Your favorite Frankenstein Monster...beside Boris

[Earth 2 Chris]

I doubt anyone can deny Karloff IS the creature. I think he owns the part even moreso than Bela owns Dracula.

But after Boris, who is your favorite? Be it another Universal version, Hammer, or others?

Chris

[Mikey]

Phil Hartman



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[fallensaviour]

Phil Hartman

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Yup No Boris than it has to be Phil!!!!

[The Toyroom]

Probably Glenn Strange....Although I like me some Peter Boyle too....

[kennermike]

Peter Boyle Puttinn on the riiitttttzzz!!

[samurainoir]

Prior to this, Monsters were pretty scary to me as a little kid. I remember laughing to the point where I could barely breath when I first saw this scene as a wee little one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw2IIU0a9qw

[Earth 2 Chris]

Love Hartman and especially Boyle.

Any "straight" Frankies you can think of?

I didn't care for DeNiro at all. It proves even the finest actor shouldn't take on just any role.

Christopher Lee's monster was just that. No pathos at all. That's how he was supposed to play it, but it doesn't register much with me that way.

Chris

[HardyGirl]

Groovie Ghoulies Frankie!

[kingdom warrior]

Peter Boyle for me is the Obvious choice.....but Glenn Strange is my other favorite who played the Monster three times. The most memorable was in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.

He was also in A&B's Comin Round the Mountain where he Played Devil Dan Winfield and had the Memorable line WILBERT!!!!!.....lol

[Nostalgiabuff]

I just got my 6 year old watching A* C meet Frankenstein. she loves it and has watched it a few times already. I am going to show them Young Frankenstein next....Peter Boyle nailed the part

[ctc]

>I didn't care for DeNiro at all.

I liked him, but yeah; he seemed kind of off.... way too articulate and wise for the monster.

My fave Frankenstein is currently "Frankenstein: The True Story." Finally got it a few months back. Weird, creepy, kinda sad. I like the animated one Toho did in the 80's too. Found a copy in the kid section of a rental joint back in the day. (NOT the best place to put it, if you've seen it.)

Don C.

[Meule]

>I didn't care for DeNiro at all.

I liked him, but yeah; he seemed kind of off.... way too articulate and wise for the monster.

Maybe, but as far as visuals go he was the most believable monster. If you're gonna put together a human with parts from different bodies the DeNiro monster is most likely what you'd end up with

[torgospizza]

My fave Frankenstein is currently "Frankenstein: The True Story." Finally got it a few months back. Weird, creepy, kinda sad.

I saw that as a child, but don't remember much about it other than that Michael Sarrazin's monster makeup was pretty original. I was used to Universal Monsters, and this dude looked like an utter freakshow to me. He looked like a zombie, which I suppose Frankenstein's monster is, technically.

[PNGwynne]

I don't remember it much--wasn't the premise that Sarrazin started as an adonis & slowly deteriorated/decayed?


Conversely, in The Bride, the Monster healed & became more "human" as the film progressed.

[MIB41]

To me, the next most significant Frankenstein next to Boris is Glenn Strange. He's just as iconic ...