Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
- fire
- monster
- experiment
- based on novel or book
- halloween
- reanimation
- laboratory
- mad doctor
- black and white
- pre-code
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Edward Van Sloan — Doctor Waldman
- Frederick Kerr — Baron Frankenstein
- Dwight Frye — Fritz
- Lionel Belmore — The Burgomaster
- Marilyn Harris — Little Maria
- Ted Billings — Villager (uncredited)
- Mae Bruce — Screaming Maid (uncredited)
- Jack Curtis — Villager (uncredited)
- Arletta Duncan — Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- William Dyer — Gravedigger (uncredited)
- Francis Ford — Hans (uncredited)
- Directed
- James Whale
- Written
- Francis Edward Faragoh, Garrett Fort
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 1,819 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1931 · You’re hereFrankenstein
Where it starts.
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
