Elsa did an amazing job playing the Bride of Frankenstein & the movies still hold up very well.

I love her stoic faces & reactions, everything from her makeup, hair & outfit looks really good, I also like the placement of the scar that's on her jaw/neck.

Interesting piece from TCM where legendary special make-up effects creator/designer Rick Baker (known for An American Werewolf in London, Harry and the Hendersons, Hellboy, and so many more), discusses how inspirational earlier legend Jack Pierce (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Mummy, The Man Who Laughs, etc.) was on his career.

I always appreciate it when a now-legend gives that tip of the hat to those that inspired them too. What an artist Jack Pierce was too, Conrad Veidt's smile as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs (one of my all time favorite silent films) is so iconic, just one of many countless memorable looks he helped put on the silver screen. Could go on and on, really.

Ragged quality...but, in sixth grade, I would have given my eye teeth to own this!

Every time I watch this movie I think about how her entire existence was wrapped up in the whims of men. Decided when she lived and when she died. Wanted to try and capture that.

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I’ve been digitizing our old family VHS tapes and found this full recording of Beetlejuice’s Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue from December 2000.
It’s the original version of the show, with Beetlejuice and the classic Universal Monsters performing on the old castle stage.
Pretty fun piece of Universal Monsters history that I thought this group might enjoy.

https://youtu.be/9INr4VE3lU0?is=tLi_QH9UtgBStULU

Anyone play this board game? I do at least once a year every October. Well designed. Good solo mode too.
I just lost the game because the Wolf Man ate too many villagers.

I am a new fan to UM, and I am loving the films! Frankenstein (1931) has to be my favorite so far, but there is this flaw that James Rolfe pointed out: why did Fritz help Henry create the monster only to torment it after wards?

Was it because he knew it wasn’t going to turn out how Henry wanted it to be and he couldn’t keep him self calmed any longer so he decided to mess with the monster?

Did he just wanted to abuse him after so many of years of being treated like the bottom of the ladder?

it's an interesting scenario because one he'd still be viewed as a freak by society but as a paid spectacle instead of an outcast hiding itself away from humanity. With being a monster that's both an abberation of both science & God would immediately make him a top attraction no doubt.

Plus & this is more of a possibility, I'd imagine the circus freaks becoming a sort of community to him. From the simple performers, but most specially to the people with physical differences, rare medical conditions or unique talents who'd understand exactly what it feels like to be rejected by polite society. But I'd imagine they'd be scared of him at first & would experience a sort of existential reckoning learning about his origins.

It's an interesting scenario and the result changes depending on which version of story & thee Monster you pick either the Boris Karloff version or the Book one.

Also depends on the type of circus by time period since the og Frankenstein took place in the 1700s it'd be a circus from that time period which I read aslo has freakshow attractions. For Universal's Frankenstein it would be a 1930s ones where the freakshow attractions were heavily commercialized & popularized by Barnum & Bailey.

Thoughts?

Cleaning up some things in my basement, I came across 6 of the original 8 still sealed! These are still my favorite cover arts.

Abbot and Costello meet Phantom would have been cool imo.

Claude made by Casino Casual :)

Still looking for Wolfman or Mummy.

On the one hand, I think the Monster might have been just as happy with another male monster as he would've been with a female monster as long as they loved him (romantically or platonically). When he was with the old blind man, they had a genuinely happy platonic relationship.

On the other hand, when Dr. Pretorius says he's going to make him a "woman friend," the Monster says "Woman...friend...wife." Of course, there's the possibility that he doesn't know what a wife actually is, and thinks it's just that-- a "woman friend." The only exposure he could've had to the concept was his encounter with Henry's wife, Elizabeth, but that doesn't necessarily mean he understands that she's Henry's romantic partner rather than his friend. It's worth noting that when he first sees the Bride, he asks "friend?" instead of "wife," despite having heard the word before.

As far as sexual attraction goes, I don't think that had anything to do with it, because the Monster most likely doesn't know the facts of life. I doubt that anyone ever gave him "the talk."

Personally, I think Henry should've just made a Franken-dog for the Monster and called it a day.

Loosely interconnected movies straight to streaming based on the original monster designs but making the story structure a bit more modern. Let me know your thoughts!

Does anyone know if 19 crimes did a Halloween theme this year? I got Dracula a few years back for my birthday and my fiancé got me bride of Frankenstein last year 💚