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About
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction gothic horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. , and adapted from the 1927 play Frankenstein: An Adventure in the Macabre by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. It follows Dr. Henry Frankenstein, an obsessed scientist, assembles a creature from body parts of the deceased and brings it to life using electricity. However, the creature, portrayed by Boris Karloff, escapes and wreaks havoc, leading to tragic consequences as Frankenstein confronts the monster he created.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Sci-fi and horror
- Licence or status
- Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- James Whale
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed