I watched this for the first time this weekend. I was expecting a faithful adaptation of Shelly's novel...and this isn't it. That being said, it's by no means bad. It comes across as Jane Austin's Frankenstein to me. Much more interested in the nuances of relationships than any previous Frankenstein I've seen. Not really sure why the creature would "revert" to a scabby cave man and not just a rotting corpse, but the evolving makeup by Roy Ashton was quite well done. Jane Seymour was quite fetching as Prima, the "Bride" character. James Mason's Polidori certainly seemed to borrow a bit from Universal's Dr. Pretorious.
The boy and I watched it and enjoyed it, although Mason being turned into a skeleton by a bolt of lightning was laugh-out-loud bad. The ending was a bit anti-climatic as well. But for $3 at Big Lots...why not?
Chris
The boy and I watched it and enjoyed it, although Mason being turned into a skeleton by a bolt of lightning was laugh-out-loud bad. The ending was a bit anti-climatic as well. But for $3 at Big Lots...why not?
Chris
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