The Bride of Frankenstein - 1935

Bride of Frankenstein, Boris Karloff, 1935 Photographic Print
18 in. x 24 in.
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), a masterpiece of classic horror films of the 1930s, appears as a series than the original prototype of Frankenstein (1931). [There are so few sequels that are superior to their predecessors - Another example would be The Godfather, Part II (1974).] Although the film was in production, it was titled The Return of Frankenstein until that it is released. The film's title is actually a misnomer - the bride "is not the Frankenstein monster's bride, but Elizabeth (played by seventeen years Valerie Hobson), wife of Dr. Frankenstein. [Mention of the film often falls on the "The" title of the film.]

The macabre, satirical film is generally regarded as one of the greatest horror movies of all time - a spectacular, bizarre, high-camp, too, humor, slapstick and surreal film. Both films were produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. Frankenstein (the head of Universal) and directed by horror master James Whale, at a time when monster movies were diminishing. The film reunites Colin Clive (as Dr. Frankenstein) with Boris Karloff as the monster, but has introduced two new characters in the foreground: Ernest Thesiger as a necromancer who has miniaturized and detained several people in glass jars, and Elsa Lanchester the Monster Bride.

Whale provided all parodies of horror with its current and future workforce, insurmountable swansong on-the-top in the genre. The next two films in the series have been second sequel to Universal's original 1931 film - Director Rowland V. Lee 's Son of Frankenstein (1939), with the third and final appearance as the Karloff monster in a feature film. It was followed by the all-star House of Frankenstein (1944), with Boris Karloff in the role of evil scientist Dr. Niemann.