Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Universal International Pictures, Film Classics Inc., Universal Pictures, Universal Home Entertainment, Realart Pictures Inc.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Court of Miracles, Backlot, Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1935
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
Bride of Frankenstein, horror, classic, James Whale, Carl Laemmle Jr., William Hurlbut, John L Balderston, Mary Shelley, Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, O.P Heggie, Una O’Connor, box office, budget, MPAA rating, reviewed by Simon Braund, Variety Staff, Don Druker, Frank S Nugent, Geoff Andrew, Marjorie Baumgarten, Mattie Lucas, David Reddish, Trace Thurman, Meyer Levin, directed by James Whale, written by William Hurlbut, John L Balderston, Mary Shelley, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., horror classic, Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures, Film Classics Inc., Realart Pictures Inc., Mono sound mix
 

Cast & Crew

Boris Karloff

Elsa Lanchester

Colin Clive

Valerie Hobson

O.P. Heggie

The Monster

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Monster’s Mate

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

Elizabeth Frankenstein

Boris Karloff – The Monster (as Karloff)
Elsa Lanchester – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Monster’s Mate
Colin Clive – Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson – Elizabeth Frankenstein
O.P. Heggie – Hermit
Una O’Connor – Minnie

 

James Whale

William Hurlbut

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Whale
 
Writer(s)
William Hurlbut, John L. Balderston, Mary Shelley
 
Producer(s)
Carl Laemmle Jr.

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
4 wins & 3 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Simon Braund

Variety Staff

Don Druker

Frank S. Nugent

Geoff Andrew

Empire Magazine

Variety

Chicago Reader

New York Times

Time Out

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
  All Critics (49) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (1)
  Whale’s erudite genius brings it all together. He sculpts every nuance of self-parody, social satire, horror, humour, wit and whimsy into a dazzling whole, keeping every one of his fantastical plates spinning until the tragic, inevitable finale.
 
  September 24, 2007 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Simon Braund
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Karloff manages to invest the character with some subtleties of emotion that are surprisingly real and touching.
 
  June 4, 2007
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Whale added an element of playful sexuality to this version, casting the proceedings in a bizarre visual framework that makes this film a good deal more surreal than the original.
 
  June 4, 2007
 
  Don Druker
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Another astonishing chapter in the career of the Monster.
 
  August 8, 2006
 
  Frank S. Nugent
  New York Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Whale’s most perfectly realised movie, a delight from start to finish.
 
  February 9, 2006
 
  Geoff Andrew
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  [A] great horror classic.
 
  March 10, 2003
 
  Marjorie Baumgarten
  Austin Chronicle
  TOP CRITIC
  Made by a gay filmmaker in 1935 who understood better than anyone what it was like to be hated for who he was, and crafted as unabashedly queer a film as anything else in Hollywood at the time.
 
  June 30, 2022
 
  Mattie Lucas
  From the Front Row
  Chock full of stunning black and white photography, groundbreaking make-up and special effects, and mad dark comedy, classic horror doesnt get much better than Bride of Frankenstein. It doesnt get much gayer, either.
 
  March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  David Reddish
  Queerty
  A masterpiece of classic horror with plenty of queer subtext to boot.
 
  July 26, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Trace Thurman
  Horror Queers Podcast
  This is an absolutely unforgettable film, a must-see for every gay horror fan.
 
  October 30, 2020
 
  David-Elijah Nahmod
  Bay Area Reporter
  The chief new element is the monster’s bride, played by Elsa Lanchester, who doesn’t appear in her entirety until approximately five minutes before the movie ends.
 
  July 24, 2020 | Rating: 5/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Splendid pictorial composition and dramatic lighting make this a worthy successor to Frankenstein.
 
  April 16, 2020
 
  Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
  Esquire Magazine…

 

Plot
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Boris Karloff’s portrayal of the Monster in Bride of Frankenstein is considered one of his most iconic roles.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Netflix
 
Distributor
Image Entertainment Inc., Kino Video, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Release Type
Streaming
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1924
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly, Kewpie Morgan, directed by Buster Keaton, written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A Mitchell, comedy, drama, action, romance, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Mabel McElliott, Dave Kehr, Tom Milne, David Parkinson, Kenneth Turan, Emma Simmonds, Rob Gonsalves, Josh Larsen, Robert E Sherwood, Mike Massie, Tom Shone, MPAA rating, produced by Joseph M Schenck, Buster Keaton
 

Cast & Crew

Buster Keaton

Kathryn McGuire

Ward Crane

Joe Keaton

Erwin Connelly

Sherlock

Jr.

Projectionist

The Girl

The Sheik

Buster Keaton – Sherlock, Jr., Projectionist
Kathryn McGuire – The Girl
Ward Crane – The Sheik, The Villain
Joe Keaton – The Girl’s Father, Man on Film Screen
Erwin Connelly – The Hired Man, The Butler
Kewpie Morgan – Conspirator (uncredited)
Director – Buster Keaton
Producers – Joseph M. Schenck, Buster Keaton
Writers – Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A. Mitchell

 

Buster Keaton

Clyde Bruckman

Joseph M. Schenck

Buster Keaton

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Buster Keaton
 
Writer(s)
Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A. Mitchell
 
Producer(s)
Joseph M. Schenck, Buster Keaton

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Mabel McElliott

Dave Kehr

Tom Milne

David Parkinson

Kenneth Turan

New York Daily News

Chicago Reader

Time Out

Empire Magazine

Los Angeles Times

SHERLOCK, JR.
 All Critics (27) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (2)
 Lots of people must find Buster’s conduct laughable, else he would not continue making comedies… I have not found one yet. Therefore, Buster must have charm. Perhaps he is caviar to the general, and I am one of the latter class.
 
 May 17, 2021
 
 Mabel McElliott
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 Keaton’s appreciation of the formal paradoxes of the medium is astounding; his observations on the relationship between film and the subconscious are groundbreaking and profound. And it’s a laugh riot, too.
 
 May 29, 2015
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Keaton’s third feature under his own steam is an incredible technical accomplishment, but also an almost Pirandellian exploration of the nature of cinematic reality.
 
 May 29, 2015
 
 Tom Milne
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Buster Keaton’s third and shortest feature ranks among his best.
 
 May 29, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
 David Parkinson
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 A master of movement and stillness, Keaton developed a comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical, and this small gem shows us why he’s as purely American a film genius as the motion pictures have produced.
 
 May 29, 2015
 
 Kenneth Turan
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Sherlock Jr. is notable for a series of scintillating, near-inexplicable stunts, Keaton’s characteristically dexterous and deadpan performance, as well as for its fat-free rattling-good storytelling and witty intertitles.
 
 May 29, 2015
 
 Emma Simmonds
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 If you haven’t seen it, you’re going to have to.
 
 November 23, 2022 | Rating: A
 
 Rob Gonsalves
 Rob’s Movie Vault
 Genius is offering a metacommentary on film form and pulling off a banana-peel gag in the same movie…
 
 April 26, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Josh Larsen
 LarsenOnFilm
 Like all Keaton comedies Sherlock, Jr., is constructed with amazing ingenuity.
 
 October 7, 2021
 
 Robert E. Sherwood
 LIFE
 An essential and important part of the evolution of silent comedy, renowned for its technical achievements and careful approach to storytelling.
 
 July 30, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 Self-referentiality, impeccable stunts and eye-popping cinematography: Keaton’s grace and visual wit are unmatched even today.
 
 April 12, 2020
 
 Tom Shone
 Sunday Times (UK)
 Sherlock Jr. (1924) is stone-faced director/producer Buster Keaton’s marvelously inventive, short silent film era, comic fantasy – his third and shortest feature film. It was filled with the comedian’s trademark physical gags…
 
 October 4, 2019 | Rating: A+
 
 Tim Dirks
 Filmsite…

 

Plot
A movie projectionist who dreams of being a detective is framed for a crime and uses his amateur detective skills to clear his name in Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy/drama “Sherlock, Jr.”
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
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Production Company(ies)
Stanley Kubrick Productions,
 
Distributor
GoodTimes Home Video [us], Reel Media International [us], Grapevine Video, Image Entertainment Inc., Sinister Cinema, Republic Pictures, Hollywood’s Attic, Video Yesteryear, Kino Video, BijouFlix Releasing
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Starhrad Castle, Nezbudská Lúcka, Slovakia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1922
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror/Fantasy
 
Keyword(s)
Horror, Fantasy, German, Silent Film, Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder, F.W Murnau, Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker, Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau, Academy, 35mm, GoodTimes Home Video, Reel Media International, Grapevine Video, Image Entertainment Inc., Sinister Cinema, Republic Pictures, Hollywood’s Attic, Video Yesteryear, Kino Video, BijouFlix Releasing, Neptune Frost, 18 1/2, H.P Lovecraft’s Witch House, 11th Hour Cleaning, Sh*t Saves the World, Stay Prayed Up, Final Caller, Girl in the Picture, Hello, Goodbye, Everything in Between, Confessions from the Hart, The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, The Sea Beast, Moon, 66 Questions, Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel, The Road to Galena, Incantation, Dangerous Liaisons, Jewel, Warriors on the Field, Fair Play, Tomatometer, Audience Score, Critics Consensus, Box Office Performance, Budget, Reviewed by Kate Cameron, Tom Huddleston, Noel Murray, Peter Bradshaw, Mordaunt Hall, Kevin Thomas, Neely Swanson, Dennis Harvey, Bianca Garner, Joanne Laurier, Matt Brunson, Horror Movies, Best Horror Movies, MCU Movies, Best Netflix Series, TV Premiere Dates, Fresh Kernels
 

Cast & Crew

Max Schreck

Alexander Granach

Gustav von Wangenheim

Greta Schroeder

G.H. Schnell

Graf Orlok

Knock

Hutter

Ellen Hutter

Westenra

Max Schreck – Graf Orlok
Alexander Granach – Knock
Gustav von Wangenheim – Hutter
Greta Schroeder – Ellen Hutter
G.H. Schnell – Westenra
Ruth Landshoff – Annie – Harding’s Frau

 

F.W. Murnau

Henrik Galeen

Enrico Dieckmann

Albin Grau

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
F.W. Murnau
 
Writer(s)
Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker
 
Producer(s)
Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kate Cameron

Tom Huddleston

Noel Murray

Peter Bradshaw

Mordaunt Hall

New York Daily News

Time Out

The Dissolve

Guardian

New York Times

NOSFERATU
  All Critics (70) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (2)
  The action of the picture is so disconnected as to make the continuity confusing. However, this one certainly holds interest, for its extreme weirdness and its unusual photography.
 
  January 8, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
  Kate Cameron
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  So this is it: ground zero, the birth of horror cinema.
 
  October 14, 2014
 
  Tom Huddleston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  The movie’s best effect is its star…He looks every bit like an actual demonic wild-thing, retrieved from deep within the German wilderness and trotted out to perform for Murnau’s camera.
 
  November 19, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Noel Murray
  The Dissolve
  TOP CRITIC
  There is pure expressionist inspiration in Murnau’s juxtaposition of the malign wolves and the terrified old women: a poetry of fear.
 
  October 24, 2013 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  It is the sort of thing one could watch at midnight without its having much effect upon one’s slumbering hours.
 
  August 21, 2013
 
  Mordaunt Hall
  New York Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Never mind that much of the story of this first important screen version of the Dracula legend seems corny and dated, for what counts is its atmosphere and its images, which are timeless in their power.
 
  August 21, 2013
 
  Kevin Thomas
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Do not expect subtlety. With only title cards, symbolism, and a broader style of acting than we are accustomed to, Murnau makes use of them all to propel his story forward.
 
  March 5, 2022
 
  Neely Swanson
  Easy Reader (California)
  One of the masterpieces of silent
 
  January 7, 2022
 
  Dennis Harvey
  48 Hills
  It long earned its place among the most terrifying films of all-time; maybe it’s time it took its place as one of the most progressive on a thematic level.
 
  October 29, 2021
 
  Bianca Garner
  In Their Own League
  This dark, lacerating work is a response, passed through the director’s … artistic filters, to the monumental devastation of the war (and the 1918 flu pandemic related to it, which also killed tens of millions).
 
  February 26, 2021
 
  Joanne Laurier
  World Socialist Web Site
  Nosferatu remains the best vampire movie of all time. It possesses a strain of sheer dread not captured by any subsequent bloodsucker film.
 
  October 28, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  F.W Murnau’s 1922 Gothic masterpiece in many ways, paved the way for genre horror films and completely encapsulated audiences at the time of its release.
 
  May 30, 2020
 
  Holly Edwards
  Film Inquiry…

 

Plot
Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok’s castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase an isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter’s own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter’s trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep. Hutter eventually sees the Count’s sleeping chamber in a crypt, and based on a book he has recently read, believes the Count is really a vampire or Nosferatu. While Hutter is trapped in the castle, the Count, hiding in a shipment of coffins, makes his way to Wisbourg, causing death along his way, which most attribute to the plague. Hutter himself tries to rush home to save his town and most importantly save Ellen from Nosferatu’s imminent arrival. In Wisbourg, Ellen can feel the impending darkness as Nosferatu gets closer. But she learns that a sinless woman can sacrifice herself to kill the vampire. Will Hutter be able to save Ellen either from Nosferatu and/or her self-sacrifice?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about the film or its cast.
 

 
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Year of Release
2013
 
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD
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Awards & Nominations
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Genre(s)
Action, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Black Stories, Drama, Dramedy, Teen, War
 
Keyword(s)
Franchise: DC Extended Universe
 

 

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NA
 

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