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


The 1935 sequel to the 1931 film ''[[Frankenstein 1931 (Film)|Frankenstein]]'', this is widely considered to be the best of the old [[Universal Horror]] movies. [[Boris Karloff]] and Colin Clive reprise their roles as the monster and Dr. Henry Frankenstein, respectively, while Ernest Thesiger joins the proceedings as as Dr. Septimus Pretorius and Elsa Lanchester plays the titular Bride.
The 1935 sequel to the 1931 film ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'', this is widely considered to be the best of the old [[Universal Horror]] movies. [[Boris Karloff]] and Colin Clive reprise their roles as the monster and Dr. Henry Frankenstein, respectively, while Ernest Thesiger joins the proceedings as as Dr. Septimus Pretorius and Elsa Lanchester plays the titular Bride.


We begin in the home of [[Lord Byron]], entertaining his friends Percy and Mary Shelley as a [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night|storm rages outside]]. At Byron's urging, Mary continues the story of Frankenstein, picking up about where the original film left off.
We begin in the home of [[Lord Byron]], entertaining his friends Percy and Mary Shelley as a [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night|storm rages outside]]. At Byron's urging, Mary continues the story of Frankenstein, picking up about where the original film left off.


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.
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.
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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.
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.


The franchise was continued in ''[[Son of Frankenstein (Film)|Son of Frankenstein]]''.
The franchise was continued in ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''.
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=== ''Bride of Frankenstein'' provides examples of: ===
=== ''Bride of Frankenstein'' provides examples of: ===
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* [[Axe Before Entering]]
* [[Axe Before Entering]]
* [[Beehive Hairdo]]: The Bride famously sports one of these.
* [[Beehive Hairdo]]: The Bride famously sports one of these.
* [[Blind and The Beast]]: Possibly the trope maker.
* [[Blind and the Beast]]: Possibly the trope maker.
* [[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."
* [[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.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: After witnessing the monster's return, Minnie attempts to tell about it but is just scoffed at.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Pretorius, who is revealed to have been [[The Man Behind the Man]] to Dr. Frankenstein.
* [[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.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Pretorius to both Frankenstein and his monster.
* [[Mix-And-Match Man]]
* [[Mix-and-Match Man]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Pretorius
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Pretorius
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: The monster.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: The monster.
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* [[Smug Snake]]: Pretorious all the way.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Pretorious all the way.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: The monster learns to speak, although this was subsequently dropped for the next film.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: The monster learns to speak, although this was subsequently dropped for the next film.
* [[Taking You With Me]]: The monster to his bride and Dr. Pretorius.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: The monster to his bride and Dr. Pretorius.
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: As usual.
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: As usual.
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