Story Line
Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.
“The man who made a monster.”
Top Cast
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Mae Clarke
Elizabeth
John Boles
Victor Moritz
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Edward Van Sloan
Doctor Waldman
Frederick Kerr
Baron Frankenstein
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1931-11-21
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
DramaHorrorScience Fiction
Part of the Series
Frankenstein (Universal) Collection
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User Reviews (6)
Dsnake1
8/10
•10/4/2018Frankenstein, a movie primarily about how Doctor Henry Frankenstein deals with the fallout of his monster actually coming to life, holds up very well almost ninety years from its release.
Starting with the monster itself, we find a fantastic chara...
John Chard
9/10
•10/26/2019Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!
We will always see debates about which of the original wave of Universal Monster movies is the most important. With Dracula being released just under a year before Frankenstein, tha...
Gimly
5/10
•12/22/2019Not a totally faithful adaptation of the Mary Shelley book, still extremely important for not just horror movies, but movies as a whole. I thought about coming at this review from the perspective of what 1931's _Frankenstein_ meant for the future of ...
JPV852
8/10
•10/10/2021Very well made monster movie featuring fine performances all around, even Boris Karloff as the Monster even though he only grunts throughout. Some good set pieces and just an all around entertaining flick. **4.25/5**