origi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Early Steampunk
Inspired by the Scientific Romances, Voyages Extraordinaires and Edisonades of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Steampunk as a genre dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Types Of Steampunk
There are two main sub-genres of steampunk: historical steampunk and fantasy steampunk. Historical steampunk tends to be more "science fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Steampunk As A Subculture
Because of the popularity of steampunk with people in the Goth, Punk and Industrial subcultures, there is a growing movement towards esta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Bibliography
Steampunk - Modern steampunk. The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling --...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Early Life
Born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of a blast furnaceman and a nurse. He was thought not strong enough to follow hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Publication
Mary Shelley completed her writing in May 1817, and Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus was first published on 1 January 1818 by the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Re-animator: Encyclopedia Ii - Re-animator - Compared To Lovecraft's Original
Ironically, Re-Animator is often considered to be one of the few (if not the only) accurate film treatments of Lovecraft's original work....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Other Adaptations
Frankenstein - Radio. In 1938, George Edwards produced a 13-part, 3-hour series for radio. It follows the structure and spirit of novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Plot Synopsis
The novel opens with Captain Walton on a ship sailing north of the Arctic Circle. Walton's ship becomes ice-bound, and as he contemplates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Types Of Steampunk
There are two main sub-genres of steampunk: historical steampunk and fantasy steampunk. Historical steampunk tends to be more "science fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Other Adaptations
Frankenstein - Radio. In 1938, George Edwards produced a 13-part, 3-hour series for radio. It follows the structure and spirit of novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Influence
Science fiction author Isaac Asimov coined the term Frankenstein complex for the fear of robots. Frankenstein or Franken- is sometimes us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1930s Talking
1931 Dracula Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Frankenstein M 1932 Freaks The Island of Lost Souls The Mummy The Old Dark House Vampyr aka Vampy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1940s
1941 Devil Commands, The King of the Zombies Mummy's Hand, The The Wolf Man 1942 Cat People The Ghost of Frankenstein Mummy's Tomb, Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Analysis
Frankenstein is in some ways allegorical, and was conceived and written during an early phase of the Industrial Revolution, at a time of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Name Origins
Frankenstein - Frankenstein. Mary Shelley always maintained, in a claim to originality, that she derived the name "Frankenstein" from a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Plot Synopsis
The novel opens with Captain Walton on a ship sailing north of the Arctic Circle. Walton's ship becomes ice-bound, and as he contemplates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - Publication
Mary Shelley completed her writing in May 1817, and Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus was first published on 1 January 1818 by the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Frankenstein - The Name Of The Creature
The creature – "my hideous progeny" – was not given a name by Mary Shelley, and is only referred to as "The Monster", "The Creature" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Bibliography
Steampunk - Modern steampunk. The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling --...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1950s
1951 Bride of the Gorilla Cisaruv Pekar, Pekaruv Cisar (The Emperor and the Golem - U.S. title) 1953 House of Wax 1954 Bruja, La 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia Ii - Homunculus - The Homunculus Argument In Philosophy Of Mind
A Homunculus argument accounts for a phenomenon in terms of the very phenomenon that it is supposed to explain (Richard Gregory (1987)). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Early Steampunk
Inspired by the Scientific Romances, Voyages Extraordinaires and Edisonades of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Steampunk as a genre dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Steampunk As A Subculture
Because of the popularity of steampunk with people in the Goth, Punk and Industrial subcultures, there is a growing movement towards esta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia Ii - Homunculus - The Sensory And Motor Homunculi
The homunculus is also commonly used to describe the distorted human figure drawn to reflect the relative sensory space our body parts oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 2000s
2000 American Psycho Anatomy Cherry Falls Dracula 2000 (aka Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000) Exorcist: The Version You Haven't Seen Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1970s
1970 Count Yorga, Vampire Le Frisson des Vampires The House that Dripped Blood The Vampire Lovers The Wizard of Gore 1971 The Abominab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1960s
1960 Black Sunday Brides of Dracula House of Usher Peeping Tom Psycho Village of the Damned 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum 1962 Carni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1980s
1980 Bloody Birthday Cannibal Holocaust City of the Living Dead The Changeling The Fog Friday the 13th The Gates of Hell Hammer House of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Horror Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Horror Films - 1990s
1990 Arachnophobia Basket Case 2 Bride of Re-Animator Child's Play 2 Darkman Daughter of Darkness Def by Temptation Edward Scissorhands ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bride Of Frankenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Bride Of Frankenstein - Credits
Boris Karloff is credited simply as "Karloff", a sign that he had already become a 'brand' in 1930s horror. This credit was an improvemen...   » Read the article