The Bride of Frankenstein: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''We belong dead.''|'''[[Frankenstein's Monster]]'''}}

 

 

 

Henry Frankenstein just barely survives the collapsing windmill, but so does the [[Not Quite Dead|monster]]. Shortly thereafter, Frankenstein receives a visit from his old mentor, [[Camp Gay|Dr. Pretorius]], who wants to join forces and continue Frankenstein's experiments to create life. In one of the movie's most memorable scenes, Pretorius shows Frankenstein a series of little people in jars, including a [[Mer Maid]], a ballerina and a little [[Satan|devil]]. Pretorius can make people, but he can't get them up to normal size. Frankenstein, meanwhile, has created a giant. And so Pretorius proposes a plan: Frankenstein will provide the body, and Pretorius will provide the brain.

One thing to note: Although the monster is childlike and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|rather sympathetic]], he still kills people -- a ''lot'' of people. Film historians put the original death count at 21, but it was edited down to 10 due to the [[Executive Meddling|censorship of the time]]. At one point the monster seems to break into an elderly couple's house and kill them [[For the Evulz|just because]]. Like [[King Kong]]'s tendency to eat people, the monster's violent nature is often glossed over to facilitate a "[[Humans Are Bastards|we are the REAL monsters]]" aesop.

 

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=== ''Bride of Frankenstein'' provides examples of: ===

* [[Axe Before Entering]]

* [[Beehive Hairdo]]: The Bride famously sports one of these.

* [[Camp Gay]]: Dr. Pretorius, director James Whale reportedly told the actor to play him "like an over the top caricature of a bitchy and aging homosexual."

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: After witnessing the monster's return, Minnie attempts to tell about it but is just scoffed at.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Pretorius, who is revealed to have been [[The Man Behind the Man]] to Dr. Frankenstein.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Pretorius to both Frankenstein and his monster.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Pretorius

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: The monster.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Pretorious all the way.

* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: The monster learns to speak, although this was subsequently dropped for the next film.

* [[Title Drop]]

* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: As usual.