Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994) Monster Madness X movie review #14
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- Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994) Monster Madness X movie review #14
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That scene in the cave where the monster asked Victor if he ever considered the consequences of actions & Victor basically said he was too fascinated with the idea of what if, the monster then said, "And you think I'm evil."
Very Compelling
It’s definitely one of the greatest parts of the book & Victor does answer honestly that he wasn’t considering what would happen as consequence
One of the best scenes in the movie.
I wonder if the line was inspired by Jurassic Park a year before
The best line in that scene "and what of my soul? Do I have one? Or was that something you left out."
Good ol' Fred Fuchs! :D
hi conner
He is teh guy!
Conner!
Fred Fooschs?
I'm a kindergarten teacher. Yesterday we watched an episode of peppa pig cartoon. There was a character named Fred Fox. The kids just stared at me when i was laughing my ass off.
I always assumed the "I will have my revenge" thing mostly came from the creature's displeasure at being created. In other words, "I will destroy you for making me a monster."
He did swear revenge for being made into a monster, but not from being given life. From the book:
*"ACCURSED CREATOR! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man after his own image, but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. These were the reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude. I remembered Adam's supplication to his creator. But where was mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him."*
Not to mention what Frankenstein wrote in the diary.
@@DefinitiveDubs The iconic "if I can't inspire love, I will cause fear" speech is a great summary of how much the monster resents Victor for not treating him like a person.
I thought the scene where Frankenstein brings Elizabeth back to live was the part that really made it into a horror movie. I thought "why are you doing this" because just the act of bringing her back like the monster was just jaw-dropping. Moreover the two actors were doing a dance scene earlier in the movie and then the dance scene with her as a monster just made all of it gruesome. It was actually a good twist.
I agree that the idea of having Frankenstein re-animate Elizabeth was a risky, but great twist. Frankenstein was, no doubt, hopelessly in love with Elizabeth and heartbroken to have her taken away on their wedding night, yet so selfish that he brought her back to life as a mutilated corpse without considering what she would want.
I think it fits the character perfectly and even tugs at the audience's fears of losing a loved one. I mean, it even made me ask myself, would it matter to me if my beloved wife was mutilated like Elizabeth if it meant I could bring her back to life? It's an uncomfortable question and really struck a chord with me.
I know a necro post reply, but: I think it really depends on your partner. Remember The Creature was made from the brain that Victor based his initial reanimation research on. So I think the doctor would have consented to being brought back. We don't know what Elizabeth would have wanted had she been given a chance to think it over before dying. If your wife said She would want to come back, I'm sure it would make it easier.
Now that's a weird conundrum: The consent to be revived.
Also, a necro post about reviving corpses, doesn't get much more necro than this.
@@DGBomber We can always go deeper, Bomber.
"Elizabeth... say my name"
"Vic-tor"
My heart is in pieces
''It's not Frankenstein,it's Frankenstin!'' xD
RIP Gene Wilder.
Its not Igor, Its Eyegor!
doubleP So is it Froadric then.
FRAHNKENSHTEEN!
"MY GRANDFATHER'S WORK WAS DOO-DOO!"
Frau blucher.
I love this movie. Everything about it. I love DeNiro's performance, the crude science going on, the graphic violence, the pathos, all of it.
It is totally useless.
Pathos?🤣
@@Stroheim333 not useless, it's worth a watch, but it has some pretty major tonality, consistency and acting issues, as James points out
Stroheim333 nope u r wrong
The conversation between the doctor and the monster in the ice cave is my most favorite scene in the movie.
Fred Fuchs Forever. #tripleF
Dapper Dan?
... like, Ghostbusters comics Dapper Dan Schoening?
One and the same! Big fan of James' work :)
I remember Deniro said in a interview he studied stroke victims for this
I heard that also. I like they went for that approach for the monster instead of the broken English usually associated with him.
The one that "got it right" at least in my mind, is the 2004 mini-series where Luke Goss plays the monster.
Agreed. I think it's the closest.
"What a minute. Who's this? Fred Fuche......Fred Fuchs?! O_O Fred Fuchs?! It's Fred Fuchs! Ohhh my god, Fred Fuchs! Ohhhhhhhh my god, it's Fred Fuchs! Ohhhhhhh -chuckles- Fred Fuchs......"
-AVGN
Fred Fuchs...too much!
"Who programmed this game? Maybe it was Fred Fuchs!"
Erichi Mira
For Fuchs' sake, quit dissin' the man and his programming.
which episode is that again?
That's from the Dracula Games review.
You really should review tucker and Dale versus evil.
Friken love that movie.
Such a good movie!
oh my god yes. I FUCKING love that movie!
PaddyCollector that movie was hilarious
PaddyCollector He should really review "The Changeling" (1980) version
Frankenstein '94 was amazing!!! Became my one of my favorite horror films.
I _love_ how The Monster in this speaks full sentences instead of the hulk-speak he's usually stereotyped as having.
very depressing movie, especially the end
Branagh does capture that since the novel is overall depressing since nearly every main character dies
I think the best monster so far has been the one portrayed in the TV show Penny Dreadful. Rory Kinnear plays a sympathetic man, who turns into an absolute storm of rage. You feel so much pity and even sympathy for him, but at the same time you're deathly afraid of his strength and anger. Sure, Karloff made the character popular, but Kinnear is very spot on with the original monster.
I love that show, and Kinnear's Monster is my favorite character!
@@NoshuHyena love penny miss it too
Fred Fuchs, he keeps showing up... over and over
I don't think he'll ever leave us. Like a Zombie...
He just keeps Fuching with us.
Lol he does indeed keep popping up my friend , : )
Mr. Rolfe, the made-for-TV version had the official title _TNT Original Frankenstein_ . When Penn & Teller hosted it, Penn Jillette said, "Every time they find a way to sneak the title of the movie into the dialogue, Teller and I applaud. But we wouldn't do it for this unless someone said something like, 'We can kill the TNT Original Frankenstein.' "
5:06 poor Frankenstein, if only they had waifu pillows in the 19th century
1:26 John Cleese is unrecognizsble in this movie
And that is what is great about his performance. It's like notorious TV clown Hugh Laurie suddenly playing House Md.
I'm so glad you mentioned the TNT Frankenstein movie. That's one of my favorites of the genre, and so few people know about it. Now a days, you can only find it on used VHS or on the much maligned "disc-on-demand" DVD, which is such an injustice to such a good film.
Speaking of "double packages" are you ever going to review Andy Warhol and Paul Morisey's classic "double package", Flesh For Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula?
Wow, his horror movie reviews are amazing, I've only recently started watching these, I normally just watch the game videos. The descriptions he gives on these, the depth and detail, how he goes into the history of the story, and the film's directors and actors, and breaks down everything about the film. Superb
I remember seeing this movie....I dunno there's just something about the Boris Karloff version that makes it the best one. I mean I imagine it'd be possible to do a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's Novel and also very dark and gothic, like get guillermo del toro involved
Tadicuslegion78 In terms of being faithful to the novel, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is considered to be the most faithful. Boris Karloff's version is the most recognizable, but it is probably one of the least faithful movie adaptation to the original novel.
Oh I know that but faithful doesn't always equal good
To me, the Karloff original was always the weakest of the Universal classics. Being less faithful is one thing. Omission of the central themes of the story is another. What was left from the book just simply undermined the point entirely. Themes of unjust prejudice against Adam that made it the monster everyone claimed it was, Victor's denial, lack of responsibility and scapegoating that made him just as much the villain of the story as the monster, it's all either completely scraped off or left to it's barest elements.
With most of the others, they at least captured the central idea. Dracula was recognizable as the charismatic predator of Transylvania, Jekyll and Hyde maintained the idea of a man whose dark desires form a persona all their own and Invisible Man still explores the degeneration of a man freed of the shackles of inter-social behavior. Frankenstein, however, was left as but a shell of it's true self. Out of all of them, I liked Son the best, because it was the one that truly made something it's own, distancing itself from the stories of the original novel enough that association is pointless at that stage.
Sorry, the most faithful is the 2004 TV movie starring Luke Goss.
Panos wasn’t that made by hallmark?
The quote from Ecclesiastes during the funeral pyre sealed the movie for me. Criminally underrated film
Fuchs is actually German for Fox
Yeah yeah. Who gives a fox?!
Phreaker1997 You know Scully? She fuchs Mulder.
Phreaker1997 cantonese for you bitch 👲🙏
Mario!-FOX!-Luigi!...Luigi!-FOX!-Donkey Kong!... Donkey Kong!-FOX!-Kiirby!
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Junji Ito made a Frankenstein manga, too. And it's pretty close to the original novel.
]-〉ΣΔ†]-[ Unfortunately, I don't know Japanese, so I have to read the translated version. I read all of them though (online)
Yeah, Ito's version of Frankenstein is pretty close to the book. It's good.
***** Except that Frankenstein actually created the bride here, and the monster destroyed it (as James said, the stitches came apart).
it's the only adaptation so far that made me legitimately terrified of the creature. Ito's design is horrific and works really well.
I'm terrified of what that might look like.
Wowowowow... Waitaminute. Robert freaking DeNiro played the Frankenstein monster?! Mind blown
A great shame James didn't talk about the soundtrack. It has some of Patrick Doyle's best work, and I'd put it up there with any of Carpenter's material for some of the best music in horror. It can be sweeping and romantic, operatic and bombastic yet also restrained and touching. It's a masterclass in cinematic music.
Regardless of the Quality of the film, Patrick Doyle ALWAYS delivers on the Musical Front.
I really do think Rory Kinnear's portrayal of the monster in the TV show Penny Dreadful is the best Frankenstein monster there's ever been. He's malicious and intimidating as hell but incredibly sympathetic and vulnerable at the same time. He can do big poetic speeches but it never feels hammy or stagey. They really make it feel like an integral part of his character.
I liked the 1994 version due to how close to the book it was, while doing some of It's own things.
That's Helena Bonham Carter as the bride; mighta been nice (imo) if James mentioned that.
She is an underrated actress
3:19 Actually, he does reject his creation after that. The only difference in this scene is Frankenstein came back with an axe to fix his mistake but too late, the monster has already escapes.
I like both version of the 1994 Frankenstein, but the acting in David Wickes film is awful for some part (Elisabeth for exemple).
James, although I agree that the TNT version is awesome, I actually think this movie features so many of the things that you like about that version. The actors have a broad range of subtle to hammy, the movie sticks close to the novel while also inventing its own material, and it goes from mundane to extremely gory. I think this film and the TNT version are on even playing fields.
But James didn’t specify what things he likes about that version.
If Mary Shelley Came Back From The Dead To see this movie.... I wonder what She would think? Same With Bram Stoker If He Came Back To life To See Bram Stoker's Dracula. #justathought
Alejandro Carbonell She might like it, as it's considered by many to be the most faithful adaptation to the novel.
Dude, Stop Writing Like This.
Sheol_IK Umm, Dracula is not like that in the Bela Lugosi one...
You Don't Have To Capitalize All Your words So inconsistently, Like Some sort of jaden Smith Knockoff.
Dude, fuck that! I'd show them Face-Off, to see how they'd react to THAT.
Man, I remember when Fred Fuchs turned up. That was a while ago now.
Saw it back in high school, we were studying the romanticism era
Did you like it, Patrick?
Damn James... you're so good at this! You're reviews are always fair and unbiased, detailed, and supremely entertaining. You're the best!
i love the scene when Frankenstein and the Monster are in teh cave having a conversation and the monster says to victor......... "i have love in me the likes of which you can never know and rage the likes of which you never imagine - if i can not satisfy the one i shall indulge the other....if you do not give me my wedding night, i shall be with you on yours" DAM it send chills down my spine!
The version of Hallmark Channel in 2004 is the most faithful to the book. But, it's a low budget production.
Why are there stitches all over the bride's face? He just put her head on another body.
right!
He probably had to Jumpstart her brain that's why it's mostly on one side
There is a reason The Frankenstein creature wants revenge. He read Frankenstein's diary where he wrote that his creation was an abomination and there for he was left abandoned in a world that rejected him.
Francis Ford Coppola has a knack for putting the author's name above the title. In all three Godfathers it's Mario Puzo's The Godfather. In Dracula it's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
TNT's Dracula was excellent too, having been more along the lines of historical fiction by meshing the real Vlad Tepes with the vampire mythos. I can't remember the name of it at the moment. I remember really looking forward to watching this version of Frankenstein though after reading the novel, and I couldn't help but find myself mostly dumbfounded and disappointed, noting that it seldom represented my imagining of the story. In fact, it hit critical mass for me when De Niro delivered a very anti-climactic, "I'll be with you on your wedding night." That was one of my favorite scenes in the book, and I pictured it riddled with tension and culminating in a very threatening and ominous line filled with rage. De Niro, however, said it as if he were talking to a stranger sitting next to him on the subway. I almost walked out at that point, but curiosity and relentless optimism motivated me to finish it, hoping that was as worse as it would get. I wasted my time.
TNT Version was Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Love me some monster madness! I've finished college, grad school and became a teacher...every year this is one of the highlights!
Will you ever do a "Which Frankenstein movie is closest to the book" video?
The "ripping her in two" was good. That was funny. Good review. Good old Fred Fuchs!
Review the new Evil Dead series. Its awesome. "Not the ass."
ElectricRazer no, it's Groovy
is it good though? havent started watching it yet, thought about it but being apprehensive since i totally loved the movies and im afraid this series might ruin it for me
Its fantastic. Humor is as good as the movies.
I'm a huge fan of the original movies and I think the series is okay. There's plenty to like about it, more gore, more deadites, more Bruce Campbell, but it won't replace the original movies. I don't think any new version could. There's no reason not to give it a try though.
I liked Evil Dead 2
I love Bram Stoker's Dracula! But as for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, not so much.
It is a great film, I just wish there wasn't that weird sympathetic backstory. Bram Stoker didn't know a damn thing about the historical Vlad Dracula, he just thought the name sounded cool. I don't feel like it's right to pretend the vampiric Dracula is the same person.
I understand your point of view, but it was a breath of fresh air to make Dracula more of a complicated character after he was being portrayed as a two dimensional villain for decades up until that point in time when the movie came out. I think the show Penny Dreadful did an amazing job with the Frankenstein Monster.
I agree with beeblebrox there, I get really annoyed with this "the real Dracula" bs. Dracul means dragon, and Vlad gained that name for his fierceness; it is as if every fictional character who is called Fox-something is automatically based on General Rommel, the " Desert Fox".
I remember the TNT adaptation very well. Had it taped on VHS and re-watched it many times. Although the production was less expensive, as an adaptation I preferred it. And of all his roles, Randy Quaid was genius as the Monster (or Creature). In fact, over the years when I think of it, the one scene I recall most is the Creature turning and screaming, "Why did you make me like this?!" Fantastic movie.
Also a pretty-good if somewhat uninspired pinball.
The ending James talks about at 5:26 is pretty much how "Bride of Re-Animator" ended.
I'd like to suggest David Cronenberg's The Fly for review. Though the original was a classic, I think Cronenberg's pulled off the monster aspect so much better.
The final scene (you know what I'm talking about) where he has given up completely is the one of the saddest scenes I have ever seen in a film. Every time I watch it, I cry.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has. Also, the soundtrack to the movie is just beautiful. The opening track just sucked me in.
I believe he already reviewed it. It was on Cinemassacre where I learned that the 1980s Fly was a body horror film.
yeah its on the site theirs a lot there that isn't on youtube
he already did a review on that one
have you ever done frankenstein unbound(1990)? thats a good one
Yup, it's on Cinemassace's website
Just this morning, I was wondering why you never did this one. Glad you've finally done it
Great review a enjoyed the details of how the monster was brought to life in the movie and its always the part I look to being unique in a frankenstein movie
Yes! Been waiting to hear James' thoughts on this film for years and was hoping it'd make it on "Franken-Friday" this year!
I seriously didn't even know this movie existed. Great review, James.
Review Frankenstein: The True Story
Randy Quaid as Frankenstein's monster is some pretty on-point casting.
Hey James and Cinemassacre, thank you for making these videos! My boyfriend and I are celebrating halloween by watching horrorfilms and these reviews are always an inspiration! :) And a fun fact we found out yesterday: lots of the Godzilla movies from the 60s and 70s in Germany are named after Frankenstein! Haha, wtf?? Like "Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All" (1968).... We were like whaaaat???
I loved a TV movie with Randy Quaid as the monster, by the way. It also had one of the weirdest monster creation methods ever - they tried hard to invent something other then the lightning.
Oh damn, I saw the made-for-TV version in an AP Literature class once. I really enjoyed it, but I thought it messed with the original a bit too. It was the best adaptation I've seen so far though!
Also, as a newcomer to the channel, I really love this series! Gotta go back and watch the Dracula review now!
The part from resurrecting Elizabeth to her committing suicide and the place burning down was great and disturbing. I loved it!!!!
I remember that 1993 tv Frankenstein movie. I haven't seen it since I was like 8 but I always remembered the ending gave me a very "sinking" feeling.
I freaking love this movie. I honestly find it extremely underrated. Which is a damn shame because of how amazingly it adapts the book whike taking a few liberties to make it stand on its own as a beautifully-told story.
Ryan R. I don't understand after over 20 years how people disliked this movie. It looks like there are things that are acceptable with other adaptations of other literary works are suddenly unacceptable when is a faithful adaptation of Frankenstein. Same liberties and deviations, different judgment.
nonetheless, i found the movie very enjoyable, regardless of there being so many inconsistencies in the scripting, the actors and director did their best to accomplish what was on the script and it shows, so if anyone wishes to rouse a mob to kill a monster, then the writer is the one you are after.
I really enjoy your reviews they are intelligent insightful and informative. Keep up the good work. The plural of medium is media in this context
I don't think DeNiro needed a "role of a lifetime" from this movie, he already has several.
While watching this movie, mute the dialogue
and play the theme to Benny Hill. The 2 scenes
that work best with this method is the "it's alive"
sequence, and the resurrection of the bride as
they're playing tug of war with the bride. It's a
real hoot.
I think that we will eventually see a 31 day monster madness again. James loves it too much.
Randy Quaid is more like Frankenstein's monster now...
wow this whole time I thought you were talking about the version I remember seeing until you actually mentioned it at the very end. The made for TV version on TNT. I could barely remember it until you showed those shots at the very end. So come to think of it I don't think I've seen the Robert Deniero version.
I only found out about the randy quaid one when I was looking into his decent to madness and fleeing to Canada
The one I always remember was where Sting played Victor Frankenstein and he was so sinister and evil yet sooo compelling and the bride he made turned out beautiful but she hated his guts.. I really need to see that again.
I can't seem to find your review on Bram Stocker Dracula
Jesús Franco did the most actuate adaptation of Dracula in 1970 titled “Count Dracula”.
Where’s his Bram Stokers Dracula review???
That's one of my favourite movies, but it's Unfairly underrated
I loved the Randy Quaid version! Was wondering if anyone else remembered that.
I very vaguely remember maybe seeing the tv Frankenstein movie mentioned when I was a kid. I think there a part where the monster rips off his own arm and uses it as a club, that's all I can remember.
I love Monster Madness, it makes my October every year. I also watched FrankenHooker and that movie is amazing and is even better the second time. I want to see more movies with the main actor.
I love the scene where he is killing the guinea pig with super crack while talking dirty to it.
The bride's suicide was my favorite scene too, and I'm not a fan of Helena Bonham Carter so that's saying a lot about how well it was done.
It's a very uneven movie. It had so much potential, trying to be close to the book, but then separating itself in bad ways. I've always had a soft spot for Frankenstein's monster because I too feel like an outsider and am a loner. The novel of Frankenstein paints a sympathetic image of us outcasts and loners.
The movie is awesome
I never knew this movie existed, nor the one that aired on tv. I'll have to check them both out. Thanks,James!
Actually in Mary Shelleys time, a stage version came out in 1831 that she considered equally as good and she rewrote a version to suit this version, which was the one adopted by universal for 1931 Frankenstein. So she probably wouldn't have minded.
This movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. DeNiro killed this role.
Also this is unrelated to these reviews but sometime down the road I'd love to see an AVGN video about The Last Starfighter. You could review the game and the movie it's based on which is kind of a video game movie.
James is right - that made for TV Frankenstein was way better. I remember watching it on TV back on the day and I've never forgotten it.
I was hoping you'd get to this one! Maybe eventually you can review the remake of Texas Chainsaw from 2003 and its prequel?
I was at the panel at the weekend of horrors with Kenneth branaugh, both Dinero and Kenneth are brilliant actors, they did the best they could do with the script, I liked it
From what I've seen the closest to a direct adaptation of the Book is the 2004 Halmark miniseries.
Is this the same Fred Fuchs? His IMDB doesn't show any credits for video games.
I'm pretty sure he was just in the credits for that Dracula game because he produced the movie it was based off of. It's the same Fred Fuchs, for sure, but he probably didn't work on the game itself, so it makes sense for it not to be in his IMDB.
I just bought the Copolla Mary Shelley Frankenstein movie for DVD from the Dollar General store a day ago since I love that movie along with Copolla's other famous movie Bram Stoker's Dracula. Both movies get a bit bonkers but still great movies
Summed up my feelings perfectly..."mixed." I really liked this movie. When it's good, it's really great. But it did always kind of feel like five different movies stitched together. Least they got the name right.
It would be neat to see reviews of the classic Mexican movies that have monsters, mostly the ones from the famous wrestler El Santo film series, he has some vrs Frankenstein, Dracula, Werewolf, female vampires, and others
There's also some wacky fun Red Ridding Hood movies that has one fighting against monsters
Ill be watching AVGN , and Cinemassacre till im a Frankenstien. And beyond. I love this so much. James, youre the only youtuber ive ever bought merch from. I have all your shirts.
6:18 remind me of Resident Evil 2 poster