When Did You Last Watch A Classic Universal Monster Movie?

[geezer butler]

BLACK FRIDAY (1940)

Awesome movie, really underrated imo.

[Lunkenstein]

Yep, I've always liked it. I have it on the Lugosi set, but still watched it on Svengoolie again.

[Lunkenstein]

HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944) last night on Svengoolie.

[Memphremagog]

The Invisible Ray(1936)..last night

[Memphremagog]

The Black Doll(1938)
The Spider Woman(1944)..last night.

[Lunkenstein]

THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (1940) on Svengoolie, Saturday night.

[Anthony Caranci]

Tuesday night:

Dracula 1931.

Wednesday night:

Dracula's Daughter 1936.

[Memphremagog]

Mystery Of Edwin Drood(1935)...last night

[Memphremagog]

Dracula(1931)
Weird Woman(1944)...last night.

[Memphremagog]

The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957)...last night.

[Memphremagog]

The Mad Doctor Of Market Street(1942)..last night.

[marsattacks666]

Probably three hours from now. It is 2:25, now

[creaturefan95]

My father and I watched The Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man two months ago.

[Memphremagog]

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man(1943)
Captive Wild Woman(1943)....last night.

[Anthony Caranci]

I haven't posted anything for awhile, so I thought that I'd make it a good one. Naturally, I don't expect anyone to agree with my views on The Ghost of Frankenstein. I'm not looking for agreement or an argument. It's just the way I see it after 55+ years of viewing it.

Saturday afternoon & evening - Frankenstein Films Part 1:

Frankenstein 1931
Bride of Frankenstein 1935
Son of Frankenstein 1939
The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942. My favorite part of this film is the introduction of Heinrich Frankenstein's Diary, and the score. I love the fact that it's the same "chest of papers" we see in Son of Frankenstein 1939. My least favorite part is the appearance of the "Ghost of Heinrich (Henry) Frankenstein." It would have been cool if the studio & Kenton used a little more "time & vision" to find a Colin Clive look/sound-a-like. That would have worked like gangbusters! Just like the painting of Clive we see in Son of Frankenstein. Hardwicke in different clothing, hairstyle and same voice just doesn't work for me. Still, Kenton does provide a great montage during Elsa reading the diary. I will give him that. It's truly another fitting tribute to Clive.

Then again, most of the film doesn't work for me. I guess W. Scott Darling failed to realize that: "the Monster had already met the kid" in the previous entry. Still, 5 year old Janet Ann Gallow is just adorable as can be. And I can't argue with that!

But let's face it: the main problem (at least in my eyes) with the Ghost of Frankenstein is that it forever changes the Monster! When you remove the "criminal brain" from the first film and insert Ygor's into his skull -- the character of the Monster is not the same anymore. It becomes the death of the Karloff character, or the Monster as we knew it - and the birth of something completely different. Something that never gets paid off! At the close of the film; the Monster is supposed to be more evil/devious/cunning, just like Ygor. But in the films to follow; that's not what we get. Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man never lets the Monster's new persona mature. It is immediately stunted (and we all know the reasons why), and we get what we had before the STUPID idea of a brain transplant! He becomes mute (again), blind (oops, not for long), robotic, and still in need of someone to tell him where to go, how to sit, and how to think! So, viva Erle Kenton (you hack), Ole Scott Darling (no comment). 

Kudos to Hardwicke, Ankers, Janet Ann Gallow, Ralph Bellamy, And Bela Lugosi (who gets bullied around rather badly), and bravo to Hans J. Salter who provides a score truly better than the film itself! And before anyone comments: I only watch this film because it's part of the series. For the diary. For the score.

Is it just me, or does it seem like Herr Hussmann (Olaf Hytten), is just a little too old to be a father of a child that young?
Then again, Charlie Chaplin was still popping out kids like popcorn at an old age.