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  1. Nov 4, 1994 · The monster has always been the true subject of the Frankenstein story, and Kenneth Branagh's new retelling understands that. "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" has all of the usual props of the Frankenstein films, brought to a fever pitch: The dark and stormy nights, the lightning bolts, the charnel houses of spare body parts, the laboratory where Victor Frankenstein stirs his steaming cauldron of ...

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  2. For the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," I re-read it and, then, reviewed a bunch of Frankenstein films. This list is a ranking of all of them that I've reviewed, from the classic Universal series, to the Technicolor Hammer splatters and beyond. A few are fairly faithful adaptations, more are loose reworkings and some have ...

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  3. Apr 28, 2020 · Why Frankenstein (1994) Is The Best Movie Adaptation Of Mary Shelley's Novel. Other than the plot line, the film offered a star-studded cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robert DeNiro, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, Ian Holm, John Cleese, and Aidan Quinn. What's more, the film made strides in areas like set design, costume design, and makeup.

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  4. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein premiered at the London Film Festival, and was released theatrically on November 4, 1994, by TriStar Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, grossing $112 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million, making it less successful than the previous Francis Ford Coppola -produced horror adaptation, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

  5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is ambitious and visually striking, ... Salvador Z Bruh first of all they used electric eels instead of lightening, second of all no this is not a good movie. It’s ...

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  6. Permalink. 8/10. Classy, gorgeous monster film. rose-294 27 April 2008. Written by Steph Lady and Frank Darabont (who later disowned this film) and ambitiously directed by Kenneth Branagh, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a likable film which succeeds mostly in a refreshingly old-fashioned, Hammeresque vein.

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  8. Feb 5, 2023 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was the first big-screen adaptation that actually felt true to the source material, giving it a distinctive identity that remains unique to this day. This mindset is ...

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