Oh, Universal Monsters, how I love thee! And this is among the best of the bunch!
Sadly, the version we have now is incomplete; despite testing well, universal cut 15 mins (for time, not censorship reasons) shortly after the film previewed, and those scenes are now lost forever. This studio cut though, was still subject to censorship when it hit our shores.
Showing posts with label Bride of Frankenstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bride of Frankenstein. Show all posts
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Bride of Frankenstein - Lisa's Review
I must be one of the few people who hadn't seen this weeks movie in its entirety before. I have seen clips and probably so many, there wasn't much of the movie I hadn't seen.
It receives critical acclaim, everyone seems to love it. What did I think? Mmmmm meh..... I didn't dislike it, but I wouldn't go mad about it. I kinda get like that about movies everyone else seems to love, I just can't be arsed getting all excited about. Star Wars, Star Trek..... Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
I haven't actually seen the predecessor, but since I know the basic story of Frankenstein and have seen other versions, I don't think I was missing much back story.
What I would say I did like about the movie were the characters of Praetorious, The Monster and The Bride of Frankenstein. Its interesting how iconic the bride is when she is in the movie for such a short period of time and doesn't even speak beyond a series of grunts and hisses. I was shocked how little she is actually in it.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Week 90: Bride of Frankenstein
Year: 1935
Reviews / Author Comments due: 9/2/2013
Reason for Inclusion: Cut on release to obtain an X (then the strongest rating available), Also passed A in 1935 and H in 1945 - these 2 releases are listed as uncut, but did have about 15 seconds removed by the distributor.
BBFC Status: Passed uncut rated PG in 1989
DVD: LINK
Feel free to use the comments section of this post to add your own reviews and thoughts about this movie.
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