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  • Actors: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Valerie Hobson
  • Directors: James Whale
  • Writers: Edmund Pearson, Francis Edward Faragoh, Garrett Fort, John L. Balderston, John Russell
  • Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2004
  • Run Time: 139 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001ZWN4K
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,926 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

  • The Frankenstein Files
  • Creating the Bride of Frankenstein
  • Feature commentary on both films
  • Frankenstein archives
  • Theatrical trailers


Synopsis

Director James Whale's definitive Frankenstein's monster movies from the 1930s.
FRANKENSTEIN: (1931)
This is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), embark on an unholy mission by stealing a body from a graveyard and a human brain from a medical college. Unbeknownst to Frankenstein, however, Fritz takes a violent and murderous abnormal brain. Henry's strange letters about his experiments worry his fiancee, Elizabeth (Mae Clark), and friends Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan). They arrive at Frankenstein's laboratory to find the spectacular scene of creation under way--and Frankenstein intoxicated with his own godlike power. FRANKENSTEIN is in many ways the original horror classic, virtually creating the genre itself, leading to numerous sequels and myriad imitators. Whale's ability to give humanity to the Monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: (1935)
The sequel to FRANKENSTEIN is considered one of the best horror films of all time. After the Monster is trapped in a windmill fire, Dr. Henry Frankenstein assumes that the fiendish murderer has perished...but he's not dead yet. Rising from the rubble, the Monster is on the loose again--lonely and misunderstood, and killing those who cross him. Frankenstein wants to forget his creation, but the evil Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) has a diabolical plan to create a mate for the Monster, and Frankenstein must comply or else.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great films but 3 less than Region 1, 7 Jun 2004
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Not a quibble about the quality of the films but the region one release of this also has Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein and House of Frankenstein on it. Region two short changed again.
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41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Rip-off Britain strikes again..., 9 Jun 2004
If you buy all 3 Universal monsters collections (Dracula, Wolf Man & Frankenstein) on R2, you'll have spent £45 plus postage, and own 6 seminal horror movies. - so why the one star?

Because if you buy the "Monsters legacy collection" on R1, you'll have the same 6 movies, 8 more universal horror movies from the series', the 1931 Spanish version of Dracula and 3 hand painted min-busts from sideshow collectables, all in a kick ass presentation box, and you'll have only spent £35 including shipping from the US!!!

DO NOT BUT THE UK VERSIONS - if you do, then you're giving distributors a green-light to continue ripping off the Brits!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The monster is loose, 17 Jan 2006
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This is the original film version of the Mary Shelly book "Frankenstein", and in spite of it somewhat simplistic dramaturgy, it should be a must for all fans of monster movies or classical cinematography. The effects and make up are, for their time, excellent. There are some plot changes, shifting the moral of the story somewhat, compared to the original story. Where Shelly's moral was very contemporary, even today, namely that man should not temper with the natural order of things, emphasizing the dangers of ability without humility, the movie's moral is more along the lines of "if you're going to play God, make sure you get a qualified assistant"...
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5.0 out of 5 stars STILL FRIGHTENING.... and amusing hehehe
I saw these films in the early 80s on television. And now after many runs on the vcr, finally own èm on dvd.... FRANKENSTEIN 1931 is still a fright to me. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2006 by Henning Sebastian Jahre

5.0 out of 5 stars Mother of all horrors
This set of Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein are the best features that Universal ever made from the monster era; The cast and the latters darkly humour are flawless, the... Read more
Published on 28 May 2005 by Gavieboy

4.0 out of 5 stars Classics Galore!
Er am aware that some people have complained that Region 1 versions is far superior to Region 2. You get a lot more for your money for a start, also much cheaper too. Read more
Published on 28 Jul 2004 by E. A. Redfearn

5.0 out of 5 stars A Whale of a time
By far the best of the three recent Universal re-releases (alongside Dracula / House of Dracula and Wolfman / Werewolf of London) this set comprises both of James Whale's... Read more
Published on 23 May 2004 by Oswald Cobblepot

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