Universal Monsters - The Frankenstein Legacy Movie Review

[Ca11meron]

@Zaranyzerak well, i am british, that might be why, it seems the boys from the dwarf have slipped under the radar elsewhere. Incidentally, none of these legacy collections have been released as region 2's in full, the closest I've found is a 'Dracula Triple' which had all of the ones off of that apart from Son of Dracula. We like our monster movies too goddamnit!

[Ca11meron]

Great kryten quote at the start haha

[Zaranyzerak]

@Ca11meron Nice! You're one of the few people that actually noticed that! :)

[darkprose]

I totally agree about Son of Frankenstein -- great sequel, and Lugosi is fantastic in it. Did you also notice some of the fantastic, almost expressionistic sets, like the Frankenstein castle? The sets and lighting were very expressionist and very well done, I thought. Excellent review of this fine collection!

[gusisgr]

I may have said this on one of your other vids but on the back it says includes 1931, 1938 and 1951 reissue trailers for Frankenstein and I cant find them anywhere!

[sorrycaps]

if you watch closey when you talk, it looks like you have some little horn on your head. just about over your eyes.. DEVIL!

[bheemabachus]

You are on my side Zaranyzerak!

[RazMansReality]

People are most likely goona kill me for this but I don't care I telling my pal how I feel damnit hehe! The thibg is for me Frankenstein isn't even Boris Karloff's best promance. If it hadn't been for his utterly fantastic performance as The Grinch in the classic cartoon version & making hin a character that to this day is one that I love & am quite honestly obsessed with still, I would have never even known to check him out as Frankenstein. Just shows how truely an amazing actor he was.

[drunkfux1]

Nice Kryten quote on the meaning of Frankenstein Sean

[sheepthehack]

damn beat me too it :) had to think for like 20 seconds.. then remembered the word hackles.. and that was it :)

[PoliteMediocrity]

Why can't Dr Frankenstein name his monster after himself huh!?

he has the power and the right to do such a thing.

HE HAS THE POWER!!!

[JtMills]

I know the monster's name isnt Frankenstein, but I still think it's acceptable to call him that. If Dr. Frankenstein was his "father", then it's logical he would have the same name as him. It's kind of like "Jaws" as well. Jaws isn't the name of the shark, but people still refer to him as Jaws. Even in Universal Studios, the people working the ride call him Jaws. It's like after so many people call someone by a certain nickname, that just ends up becoming their name.

[Zaranyzerak]

Sigh...I can't believe no one's got this yet.  It's a RED DWARF quote.

[Disthron]

I guess not everyone has seen Red Dwarf.

[Zaranyzerak]

Apparently. I thought it would be a pretty easy reference for most of my viewers, since they seem to be into most of the same things as me...oh well.

[Disthron]

Well, I'm a fan of the show but I have not seen every episode. Although I kind of missed the remark entirely.

[Zaranyzerak]

It's from the Series 5 episode, "Quarantine."

[Disthron]

Wow, you even know what the episode was called. If I'd remembered I'd have said. "It's from the one where..."

Most of the time I can't find the names of episodes even if I'm looking for them.

[sagasky]

The shadows on your forehead make it look like you have horns, demonic sean..muahahahaha. I liked van helsings intepretation of the frankenstein monster also.

[raydvd]

Frankenstein is my fav old time horror movie, such a classic.

Gods and Monsters is a superb film about James Whale the films Director for any of the fans of old time horror.

[Disthron]

You know, people always go on about how the Frankenstein monster was referred to as "the monster" but if you when around calling it "the Monster" people would be like what monster? I mean what if the Millennium Falken had just been named "The Space Ship". Do you see what I'm getting at, get over it. XD

[nerdyfrag]

Your logic=epic fail.

[Disthron]

Why?

[Zaranyzerak]

I call it "The Frankenstein Monster." Unless it has already been established over the course of conversation that we're talking about Frankenstein, in which case I abbreviate it to "The Monster." Son of Frankenstein even takes a little jab at people who refer to the monster by the creator's name.

[Disthron]

That's fine, but it's a long title and I don't think it's wrong to abbreviate it to Frankenstein as opposed to The Monster. Because when you say Frankenstein, people instantly know what your talking about. Where as The Monster, could be anything. The Wolfman was a monster, the Fly was a Monster. Godzilla is a monster.

[sagasky]

In other news, it doesn't kill people to sound out words. Often times abbreviating leads to more confusion and more things said.

[Disthron]

That's true. But people still like to abbreviate.

[jyokogawa]

In between creating life, he was creating life! ;)

[CenobiteVictim]

The Frankenstein movies never cease to amaze me. Especially Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Of course the first two the best, but Son of Frankenstein was great and is where they got the plot of Young Frankenstein. The Ghost of Frankenstein was great for the talking monster and House of Frankenstein was just perfectly cheesy. The Invisible Man was my other favorite as a kid and the sequel with Vincent Price.

[phantassm]

Great series of films and reviews Zaranyzerak, These films gave me a lot of chills when I was a kid and it was a true joy sitting up late at night to watch all these classics. Thanks for the videos.