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(aka "The Bride of Frankenstein")
Directed by James Whale
USA 1935
This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds that her story did not end with the death of Frankenstein's monster, whereupon she tells the enthralled Byron and Shelley what happened next. Surviving the windmill fire that brought the original 1931 Frankenstein to a close, the Monster (Boris Karloff) quickly revives and goes on another rampage of death and destruction. Meanwhile, his ailing creator Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) discovers that his former mentor, the demented Doctor Praetorius (Ernst Thesiger), plans to create another life-sized monster -- this time a woman! After a wild and wooly "creation" sequence, the bandages are unwrapped, and the Bride of the Monster (Elsa Lanchester again) emerges. Alas, the Monster's tender efforts to connect with his new Mate are rewarded only by her revulsion and hoarse screams. "She hate me," he growls, "Just like others!" Wonderfully acted and directed, The Bride of Frankenstein is further enhanced by the vivid Franz Waxman musical score; even the film's occasional lapses in logic and continuity (it was trimmed from 90 to 75 minutes after the first preview) are oddly endearing. Director James Whale was memorably embodied by Ian McKellen in the Oscar-winning 1998 biopic Gods and Monsters. Excerpt from MRQE located HERE*** Tremendous sequel to Whale's own original, with a clever prologue between Byron and Mary Shelley setting the scene for the revival of both Frankenstein and his monster. Thereafter Thesiger's loony Dr Praetorius arrives on the scene, complete with miniaturised humans, and tries to persuade the good doctor to have another go at creating life, this time in the form of a female companion for Karloff. What distinguishes the film is less its horror content, which is admittedly low, than the macabre humour and sense of parody. Strong on atmosphere, Gothic sets and expressionist camerawork, it is - along with The Old Dark House, Whale's most perfectly realized movie, a delight from start to finish. |
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Theatrical Release: October 21st, 1994
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Review: Universal - Region FREE - 4K UHD
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Distribution | Universal - Region FREE - 4K UHD | |
Runtime | 1:14:45.189 | |
Video |
1.37:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 63,003,321,622 bytesFeature: 47,092,551,360 bytes Video Bitrate: 75.65 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video |
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Bitrate 4K Ultra HD: |
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Audio |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1774 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1774 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS Audio French
768 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Chinese, None | |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Universal
1.37:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 63,003,321,622 bytesFeature: 47,092,551,360 bytes Video Bitrate: 75.65 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video
Edition Details: 4K Ultra HD disc
Disc 1 - The Bride of Frankenstein:
Chapters 18 |
Comments: |
NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
and
4K UHD
captures were taken directly from the respective
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NOTE: This package has eight discs - four
4K UHD and the four original 2012
Blu-rays as evidenced by the M2TS dates:
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We have reviewed the following 4K
UHD packages to date:
The Amityville Horror
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The War of the Worlds
(1953)
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Incredible Melting Man
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Cloak & Dagger
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Event Horizon
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Get Carter
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Killing
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Killer's Kiss
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Out of Sight
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Raging Bull
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Shaft
(1971),
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Double Indemnity
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Untouchables
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
For a Few Dollars More
(no HDR),
Saboteur
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Marnie
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Shadow of a Doubt
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Fistful of Dollars
(no HDR),
In the Heat of the Night
(no HDR),
Jack Reacher
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Death Wish II
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Apartment
(no HDR),
The Proposition
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Nightmare Alley (2021)
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Godfather
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Le Crecle Rouge
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
An American Werewolf in London
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Hard Day's Night
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Piano
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Great Escape
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Red Shoes
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Citizen Kane
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Unbreakable
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Mulholland Dr.
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Hills Have Eyes
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Servant
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Anatomy of a Murder
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Taxi
Driver
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Wolf Man (1941)
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Frankenstein (1931)
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Deep Red
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Misery
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Silence of the Lambs
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
John Carpenter's "The Thing"
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Cat' o'Nine Tails
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Perdita Durango
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Django
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
(NO HDR applied to disc),
Rollerball
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Chernobyl
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Daughters of Darkness
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Vigilante
(software uniformly simulated HDR), Tremors
(software uniformly simulated HDR), Cinema Paradiso
(software uniformly simulated HDR), The Bourne Legacy
(software uniformly simulated HDR), Full Metal Jacket
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Psycho
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Birds (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Rear Window (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Vertigo
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Spartacus
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Jaws
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Invisible Man,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Steven Spielberg's
War of the Worlds (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucio Fulci's 1979
Zombie
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
2004's
Van Helsing
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shallows
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Deer Hunter
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Elephant Man
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Quiet Place
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Easy Rider
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Suspiria
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Pan's Labyrinth
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Wizard of Oz, (software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shining,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Batman Returns
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Don't Look Now
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Man Who Killed Killed and then The Bigfoot
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
Bram Stoker's Dracula
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucy
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
They Live
(software uniformly simulated HDR), Shutter Island
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Matrix
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Alien
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Toy Story
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Few Good Men
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
2001: A Space Odyssey (HDR caps udated),
Schindler's List
(simulated HDR), The
Neon Demon (No HDR), Dawn
of the Dead (No HDR), Saving
Private Ryan (simulated HDR and 'raw' captures), Suspiria (No
HDR), The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre (No HDR), The
Big Lebowski, and I
Am Legend (simulated and 'raw' HDR captures).
On their
4K UHD,
Universal offer
the same English-language track
encode (24-bit) - a DTS-HD Master
dual-mono as found on
their 2012
Blu-ray
reviewed
HERE. It is very effective and remains highly supportive in the
lossless even with the limitations of the era it was produced.
What is added are a three foreign
language DUBs (French, German, and Italian.)
There is
memorable
score is by
Franz Waxman (Fury, Untamed,
Rebecca,
Dark
Passage,
Rear Window,
Sunset Boulevard etc.)
Included on both discs is the previous commentary by Scott
MacQueen. As well as She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein from
1999 - another excellent David J. Skal documentary - running almost
40-minutes. It's hosted by Joe Dante and is well worth re-watching. We also
get The Bride of Frankenstein Archive, a trailer gallery, another 100 Years
of Universal video piece and the
Blu-ray
disc is 'My Scenes-capable'. Bottom line - no new extras... but these are
very good. |
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Box Cover |
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CLICK to order from: Only available, presently in Universal's 4K UHD Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection with The Mummy / The Bride of Frankenstein / Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon Bonus Captures: Coming out individually in 4K UHD in October 20233: |
Distribution | Universal - Region FREE - 4K UHD |
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