When Guillermo del Toro‘s “Frankenstein” hits theaters today, it will join an honorable lineage of Mary Shelley adaptations that began in 1910, continued throughout the silent era, and helped create ...
Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. "It's alive," the immortal words of Victor Frankenstein, ...
On Nov. 21, 1931, Universal unveiled the monster film in theaters, adapting a novel that was at the time an unproven commodity on the big screen. By THR Staff 1931's 'Frankenstein' On Nov. 21, 1931, ...
Photo: Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL via Getty Images When Universal released its original Frankenstein movie in 1931, it opened with a warning that the film might horrify ...
Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein makes major changes to the story of Mary Shelley’s original novel, and some proved controversial. In some ways, Del Toro’s monster is more faithful to the eloquent, ...
When Guillermo del Toro was casting his Victor Frankenstein for a new take on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” he met with Oscar Isaac for a Cuban dinner and saw enough vulnerability and a little ...
On Netflix, just in time for awards season, is Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the classic Frankenstein, and this is a ...
Mary Shelley's original horror novel has rarely had a particularly faithful adaptation. But the image of a man created by science reigns supreme as one of cinema's most malleable storylines. When Mary ...
That year, Boris Karloff and James Whale teamed up to create an iconic monster whose influence would be felt in Hollywood for nearly a hundred years to come.