Baron Frankenstein is a fictional baron who appears in the 1931 film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. He is played by Frederick Kerr. Oldest known member of the Frankenstein family and patriarch of the town of Goldstadt, Baron Frankenstein was the father of Henry Frankenstein and grandfather to Wolf Frankenstein and Ludwig Frankenstein.The elderly Baron was extremely disdainful of his son spending all his time working in his secluded laboratory, and his one w ...

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Science fiction author Isaac Asimov coined the term Frankenstein complex for the fear of robots. Frankenstein or Franken- is sometimes used for nuancing artificial monstruosity as in "frankenfood", a politically charged name of genetically manipulated foodstuff. In 1971, General Mills Cereals introduced "Franken Berry", a strawberry-flavored corn cereal whose mascot is a variation of the Monster from the 1931 movie. Franken Berry has also appeared in FOX's "Family Guy". In David Brin's science-fiction novel Kiln People, defective golems tha ...

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Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film released on April 22, 1935, a sequel to the 1931 film Frankenstein. Bride of Frankenstein - Title and plot. The movie tells the story of Doctor Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive), who is forced by his monster (played by Boris Karloff) to build him a mate (Elsa Lanchester double-cast in the role of Mary Shelley). The plot uses the parallel story of Doctor Frankenstein's marriage to the beautiful Elizabeth (Valerie Hobson). It is to this bride t ...

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Frankenstein - Trivia. Depictions of The Monster have varied widely, from mindless killing machines (as in many of the Hammer films) to the depiction of The Monster as a kind of tragic hero (closest to the Shelley version in behavior) in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Van Helsing. Three films have depicted the genesis of the Frankenstein story in 1816: Gothic directed by Ken Russell (1986), Haunted Summer directed by Ivan Passer (1988) and Remando a ...

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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 comedy/horror film in which characters played by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello deliver large heavy crates to a wax museum only to discover that the contents -- Frankenstein's monster and Dracula -- are neither wax nor dead. Bela Lugosi stars as Dracula; Glenn Strange stars as Frankenstein's monster; and Lon Chaney Jr. makes an appearance as the Wolfman. The film was directed by Charles T. ...

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The term creature can refer to: A colloquial word for animal. The term can be used to dehumanize a person, or refer to a fictional monster. For example, in the novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein's hideous construction is often referred to as a "creature". See: Monster Mythical creature The term literally means "a created thing", and is sometimes used in theology to contrast a created object with a divine creator under discus

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Baragon - Baragon. Baragon (バラゴン) is a fictional dinosaur-like daikaiju that made his first appearance in the 1965 tokusatsu Frankenstein Conquers the World as an opponent for Toho's interpretation of the Frankenstein monster. Baragon, like Varan, was named for "varanis" (Latin for dragon). In Frankenstein, Baragon sported the ability to burrow underground extremely well, and could fire a Godzilla-like heat ray from his mouth. After devouring numerous people and livestoc ...

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Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Van Helsing - Plot summary. During the late 19th century Dr. Frankenstein works with Count Dracula to bring the dead back to life. In doing so he creates Frankenstein's Monster. Dracula disposes of Frankenstein and the monster goes into hiding. One year later Van Helsing is sent to Eastern Europe by a secret religious organization with ties to the Vatican in order to vanquis ...

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Although women had always been represented among science fiction writers (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has been called the first science fiction novel), it was not until the 1960s and 1970s that authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Joanna Russ began to consciously explore feminist themes in works such as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Female Man. WisCon, the world's only feminist science fiction convention and conference, is a four-d ...

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Frederick Frankenstein (Wilder), full name Doctor Baron Frederick von Frankenstein, is a respected lecturer at an American medical school and is more or less happily (though blandly) engaged to Elizabeth (Kahn). Frederick becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather, the famous mad scientist, to the point of insisting that his name is pronounced "Fronkensteen". Nevertheless, while on a trip to his ancestral home to attend to his family's estate, Frankenstein meets the household servants Frau Blücher (Leachman) an ...

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In the novel, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature through methods of science and/or alchemy which are not clearly described. Immediately upon bringing the creature to life, however, Frankenstein flees from it in horror and disavows his experiment. Abandoned, frightened, and completely unaware of who or what he is, the monster wanders through the wildnerness searching for someone who would understand and shelter him. He finds brief solace by hiding out in the wood shed of a remote cabin inhabited by a large family. While they are u ...

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Few details of the creature's physical appearance are given in the original novel, except that he is about eight feet in height, has yellowish skin and eyes and flowing black hair, and is hideous. The image of Frankenstein's monster in popular culture comes mostly from Boris Karloff's portrayal in the 1931 movie Frankenstein, as a lumbering, flat-headed giant with bolts through the neck. Further interpretations have added green skin (Because of Karloff's makeup, which was green so that it'd show up better on the black and white ...

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The financial success of the original Frankenstein movie enabled the producers to put much more money into the production than its low-budget predecessor. The laboratory is now not just barely equipped, it is overflowing with sparks, dials, and coils. The scene in which the mate is brought to life with a bolt of lightning is greatly improved over the original. Most critics consider "Bride" to be a ge ...

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As a metaphor the creature has often been portrayed representing various social, environmental, and psychological themes. Interpretations include the danger of man playing God and the dangers of toying with what you do not understand. This interpretation could possibly be of merit, as the novel was written just at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the critics of which claimed that scientists and businessmen were using the natural world in perverse, destructive ways. He has also been cited as a metaphor for personal responsibility; ...

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In the opening credits, Karloff is unbilled, a question mark being used in place of his name. He is, however, listed in the closing credits, which otherwise duplicate the credits from the opening under the principle that "A Good Cast Is Worth Repeating". As was the custom at the time, only the main cast and crew were listed in the credits. Additionally, however, a number of other actors who worked on the project were or became familiar to fans of the Universal horror films. These included Frederick Kerr as the old Baron Frankentein, H ...

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Boris Karloff is credited simply as "Karloff", a sign that he had already become a 'brand' in 1930s horror. This credit was an improvement over the original film, in which he was listed simply as "?". Elsa Lanchester is credited for the role of Mary Shelley, but in a nod to the earlier film, the monster's bride is credited only as "?". ...

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A running gag in the film is whenever Frau Blücher's name is spoken, a team of horses whinny (even when they aren't visible). Contrary to popular belief, her surname does not mean glue; the gag is a parody of the melodramatic use of thunder claps or ominous organ chords played upon the entrance of villains. Released the same year as Blazing Saddles and featuring some of the same stars, the humor is a little more refined, but Brooks still manages to bring in some risque themes: Madeline Kahn's character continues t ...

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Thesiger attended Marlborough College with aspirations of becoming a painter, but quickly switched to drama, making his professional debut in a production of Colonel Smith in 1909. He enlisted in the military at the outbreak of the First World War, but was wounded on the field and sent home. Thesiger's film debut was in 1916 in The Real Thing at Last, a spoof presenting Macbeth as it might be done by an American company, in which he did a drag turn as one of the Witches. He did a few more small movies during ...

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In the original novel, the monster's creator is named Victor Frankenstein and his best friend's name is Henry Clerval. A woman named Justine Moritz works for the Frankenstein family. In the film, the monster's creator is named Henry Frankenstein, and his friend is Victor Moritz. Whereas in Mary Shelley's novel, the creature's savage behavior is seen as the result of maltreatment and neglect, the film adaptation explains it is a consequence of Henry's installing a defective brain in the carcass. This of course evacuates from the ...

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