Day 30: Bride of Frankenstein [Horror Film Review]

The Bride of Frankenstein is the greatest horror movie of all time, and I will fight you if you disagree with me.

Taking place immediately after the events of the first film.  Henry Frankenstein is in bed with his wife trying to recover from his crazy night of monster battling, when Dr. Pretorius comes a knockin'.  The good doctor has been trying to create life, just like Henry, but has been having some issues, so he wants to team up with Henry to create more life.  Of course, Henry doesn't want to, because he's learned after the events of the first film that we shouldn't play God, but the temptation to create life is too great, so Henry and Dr. Pretorius decide to make the monster a mate.

The original Universal Horror films had such a charm to them because we sympathize with the monsters instead of the humans.  The best example is really in the first two Frankenstein films.  The monster (played most excellently by the great Boris Karloff) didn't ask to be created.  Monster is giving life and then immediately rejected by his creator and society.  In the first film, the towns folk go after the monster because he accidentally kills a young girl.   Monster doesn't know what he's doing, and accidentally drowns poor Maria, and now the town wants him dead, because they don't understand him.  And what's so great about Bride of Frankenstein, is that the monster understands this and just wants a friend to be left alone with, and this is why he demands his creator make him a mate.  If I had more time, I could probably write a really good essay or thesis about how brilliant Bride of Frankenstein is, but I don't.  I have the time in between three fers to write this, so please excuse me if it seems thrown together.

I've been saving Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein to watch on Halloween night while passing out candy to young trick 'r treaters.  To me, there's nothing more "Halloween" than the first two Frankenstein films.  Oh wait, there is, and we'll discuss that one tomorrow.  Your master commands you to watch the Bride of Frankenstein during your Halloween festivities and remember, "we belong dead."