| 单词 | Frankenstein |
| 例句 | It was a bit like Frankenstein’s monster, except that it was my mother’s monster, and I’d been the lucky recipient of its great girth. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He had on a Frankenstein T-shirt, seersucker shorts, white canvas Top-Siders without socks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Reyna had stitched up the gashes on his biceps, which gave Nico a slightly creepy Frankenstein look, but the cuts were still swollen and red. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “This is what it is to live,” he cried; “now I enjoy existence! But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear Frankenstein,” exclaimed he, “how glad I am to see you! How fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my alighting!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll admit that this Frankenstein Complex you’re exhibiting has a certain justification—hence the First Law in the first place. But the Law, I repeat and repeat, has not been removed—merely modified.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “My dear Frankenstein,” exclaimed Henry, when he perceived me weep with bitterness, “are you always to be unhappy? My dear friend, what has happened?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You ain’t got no sense. I don’t even like that Frankenstein. She is a monster.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She stomped out a beat, and I tried to follow, but my feet felt like they were weighed down by big Frankenstein shoes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Frankenstein Girl was still reading her book when Sunny plopped a chocolate-covered candy down on the table in front of her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Frankenstein is the name of the doctor that created the monster, not the monster itself.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m looking a little Frankenstein, but I guess it’s appropriate, all things considered.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Amanda’s legs are uneven, so she wears these thick corrective shoes that make her look like Frankenstein. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z What if I look like Frankenstein with my arms hanging stiffly at my sides? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’ve got the classic Frankenstein on my phone. What do you say to a little midnight viewing?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Other kids at school are dressed like werewolves and Frankensteins and stuff, but those’re just costumes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Not unless he wanted to become Dr. Frankenstein’s monster,” she replied with a laugh. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Every time his veterinarian friend came back and said he needed just a little more money before these Frankensteins dominated the cattle world, Giebel dutifully anted up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her pumpkin-orange curls piled high on her head reminded me of the bride of Frankenstein, even without the lightning bolt streaks on each side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes I endeavoured to gain from Frankenstein the particulars of his creature’s formation, but on this point he was impenetrable. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor had a line of black stitches going up his forehead, like Frankenstein. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes he chased us—his fat arms out to the side; his fat fingers opening and closing; his legs stiff like Frankenstein’s monster, like the mummy dragging its foot; growling; laughing- crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta looked more like Frankenstein than a flower girl, limping and lugging her white-casted arm while Fern imitated her so there would be two Frankenstein flower girls. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z On Halloween night, all over Sacramento, children dressed up as ghosts or Frankensteins or dime-store skeletons with phosphorescent bones. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And, also, maybe this is selfish of me, but I didn’t want people to come after this new chicken with pitchforks, like they did with Frankenstein. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He held out his hands, a dizzy Frankenstein, and staggered to his chair. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out different types of citrus trees, including some Frankenstein experiments of his own. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Frankenstein thought the castle wasn’t flammable, but the villagers proved him wrong. flounder/founder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After I lose, we go to the couch and watch our favorite movie, Young Frankenstein. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Would they turn on him like the villagers in that movie about Frankenstein? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like your room,” I said, going over to look at a colorized Frankenstein poster on the wall. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Its patchwork appearance reminded her of Frankenstein’s monster, which led to a terrible thought. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein listed The Monster as ? at the opening, only revealing Boris Karloff at the end. Why post-credits scenes are slowly ruining blockbusters 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z At the end of the routine, Gary Frankenstein walks over to talk to Tom for the debrief. 'Dancing with the Stars' Watch: The Season Premiere 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z For many children, a monsters’ hall of fame would probably begin with Frankenstein’s creature and end with the latest Godzilla. Spare Times for Children for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Also, part of The Frankenstein Project – Theory, sorry – is shot in night vision. The Frankenstein Theory - the Blair Witch of monster movies 2013-02-20T16:47:00Z The more likely victim, however, is Ethan’s consumptive girlfriend, Brona, with whom Victor Frankenstein shared roasted chestnuts back in Episode 2. What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The fourth film in Hammer’s seven-movie Frankenstein franchise made the monster a woman. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z With diabolical ingenuity, she’s found a way to inject fresh questions about humanity’s future into the old veins of “Frankenstein.” Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s a place where you pull on a candlestick and the wall opens, like “Young Frankenstein.” Exploring Scotland’s Past and Present 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Frankenstein first seals and then reneges on the bargain, so earning the creature's curse, possibly the most chilling in all literature: "I shall be with you on your wedding night." Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z But many of them, the ones most often referred to as dad shoes, really look more like Frankenstein monsters of the foot, cobbled together from references and peer pressure, unwieldy and aggressively clumpy. The Season of Peak Sneaker Silliness 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The nobles are spectacularly gowned, and perhaps half the cast is hatted and bewigged, with the Queen's Act 1 stand-up hairdo a "Young Frankenstein" knockoff. ABT's 'Sleeping Beauty' at Segerstrom a lush return to tradition 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z According to an original story dreamed up by Burton, B. was created, Frankenstein's monster-style, from the leftover balloons used in children's parties at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Tim Burton balloon to float in Macy's parade 2011-10-22T03:55:04Z “The IVF pioneers … were called monsters, Frankenstein doctors; it was predicted that these babies would have health problems,” he said. IVF couples could be able to choose the ‘smartest’ embryo 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Wilder played the arrogant Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, who had so distanced himself from his family that he insisted his last name be pronounced "Frankensteen." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Griffith and, just in time for the Halloween season, the 1910 adaptation of “Frankenstein,” produced by Thomas Edison. Perspective | The death of FilmStruck: Erasing cinema’s history will have only a negative effect on its future 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It's in 50 different keys and sounds amazing: this weird, beautiful, graceful Frankenstein's monster. Musicians and their obsessions 2010-12-09T21:46:00Z By contrast, the original 1963 list included "Three Gothic Novels" – Frankenstein, The Castle of Otranto and Vathek – bundled together as if they were insufficiently serious to be read on their own. The new Penguin English Library is a far cry from its 1963 version 2012-05-24T07:00:00Z That subtext might only add to the intrigue of this fair, which will turn a spotlight on a different menace: Frankenstein’s monster. 25 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In her 1818 novel “Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus,” the precocious 19-year old Mary Shelley, wife of famed Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, wanted her book to terrify but also incite serious debate. Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z I went back and watched "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" and all the earlier classics. Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “Universal horror was lighting in a bottle,” he says, referring to films like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Invisible Man. The Mummy: the story of the world's most expensive movie poster 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In an interview, Saadawi said that his “Frankenstein” is “the fictional representation of the process of everyone killing everyone.” The Novel After the Arab Spring 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z And Martin Scorsese has described an obscure sequel, “Frankenstein Created Woman,” as “close to something sublime.” Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z What’s more surprising perhaps is that since then reviving Hammer, built on sequels and remakes, has proven far more difficult than reanimating Frankenstein’s monster. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z Hader is a green monster, ahem Frankenstein, who is afraid of fire and tends to accidentally strangle people he likes. 8 Things That Wouldn't Exist Without 'Twilight' 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “Frankenstein in Baghdad” is about many things other than a creature who terrorizes the city at night. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, Frayling devotes many plates to posters and production stills from the first “Frankenstein” feature and its sequels. The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The clever ending Mr. Gonzales has come up with for “Lucy” marks a complete departure from the “Frankenstein” template, and it’s oddly satisfying on an emotional level. Books of The Times: In ?Lucy? by Laurence Gonzales, a New Species 2010-07-05T21:57:00Z Hovering over everything is “Frankenstein” and its cautionary warning about the perils that arise when science recklessly tampers with the natural order of things. ‘Transcendence’: a cyber drama that’s slow to upload 2014-04-16T22:46:43Z “The film is almost unrelievedly brutal and without the saving grace of unreality, which makes Frankenstein’s horrors a little comic,” Frank S. Nugent wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Sunday: Grammys, ‘Girls’ and John Oliver 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Like Lazarus or the Frankenstein monster, he summoned the will and strength to sing one more chorus. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Mary Shelley's Frankenstein contains a kind of male labour for Victor Frankenstein, whose "toils" and "agony" bring his creation to life with "a convulsive motion". Can fiction give life to childbirth? 2011-03-03T15:22:49Z “We need to get away from the connection to ‘laboratory,’ which conjures up both Frankenstein as well as GMO-manipulation concepts, which is not the case. Fake burgers will save us all! 2013-12-08T22:00:00Z He has a bit of Dr. Frankenstein in his confidence, so dispensing with mice is a must. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The idea was to do “Frankenstein” as a kind of nonmusical musical, where the book drove to set pieces that were the equivalent of musical numbers. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z I watch The Producers & Young Frankenstein and still roar with laughter. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z James was a man who defused, and fused with, machines, Cross is more machine than man, a total creation of his CIA overlords — their quiet-spoken Frankenstein. The Bourne Legacy: Spy vs. Drones — Which Is Which? 2012-08-09T12:00:19Z From there it was on to the classic 007 sendup Get Smart, ebulliently loopy films like The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, and the long-running Broadway musical based on The Producers. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z He called with “Flesh for Frankenstein” and said, “I have a role for you.” Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z So yeah, “Atone” is mostly Duff, but it’s a little Frankenstein. Jerry Cantrell’s first solo album in nearly 20 years was worth the wait 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z For example, scarlet fever is featured prominently in other 19th century novels such as Frankenstein and Little Women. Motherlode Blog: Scarlet Fever Probably Didn't Blind Mary Ingalls 2013-02-04T05:01:13Z Charles Spencer in the Telegraph agrees: "At its best," he writes, "there is no doubt that Frankenstein is the most viscerally exciting and visually stunning show in town." What to say about ... Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2011-02-24T17:14:39Z And when he recommends the Swing Master to Mike — has there ever been a more useless looking device? — he says it will help him to stop walking “like Frankenstein after he was probed by aliens.” ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap: Back to the Beginning 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Steady, for example, was a Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from one of Jessica's melodies and a chorus Camilla had been knocking around for more than a year. The Staves: 'Bon Iver gave us cabin fever' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The film’s once-daring humor may have lost some of its edge over the years, but Mr. Wilder’s next Brooks film, “Young Frankenstein,” has never grown old. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z When Vanessa flinches at Frankenstein’s cold stethoscope, he stammers, “I’m sorry. I always forget that with the living.” 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z She began “Frankenstein” after being delivered the previous year of a premature infant who did not survive, and only five months after the birth of her eldest son, William. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Stir Crazy...I enjoyed them all many times, they were unique comedies that felt like old friends. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The “Frankenstein Suite” was an early success, but Mr. Gruber was uncomfortable with the amount of improvisation it allowed. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z Mary Shelley usually gets mad props as the progenitor of feminist science fiction for her 1818 "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus." Close encounters with feminist science fiction in 'Sisters of the Revolution' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z I knew about death from watching 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula.' A Minute With: Tim Burton about his new "Frankenweenie" film 2012-10-03T13:07:51Z This brainy, batty novel moves between the 1816 gathering that produced “Frankenstein” and modern Memphis, where a transgender man attends a convention on artificial intelligence. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z My memories of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” are mostly of the movie’s stitched-together monster who is more to be pitied than feared. ‘Swerve’: Well-honed howls of horror 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Partly a fable about the Industrial Revolution, “Frankenstein” itself has become a scholarly and commercial industry, and a host of electrifying new works has been issued to celebrate the bicentenary of its publication. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Sampson throws herself wholeheartedly into satisfying our curiosity about the psychological triggers behind “Frankenstein.” The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z As the former Chairman and CEO of Fox News and political advisor to Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes was a modern day Dr. Frankenstein. What the Roger Ailes saga can teach us about tyrants, power and protection 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Yet the fame of “Frankenstein” simply grew, persisting well beyond her lifetime, until its reputation eclipsed her own. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Away from Shakespeare, though, he has had mixed fortunes, typified by the drubbing he received for his unsuccessful 1994 film of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Big Thor 2011-04-26T07:24:15Z Brooks himself tried to bottle the lightning success of "Producers" when he premiered his famous comedy "Young Frankenstein" as a Broadway musical in 2007. 10 year time capsule: How "The Producers" changed Broadway 2011-04-19T20:08:00Z National Geographic said last year that the “Frankenstein” author would be its third “Genius,” but said Sunday Shelley will be used for a later season. Television’s new ‘genius’ is Aretha Franklin 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z In the book, Hammond was a fiendish Frankenstein of capitalism, whose scientists had revived dinosaur species to stock his crackpot-genius idea of a prehistoric theme park. Remembering Richard Attenborough, the Man Behind Gandhi 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z One begins in 1816, when the teenage Mary Shelley, the author of “Frankenstein,” was living in the Alps with her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron and others. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Rocky Horror is just Frankenstein with a twist. How we made: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2013-03-04T19:30:02Z To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” the Keats-Shelley Association of America hosts a live reading at the Library of Congress and encourages similar marathon “Frankenreads” around the world. From ‘Fire and Fury’ to a ‘Crazy Rich’ resurgence: The biggest book news of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z And those that do — Dracula, Frankenstein’s creature — are monsters. The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Radcliffe, 26, received the honor in the midst of promoting his latest film, Victor Frankenstein, in which he plays infamous sidekick Igor. Daniel Radcliffe Gets a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Unlike 1931, we will not be getting a Frankenstein movie from Universal later this year. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z But Pierre Boulez’s 1991-93 “... explosante-fixe ...,” to be heard at the second and final Contact! concert in June is, like “Frankenstein!!,” hardly unfamiliar to New York audiences. Music: A Call for More New Music From New York Philharmonic 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z Whale, who had directed Frankenstein the year before, put Stuart in The Old Dark House, then cast her as a furtive adulteress in a 1933 nonhorror drama, The Kiss Before the Mirror. 'Titanic' Star Gloria Stuart Dies at 100 2010-09-29T08:55:00Z There may be echoes of Frankenstein but it emerges that Dr Ledgard is attempting to create something more finessed with Vera: he wants the frail beauty of a human but with supernatural powers. Elena Anaya: Almod?var's new leading lady 2011-08-13T23:04:04Z A staff member followed with Alice Cooper’s “Feed My Frankenstein,” complete with plenty of lusty thrusts and guttural yells, then quietly trotted offstage and back to work. Karaoke Coast to Coast 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Q: Will you be directing a new "Frankenstein"? A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro at Comic Con 2010-07-22T14:28:00Z “My father looks like Frankenstein, and I’m so angry,” Alexandra recalled. Nancy Pelosi is notoriously private, but her daughter filmed her for years 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z "I hope people take away that the movie is a really fun time, but it's also got quite a deep relationship between Victor Frankenstein and Igor," said McAvoy, who plays the seminal mad scientist. Hollywood (well, much of it) will be out in force at Comic-Con 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Trash and harrowingly low budgets are the point of a Versus movie, as the genre's pioneers well knew back when they were churning out Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein/The Invisible Man/The Mummy. Cowboys & Aliens: the Versus movie without Versus in its name 2011-08-12T23:11:02Z Two years before it opened, people were already wearing shirts that said “Frankenstein.” A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Indeed, the novel is more relevant than ever, given the scientific advances in biotechnology and artificial intelligence that make Victor Frankenstein’s aim of creating a new species more than conceivable. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z We suddenly seem an awfully long way from James Whale's Frankenstein or Tod Browning's Dracula. The new Red Riding Hood film is grim not Grimm 2011-04-08T23:07:49Z Rejected by his creator, we meet the Big Guy in a striking, Gothic past in which he avenges himself on Dr. Frankenstein. ‘I, Frankenstein’: all chatter and violence, no heart or brains 2014-01-24T18:27:35Z In Frankenstein the man who creates the "monster" is both victim and perpetrator, as is his creature and shadow side. Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour 2013-06-01T10:30:01Z The Guardian calls Crook’s discovery “the largest collection of unpublished letters by the author of Frankenstein to be discovered in decades.” Unpublished Mary Shelley Letters Discovered In A British Archive 2014-01-09T14:40:42Z And, as the story goes, an eerie dream about the residence was the impetus for Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto—the first gothic novel and the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Explore London’s Strawberry Hill Through 3-D-Printed Models 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z I'm finally going to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and, having only just discovered Mrs Palfrey At the Claremont, I shall read Elizabeth Taylor's books by the armful. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z Alongside Frankenstein, there is that other monster: the 2012 opening ceremony. What Danny Boyle did next 2010-12-05T00:04:00Z Mr. Franco — serious, focused, sympathetic — plays Will Rodman, a scientist and romantic idealist who is one hubristic mistake away from becoming a latter-day Dr. Frankenstein. Looking Apocalypse in the Eye 2011-08-04T14:59:55Z Frankenstein meanwhile is being frequently brought back to life – first in this year's flop I, Frankenstein, and next in a forthcoming film starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. Universal could reanimate old-school movie monsters, from Frankenstein to the Invisible Man 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z I somehow doubt, though, that this “Young Frankenstein” would seems quite as appealing if it recrossed the Atlantic. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z That’s a notion too often ignored in Neal Bell’s “Monster,” a proficient adaptation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” that shouts out its grand ideas but forgets that quiet gestures also have the power to awe. Theater Review: ‘Monster,‘ From Potomac Theater Project, at Atlantic Stage 2 2012-07-13T22:40:30Z First it was named The Frankenstein Code and then Lookinglass before they finally settled on the more prosaic Second Chance. Second Chance – Frankenstein-inspired cop procedural needs a jolt of life 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “Nathan looked like Frankenstein the next day, his neck hurt from thrashing around so much.” After 15 Years, the Nashville Punks Be Your Own Pet Are Roaring Back 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Underworld are once again collaborating with Danny Boyle, teaming up with the director for his stage adaptation of Frankenstein. Underworld to score Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2010-12-21T11:48:39Z He first came to prominence with the 2012 sci-fi hit “Chronicle,” and his credits have since included “American Ultra” and “Victor Frankenstein.” Max Landis Is a Hollywood Disrupter With an Attitude 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z As he stands before his audience, he registers as both a director and performer, and a bit like a happy Frankenstein reanimating the dead. Movie Review: ?Bernie? With Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine 2012-04-26T21:53:23Z As if by illustration, I can reveal that the film of Danny Boyle's NT stage production of Frankenstein, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, will be back in cinemas in the summer. Trailer trash 2012-02-12T00:06:12Z The production he will be appearing in is “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” based on her 1818 novel. Robert Fairchild: From God to Monster (and Choreographer) 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z We’d also have the whole house from Switzerland that the Shelleys and Lord Byron were hanging out in when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during the year without a summer. Jay Baruchel's fantasy festival: deep-diving into The Crow with Ian Curtis and Oreos 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z You know the story: Dr. Polidori, a lesser sidekick to the godlike Byron, emerges from the summer with a vampire tale, and Mary Shelley dreams up “Frankenstein.” Monsters take the stage in a new Gothic musical and a delayed play 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z In the gothic literature forums discussing Anne Rice's vampires, Frankenstein's monster, and cryptids, I discovered that bodies could morph, cross boundaries and blur categories. Bring me to life: Evanescence helped me find my trans voice 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z With one eye permanently dilated, and 60 staples stitched across his forehead, he looked and spoke like Frankenstein’s monster. Sex in a hospital bed 2013-05-28T23:00:00Z Which of these monsters is truly heartless: Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s monster or the Wolfman? Challenges Abound in a Feast of Serious Trivia 2011-02-08T16:09:41Z Fisher was allegedly told by Johns to "play the character less like Frankenstein and more like the kindhearted Quasimodo." The 9 biggest grievances in Ray Fisher's interview about Joss Whedon's "Justice League" misconduct 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z "Beauty and the Beast" director Bill Condon is set to helm "Bride of Frankenstein." 'Wonder Woman' Crushes Box Office Again 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Cropped screenshot of Boris Karloff from the trailer for the film Bride of Frankenstein. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z "Dr. Frankenstein tries to create this thing in his own image, and he gets it wrong." Danny Boyle returns to stage with 'Frankenstein' 2011-02-22T14:09:15Z As she put it, “I’m like Dr. Frankenstein, but with wine.” The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It has become fashionable to hate the late Yugoslavia, or to diagnose it retroactively as a kind of Frankenstein assemblage of mismatched parts whose dissolution was thus inescapable and inevitably bloody. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Another iconic Karloff makeup and performance canonized The Mummy as a peer to it’s Universal brethren, but unlike Dracula and Frankenstein before him, Mummy would be late to the franchising game. Universal's 2016 'Mummy' Reboot Set In The Iraqi Desert Might Be Cursed 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z In retrospect, the “Frankenstein summer” seems a fantastical interlude of happiness in lives marked by tragedy. Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z But when it comes to Frankenstein, I felt Cumberbatch had the edge in that he offered clearer hints of the scientist's cold-hearted single-mindedness. Frankenstein - review 2011-02-24T00:46:25Z Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and even a certain Great Detective make appearances, but it’s their animal familiars who steal the show. Review | The best books to read by the fire: Let’s talk about our favorites in science fiction and fantasy 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z And finally, this weekend’s midnight movie at the Egyptian is the 1987 monster/action flick “The Monster Squad” — featuring Count Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, the Mummy and Gill Man. Woody Allen series continues with ‘Manhattan’ 2013-01-10T22:17:28Z The most obvious and sustained tribute is, of course, to “Frankenstein.” Movie Review: ‘Frankenweenie,’ Tim Burton’s Homage to Horror Classics 2012-10-05T00:09:14Z I always enjoyed the structure of movies like 'Frankenstein' and then later on 'House of Frankenstein,' where they incorporated other monsters ... A Minute With: Tim Burton about his new "Frankenweenie" film 2012-10-03T13:07:51Z You are also famous for your campy turns in Andy Warhol’s “Blood for Dracula” and “Flesh for Frankenstein,” directed by Paul Morrissey. Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z As Klinger writes, this edition will help readers see “the richness and nuance” of “Frankenstein.” Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes fully alive in this new edition 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z This new version has “Frankenstein” very much on its mind, with Gary Oldman playing the Dr. Frankenstein figure. ‘RoboCop’: Remake is a blast, with more of a human side 2014-02-11T19:03:12Z One is whether to remain reboot central, the Dr. Frankenstein of old shows about bros with guns and fast cars. Review: New ‘Magnum P.I.’ Is Mostly Nostalgia and Testosterone 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Frankenstein will never be destroyed, not so long as we desire to transform our mortal fears into entertainment. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z Here, Bela Lugosi, as Dracula, decides to transplant a brain into Frankenstein’s monster. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 24-30 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Now, in time for the 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein,” comes another biography, “In Search of Mary Shelley,” by the British poet Fiona Sampson. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z A toe-to-groin cast with some Frankenstein hardware moves her to the sidelines of adolescence, where she is neither one of the cool injured athletes nor the pitiable handicapped. ‘The Nakeds’: A young, broken girl and her nudist family 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Webling changed Victor Frankenstein’s name to Henry and referred to the Creature itself as “Frankenstein,” not “creature” or “Adam” as other stage adaptations at the time. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z “The Mummy,” to be followed by new versions of “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man” and “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” among others, received abysmal reviews. ‘The Mummy’ Stays Asleep at the Box Office 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z But unless it expands its Frankenstein mythology or finds a way to gussy up the story of the week, the show will remain decidedly mediocre. Second Chance – Frankenstein-inspired cop procedural needs a jolt of life 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It was salon theories about the rumoured posthumous reanimation work of Erasmus Darwin that inspired Mary Shelley to write her masterpiece, Frankenstein. Stage chemistry: the marriage of science and theatre is going strong 2011-03-09T14:13:20Z But in recent years he’s mellowed, and embraced his Frankenstein creation. 11 Essential Drinks at 11 Great Cocktail Bars 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The series opens with serendipitous timing, on Friday the 13th, with a double feature of “Frankenstein,” with Boris Karloff, and “Dracula,” starring Bela Lugosi, both from 1931. Phantom Creep Theater, Lovecraft Festival and Other Horror Events 2012-07-12T21:31:25Z But this time Frankenstein is applying his techniques not to fashion a human being but to reincarnate his beloved dog, Sparky, who’s met an untimely end. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z Also growing up loving, like, `Frankenstein' movies, there's something about a boy and his dog and a `Frankenstein' story that doesn't seem that dissimilar. Hollywood's 3 Bs for fall: Bond, Bella, Bilbo 2012-08-22T19:51:09Z It was Wilder who came up with the idea for "Young Frankenstein." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Aside from Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Frankenstein, there are not a lot of doctors in Broadway musicals. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It was a weird war, and VMI is a truly weird destination for a New York Jew, and the whole freaky, Grand Guignol Stonewall Jackson thing sounds like a scene from Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z In spite of such god-like exploits, the young Swiss artist is less a would-be Dr Frankenstein than a champion of the overlooked. Artist of the week 176: Raphael Hefti 2012-02-09T13:32:00Z After skewering Westerns in “Blazing Saddles” and classic horror movies in “Young Frankenstein,” Mel Brooks took on Alfred Hitchcock thrillers in this 1977 comedy. The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Hulu and More in December 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z This new solo show draws on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and James Whale's 1931 movie of the novel to tell Sturrock's story of his road from paralysis to recovery. This week's new theatre 2011-04-08T23:08:36Z Little Boy, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, cost more than an aircraft carrier, and was likened to the stuff of sci-fi and even “Frankenstein.” A Day-by-Day Re-Creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z In shades of comedy and tragedy, realism and fantasy, these contemporary authors dig up a lot of old conceits and, like Dr. Frankenstein, zap them to life with mixed results. Review | Does living forever sound ideal? These 5 new books will change your mind. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Even against that backdrop of ignominy, this “Loutallica” Frankenstein stands alone. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z Dale Hennesy designed the sets that honored art director Charles D. Hall's original designs for "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Unlike Dracula, Frankenstein and The Invisible Man, there is no textual basis for the character. Universal's 'The Wolf Man' Was The Iron Man Of His Day 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "The channel has become to National Geographic what the Frankenstein monster became to Dr. Frankenstein," said Alan Mairson, a former writer and editor at the National Geographic magazine. A reboot for the National Geographic Channel 2013-04-11T14:04:09Z Bainbridge referred to her workroom as her “laboratory,” and there was something a little Dr. Frankenstein about her, in either Mary Shelley’s or Mel Brooks’s iteration. Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In “Frankenstein,” Ensemble for the Romantic Century is similarly better at poetry than sustained storytelling. Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Hollywood studio Universal is hoping to convince Angelina Jolie to star in a remake of the classic horror Bride of Frankenstein, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Universal 'wants Angelina Jolie to play Bride of Frankenstein' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The reception area is designed like a movie box office with a colorful mural depicting creatures like Frankenstein’s monster and Pennywise the Clown. What Does Horror Taste Like? ‘Carnage Asada’ and Bloody Cocktails 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder, the star of classic films including “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Young Frankenstein,” has died at age 83. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The best sculpture of the lot is at the Chelsea Boone: a magnificent twisting, almost cyclonic tree trunk whose massive branches are themselves bluntly attached tree trunks — an arboreal Frankenstein monster. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Initially the producers announced "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley as the first woman to be featured in the series only to realize they just wasn't enough content there to fill eight episodes. Capturing how Aretha Franklin could "alchemize her pain into sonic gold" 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Frankenstein and Ethan have both been jockeying for Sir Malcolm’s parental attention, and the prospect of a more traditional love triangle – one perhaps complicated by some derring-do on Ethan’s part? — makes sense. What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The show, set in Victorian England, incorporates characters from classic British novels of the era — Dr. Frankenstein and his monsters, Dorian Gray and Dracula — to creepy, head-spinning ends. Q. and A. With Eva Green: Darkly, Demonically, Daringly ‘Dreadful’ 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Son of Frankenstein, unlike Bride, did not see James Whale return to direct but nonetheless implanted Ygor forever into the mythos of the Creature, replacing “Fritz” in the minds of future Universal Horror fans. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z She was both Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster, and it is our constant, subliminal awareness of this duality that makes her such a fascinating and compelling creature, even still, 50 years after her death. John Banville on Marilyn Monroe 50 years after her death 2012-08-03T21:55:13Z For Trump has become the apotheosis of a half-century of the GOP's radicalization, an out-of-control Frankenstein who might destroy its very creator. How the Republicans wound up with Trump: E.J. Dionne explains in 'Why the Right Went Wrong' 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” begins in a gothic-horror rainstorm, with flashes of lightning and the kind of organ music that sends a tingle up the spine. Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z But Byron’s Swiss chateau is nonetheless where the seed of “Frankenstein” is planted, and “Mary Shelley” is as much a biography of that book as of its author. Review: ‘Mary Shelley’ Twists Pain and Passion Into a Monster 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z In 1831, nine years after her husband’s death, Mary Shelley wrote the introduction to a revised version of “Frankenstein.” Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Working with the screenwriter Seth W. Owen, and expanding some of the ideas in his 2012 short film, “Loom,” Mr. Scott creates a disappointingly skeletal Frankenstein story that entertains efficiently but vacuously. Review: In ‘Morgan,’ a Snow White With Lips Stained Red 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Johnson has worked on several traditional Sondheim productions before, but he was a stranger to the heavy crunch of prog until he worked with Landless on the metal opera “Richard Campbell’s Frankenstein” last year. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. Ferrell said from the beginning that he envisioned a film with “almost a Mel Brooks-ian kind of approach,” referring to the director famous for spoofs such as “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein.” Will Ferrell promises smart jokes and slapstick in 'Holmes & Watson' 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z He once went to a Frankenstein movie in the guise of Frankenstein’s monster. Dick Smith, Oscar-winning master of movie makeup and special effects, dies at 92 “It’s not some kind of Frankenstein, melding things together.” The Shed’s 1st Season Welcomes a Concert Series From Steve McQueen and Quincy Jones 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Frankenstein was a struggle, if I'm honest; it wasn't the kind of workload I'm used to. Underworld's brief to 'frighten people' at the London 2012 opening ceremony 2012-08-02T19:00:09Z Frankenstein is already in rehearsals in London, and due to open next year. Underworld to score Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2010-12-21T11:48:39Z Frankenstein … using the app, the reader interrogates the story, helping to shape and navigate the text. Frankenstein by Dave Morris ? review 2012-05-17T08:00:02Z The archetypal Jack Handey sketch is about Frankenstein, or flying saucers, or a cat who, for some reason, can drive a car. Jack Handey Is the Envy of Every Comedy Writer in America 2013-07-15T19:46:10Z But, before he died in 1994, he came to fear that “we may have created a Frankenstein.” America and China’s long embrace 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z After a short break for the holidays, performances of “Frankenstein” resume Jan. 15 at St. Luke’s Theater on West 46th Street in New York and continue every Monday night. A Successful Marriage Is Never as Easy as A, B, C 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Then of course there is the great artistic offspring that is Shelley’s “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus,” and the many multiform descendants it spawned. Theater Review: Radiohole’s ‘Inflatable Frankenstein’ at the Kitchen 2013-01-06T22:46:36Z And yet, the thought occurs that the actors' strengths veer in opposite directions: that Cumberbatch is obvious for Frankenstein, and Miller will excel as the Creature. Frankenstein: Man or monster? 2011-01-17T21:44:01Z ‘Frankenstein: A Monstrous Parody’ is a frightfully fun remake of ‘Madeline’ Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes fully alive in this new edition 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z And I just did Frankenstein, and you’re playing the original mad scientist. James McAvoy: X-Men's Professor X Is "Mental" 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Grohl became Jack Black for an instant, mimicking the riffs on Edgar Winter's"Frankenstein" as he explained how his first encounter with the instrumental hit turned him into a music obsessive in the '70s. SXSW 2013 keynote: Dave Grohl and the importance of 'voice' 2013-03-14T18:17:00Z The red, white and black guitar is a replica of the original "Frankenstein" guitar that Van Halen used for more than 30 years. Van Halen's guitar given to Smithsonian museum 2011-02-08T15:49:15Z The most accessible of his major novels, Poor Things, published in 1992, is a historical pastiche, a Victorian reworking of the Frankenstein story. Every Short Story 1951-2012 by Alasdair Gray - review 2012-11-14T08:00:03Z The tragedy of “Frankenstein” is I know full well there was an audience for it. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z "I opened a Pandora's Box and released a Frankenstein monster," he said. Labradoodle creator says he unleashed 'Frankenstein monster,' calling it his 'life's regret' 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Shelley's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, captures the relationship of the two: Frankenstein usurping God by moulding his own likeness from the clay. Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z The Chicago-based company Manual Cinema’s adaptation of “Frankenstein,” also featured at Under the Radar, is endlessly imaginative and exquisitely beautiful. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z At the convenient approach of a lightning storm, he uses kite power to raise the late Sparky to the sizzling heavens and, voilà!, we have a full-fledged Frankenstein pastiche. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie: A Re-animated Delight 2012-10-04T12:00:18Z He sent him the scene of Frankenstein’s grandson meeting a servant named Igor at Transylvania Station; the agent liked it and said Mel Brooks would be the perfect director. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Still, full marks to The Frankenstein Project – Theory, sorry – for trying. The Frankenstein Theory - the Blair Witch of monster movies 2013-02-20T16:47:00Z Aaron Eckhart shows off the physique that landed him the role of Frankenstein's monster. Comic-Con 2013: five things we learned 2013-07-22T12:26:00Z Can the relationship of Frankenstein and the Creature tell us anything about the symbiotic relationship of stage and audience? Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z Mario Praz, author of The Romantic Agony, argued that the dominant gothic theme was "an anxiety with no possibility of escape"; Frankenstein and his creature are undoubtedly locked in a love-hate embrace. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z I nicknamed my doctor Frankenstein, because I hated my reconstruction. ‘Instead of a scar, I had a piece of art’: women on their post-mastectomy tattoos 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Can you tell your Frankenstein from your Dracula? Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour 2013-06-01T10:30:01Z Frankenstein comes to mind here and also as a metaphor for the film’s patchwork structure. ‘Trenque Lauquen’ Review: Lose Yourself 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "I'll let you guess which ones," Colbert said, breaking into a Frankenstein impression. Stephen Colbert cheers the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The first year I taught “Frankenstein,” I was 23 years old and knew little about the novel — or anything else, for that matter. Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes fully alive in this new edition 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Mary Shelley’s famous motherless child enters the angels-and-demons world of an apparent franchise bid in “I, Frankenstein.” Movie Review: ‘I, Frankenstein’ Stars Aaron Eckhart as the Lonely Ghoul 2014-01-24T22:46:31Z Cassell complains: "If Frankenstein went into the House of Commons and chopped everyone up, he wouldn't be able to put together a single decent scientist." The Heretic – review 2012-10-02T17:10:46Z The family line for the teenage flick “Vampire Academy” may trace back to “Dracula,” but the recycling policy is strictly from “Frankenstein.” Movie Review: ‘Vampire Academy,’ a Film Based on Richelle Mead’s Series 2014-02-09T21:58:05Z And further back: Mary Shelley, whose “Frankenstein” marks a kind of Year Zero for industrialized modernity’s impact on literature. Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Leonardo knew none of these latter-day Frankenstein fears, nor could he imagine outsourcing the work of our eyes to an impenetrably complicated machine. Review | Not every Leonardo is in the huge Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. What’s at the Louvre, though, is brilliant. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Young Frankenstein was born in the sunny climes of New York’s Westhampton Beach. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In between “Macbeth” and “Assassins,” Classic Stage will round out its new season with a pair of major works of gothic horror: “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.” John Doyle to Direct ‘Assassins’ at Classic Stage Company 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “Victor Frankenstein” promises new directions and other movies, mostly by recasting a story about gods and monsters into a buddy movie. Review: ‘Victor Frankenstein’ Recasts a Tale That Keeps On Giving 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The media versions of “Frankenstein” were so thoroughly ingrained in me, I had dismissed the book as dated and banal. For Years, a Literary Villain Made Joe Ide Wary of Nurses 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Frankenstein starts in the Arctic, centres on Mont Blanc and ends again in the far north. Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour 2013-06-01T10:30:01Z At the time of his death Mr. Meehan had been reworking the musical version of Mel Brooks’s movie “Young Frankenstein,” first seen on Broadway in 2007, for a revival in London. Thomas Meehan, Who Wrote the Books for Broadway Hits, Dies at 88 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Besides watching "Dracula," "Frankenstein" and "The Wolf Man" on television growing up in New Jersey, Dante would bike to a local movie theater for the Saturday matinee. Director Joe Dante is a genre success 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z It was while filming "I, Frankenstein" in Australia that Strahovski went to a comedy festival and was reminded how much she adored performing live. 'Dexter,' 'Chuck' star Yvonne Strahovski onstage 2012-11-28T18:16:04Z Saul is apparently a fan of “Frankenstein,” the 1931 movie by James Whale. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap: Back to the Beginning 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Before there was Rocky Horror, before there was Frankenstein’s monster, before even the sorcerer’s apprentice’s broom, there was Golem: the original man-made being gone awry. | 'Golem': ?Golem? at La MaMa E.T.C. - Review 2011-11-29T23:23:49Z And since then, parts of “Frankenstein” have been dug up and stitched together so many times that it’s a miracle the poor thing can still lumber along. Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Will is of course Baron Frankenstein, an urge to improve life through science, and the ambition to achieve it by questionable means. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Chimpan-tastic! 2011-08-04T16:05:00Z Not for nothing did Mary Shelley give “Frankenstein” the subtitle “The Modern Prometheus”; the finest genre fiction has always examined humanity through allegory. Review: In ‘Upload,’ Do Blockchains Dream of Electric Lizards? 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Frankenstein's monster makes an entrance, too, for reasons that remain a little unclear. My fair fräulein: an Eliza Doolittle for the 21st century 2012-08-14T19:00:04Z Kirk made some appearance in the 1990s and 2000s in films such as “Billy Frankenstein” and “The Education of a Vampire,” his final film. Tommy Kirk, the child star in “Old Yeller,” has died at 79 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Mary Shelley's Frankenstein brilliantly adopts a fragmented narrative in which the story is delivered by different tellers wrapped round the central confession of the "creature". Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour 2013-06-01T10:30:01Z Have these dingbats not seen such horror classics as, oh, say, “Frankenstein”? Or “Re-Animator”? Well, one of them does at one point archly intone, “It’s alive!” ‘Lazarus Effect’: She’s alive! But film could use a smarter jolt 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z So there’s still space for a couple of outside prospects next week: Fox’s Victor Frankenstein and Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 fails to satiate box-office bloodlust across the world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z That’s because “Pippin” had met its ideal, galvanizing Dr. Frankenstein in the director and choreographer Bob Fosse. Theater Review: ‘Pippin,’ Directed by Diane Paulus, at the Music Box Theater 2013-04-26T02:01:15Z As he put it after a recent rehearsal, “The idea was that this was not going to be your typical Frankenstein monster, but a reflection of his heart and soul.” Robert Fairchild: From God to Monster (and Choreographer) 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z My favorite novels of all time include: “Dracula,” by Bram Stoker; “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley; “Breakfast of Champions,” by Kurt Vonnegut; and the Harry Potter series. Dear Match Book: Genre Fiction by Black Writers, About Black Characters 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Let “Frankenstein,” just released by Inkle Studios and Profile Books, serve as a reproach to that reflex. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z What one might call "Frankenstein bands" – reassembled years after their apparent demise with bits from other groups bolted on to replace those who have been lost – run the risk of being tawdry, cynical affairs. The show must go on: when bands replace their dead stars 2011-01-27T22:59:01Z A few of the students were conversant not only with how many centuries separated the lives of Shakespeare and Austen but with the finer points of Shelley’s "Frankenstein." Teaching Jane Austen to sex offenders 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The panel for Stuart Beattie's forthcoming I, Frankenstein introduced a version of the reanimated beast played by hunky Aaron Eckhart from The Dark Knight/Thank you For Smoking and equipped with impressive martial arts skills. Comic-Con 2013: five things we learned 2013-07-22T12:26:00Z One reader, Conrad Bayley, traced its theme of scientific hubris back to “Frankenstein” and, of course, in this case Promethean ambition is combined with greed to especially lethal effect. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The only figures onstage are Stephanie Berry, who plays both the unscrupulous biology major Victor Frankenstein and his creature, and Rob Morrison, an actor and musician, who plays the Chorus and briefly, Victor’s doomed bride. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z It was bursting with every horror reference you could think of, as young Victor Frankenstein brings his dead dog Sparky back to life with an experiment for the school science fair. Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z In the book King is doing a portrait of being a child in the 50s, and their fears are very tangible – they’re monsters from Universal movies like Dracula and Frankenstein and The Mummy. 'He knows everyone is vulnerable to something': actors and directors on the grisly joy of adapting Stephen King 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Season 1, Episode 7 Frankenstein’s monster glowers outside the window of Sir Malcolm’s home late in “Possession,” the seventh episode of “Penny Dreadful.” 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z With so much seriousness and terror following Frankenstein’s monster around, it was nice to have a comedy to lighten up the tone. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Observe the story-high monster chomping a hamburger atop the House of Frankenstein. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Niagara Falls 2011-05-26T18:29:08Z This incarnation of Frankenstein has a strict moral code and enjoys taking vacations on Mars, not quite what a new reader would expect. ArtsBeat Blog: Rating the No. 1's: 'Batwoman,' 'Demon Knights' and More 2011-09-15T20:32:58Z This will be like Halloween in June, with horror film clips created by teenagers, a Frankenstein fashion show and manga monsters. Spare Times for Children for June 8-14 2012-06-07T22:45:43Z The actor was born in Surrey in 1928, and played in other screen roles including Hammer Horror’s 1958 movie The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Avengers. Eunice Gayson, the first Bond girl, dies aged 90 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z I have a special technique for rereading masterpieces like “Frankenstein” or “The Glass Bead Game.” How Susan Sontag Influenced Patti Smith’s Reading Life 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z When it's great, it's great — you get something like Young Frankenstein. Q&A: Simon Pegg of 'Shaun of the Dead' on Loving Sci-Fi 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z So, The Frankenstein Theory follows a documentary crew as they ... hey, wait a minute, isn't this the same exact premise as The Blair Witch Project? The Frankenstein Theory - the Blair Witch of monster movies 2013-02-20T16:47:00Z You get the sense, throughout “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” that Saadawi’s creature, alive with malevolent intelligence, is feeding off its own destructive energy. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z At the Prospect Park Bandshell on Wednesday night, she was wheeled onstage in a straitjacket, her posture and pompadour briefly evoking the Bride of Frankenstein. Janelle Monáe Kicks Off Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Unlike, say, Frankenstein monsters or vampires, Voodoo is a real religion, practiced by real people who aren’t just trying to fit in in school. New Monster High doll debuts 2012-07-12T21:35:00Z Mr. Wilder himself hatched the idea, envisioning a black-and-white film faithful to the look of the Boris Karloff “Frankenstein,” down to the laboratory equipment, but played for laughs rather than for horror. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z An international hit, "Frankenstein" became the first of many Hammer movies for Lee. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He spent all of last week’s episode glowering at Frankenstein through the window, and he snapped Van Helsing’s neck the week before as a warning. What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It could be said that “Orphan Black” is a feminist “Frankenstein,” if it weren’t true that “Frankenstein” was a feminist “Frankenstein.” The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Sandler provides the voice of Count Dracula as proprietor of a resort catering to Frankenstein, the Wolfman and other classic monsters. Hotel Transylvania tops US chart 2012-10-01T08:52:01Z He later turned up at a screening of “Frankenstein” as the title character. ‘Godfather of Makeup’ Dick Smith dead at 92 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The first movie version, directed by James Whale with Colin Clive, opened in 1930, a year before their immortal work in “Frankenstein.” Review: ‘Journey’s End’ Returns a Play About World War I to the Screen 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z NT Live has streamed productions including War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Frankenstein to cinemas. Screenings 'do not harm theatres' 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He claimed not to have seen the original “Frankenstein” or “Dracula” movies until he showed them on television. John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z If a scientist were to create a depressive in a lab, a sort of super-bummed out Frankenstein’s monster, she would resemble me, though maybe with a less awesome rack. My terrifying chemical storms 2014-01-12T21:00:00Z After filming ended that day on "Blazing Saddles," the two worked until 2 a.m. on ideas for "Young Frankenstein." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z His prose has lost none of its Frankenstein voltage, its crumpled moral feeling or its scorpion’s sting. Books of The Times: ‘Martin Amis: The Biography,’ by Richard Bradford 2012-12-05T04:49:02Z But he made his scenes count as a sort of modern-day Dr. Frankenstein whose creation evolves beyond his control — and he did so in an impressive '70s coiffure. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron': James Spader and the supervillain upgrade 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Then, after a brief conversation between the creature and his maker, Berry transforms into Frankenstein, then back into the creature, before the piece rushes to its absurd, icebound conclusion. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z In the opening pages of Ahmed Saadawi’s novel “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” a suicide bombing shakes a neighborhood in the Iraqi capital: The Novel After the Arab Spring 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z BIRTH/REBIRTH In the summer’s second spin on “Frankenstein” — see “The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster,” above — Marin Ireland plays a pathologist who aims to revivify a dead child. Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z She’s also been announced as the titular Frankenstein novelist in the gothic drama Mary Shelley’s Monster. These Game of Thrones Actors Are Becoming Movie Stars 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "Young Frankenstein" is one of Wilder's most fondly remembered films. Brooks to intro 'Young Frankenstein,' talk Wilder in Oct. 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z He won the 1969 Oscar for "The Producers" screenplay, according to the movie site IMDb.com, and was nominated for Academy Awards for writing the "Blazing Saddles" theme song and the screenplay for "Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks: 'I'm finally getting recognized as a good director' 2013-05-14T13:02:16Z The drama is a gothic mashup of Dracula, Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, steampunk aesthetics, vampires, werewolves, diabolical possession and obsolete alienist psychiatry. Eva Green: ‘I don’t want to be put in a box marked Weird Witch’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Just ask Dr. Frankenstein — and the woman who birthed him. Review: Road-Tripping with Frankenstein’s Monster in ‘Maery S.’ 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” was published anonymously two years later, in 1818, and almost immediately grabbed the popular imagination. Frankenstein at 200 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The august Hammer Film Productions reigned supreme during the 50s with their vividly gory revivals of such classic ghouls as Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Mummy. It gets … worse: what can we learn from movies set in 2021? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The theater’s recent production of “Frankenstein” featured a “content advisory” alerting patrons to “strobe lights, haze, simulated gunshots and scenes depicting physical and sexual violence.” Brace Yourself in Act II: Trigger Warnings Come to the Stage 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Glenn Strange would portray the creature in his next two appearances, the monster mashes House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Taking it even further, Dietzenbach used Adobe Illustrator to transform photos of his daughter into the monsters, like Frankenstein, Dracula, a mummy and werewolf, each featured in the Zoom squares, per the outlet. Dad makes epic 'killer Zoom meeting' Halloween costume for daughter 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z She also analyzes “Frankenstein” and Mary Shelley’s other proto-science-fiction novel, “The Last Man,” before explaining why Heathcliff is her favorite villain and Georges Simenon one of her favorite authors. Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” In the same year he was reunited with Brooks for the affectionate horror spoof Young Frankenstein. Kenneth Mars obituary 2011-02-15T18:47:58Z The horror website Bloody Disgusting called Mr. Wrightson’s black-and-white “Frankenstein” illustrations an “exquisitely detailed and extravagant vision” rendered in “a beautifully distinguished period style of art.” Bernie Wrightson, Artist and a Creator of Swamp Thing, Dies at 68 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z I was thinking of James Whale and lavished more coverage than was scheduled and had to be reminded I wasn’t remaking Frankenstein. ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Each track on “Fear of a Black Planet” is a Frankenstein monster of a sound collage, stitched together with all the seams showing — lumbering, lumpy, but still somehow managing to rock and funk simultaneously. The 12 greatest albums of the ’90s 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z Mr. Frayling’s detailed cultural history of “Frankenstein,” which comprises the book’s other half, is no less illustrative of “a creation myth which works for today.” The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Frankie Steiner, the hero of this new Manhattan production from Vital Theater Company, isn’t just a juvenile version of Victor Frankenstein; he’s also a 21st-century one. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z “Frankenstein” will transport you, which is no mean or small feat. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z This year marks the 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein,” and to mark that milestone, fans all over the world will crawl out of the ground on Halloween to stage undead, all-day readings of the original text. Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes ALIVE on Halloween 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Turner Classic Movies presents a double feature of "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein," in honor of the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures, at 7 p.m. At A Theater Near You: Scarecrow celebration, Earshot fest, more 2012-10-18T20:18:05Z Jimmy Sangster's script reused the template of his earlier Hammer film The Curse of Frankenstein. Jimmy Sangster obituary 2011-08-21T11:30:54Z And the novel’s contemporary setting exhibits the markings of Gothic terror, with wry allusions to Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe and even Stephen King. Review | In Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes,” parents are more venomous than reptiles 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z But as any horror fan can tell you, a comeuppance awaits in horror movies from “Frankenstein” to “Frankenhooker” when god-wannabes futz with what it means to be human by creating life that becomes monstrous. A Doll That Wears Sunglasses With Attitude? Oh, ‘M3gan’ Is a Gay Movie. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Born of such controversy, Frankenstein continues to resonate, we learn, in its examination of otherness and fear of technology. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 29 October - 2 November 2012-10-29T08:00:00Z I love all the classic horror films, all the old Universal: "Frankenstein," "Dracula." R.L. Stine reveals how Netflix's bloody "Fear Street" trilogy "loosened me up" 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Make-up artist Jack Pierce and Boris Karloff are responsible for the rest of Frankenstein’s iconography, developing a make-up that gave Frankenstein neck bolts and a flat top and a lumbering, moaning, stiff-armed performance. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z His turf is the bloody, romantic realm of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and the ballet “Giselle,” with their fascination for dark, supernatural forces and the entwining of love, fear and death. ‘Sleepy Hollow’s’ Headless Horseman: Spring dance leaps out of ballet’s box 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Boyle in National Theatre debut Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is to make his National Theatre debut directing a new production of Frankenstein. 2010-01-21T12:00:00Z “Dracula” running time: 2 hours 20 minutes; “Frankenstein” running time: 1 hour 15 minutes. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z His dream was never realized: American malls remained insular, and, like Frankenstein’s monster, only nourished the frantic consumerism Gruen was trying to mitigate. The mall isn’t dead — it’s just changing 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z In the age of stem cells, genetic engineering, cloning, three-parent babies, and cryogenic attempts at resurrection, the “real creation myth is ‘Frankenstein.’” The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Her first play, Blood and Ice, about Mary Shelley and the writing of Frankenstein, is a brilliant, almost feverishly poetic and dramatic exploration of the feminist impulse and its limits. Scotland has the makings of a great makar in Liz Lochhead 2011-01-19T17:16:41Z And back then we started thinking about doing an adaptation of Frankenstein. What Danny Boyle did next 2010-12-05T00:04:00Z This year will also see his reboot of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, starring Daniel Radcliffe, and action comedy Mr Right, about a woman who falls for a guy who happens to be a hitman. American Ultra screenwriter blames film's failure on fear of originality 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Those films — “Frankenstein” and “Godzilla” and the half-dozen others Mr. Burton and Mr. August ingeniously invoke — were campy and silly and exciting, but they also touched deep anxieties and strong emotions. Movie Review: ‘Frankenweenie,’ Tim Burton’s Homage to Horror Classics 2012-10-05T00:09:14Z When Ethan returns to find her dead, Frankenstein offers this droll piece of consolation: “Don’t worry – I’ll take care of the body.” 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z There was a sense here of the superhero – and, by extension, America – as Frankenstein. Iron Man 2: the first superhero film of the Obama era? 2010-04-28T13:33:00Z While their titles and forms gesture to mythic creatures such as the Minotaur and Cyclops, his works have more of a Frankenstein's monster quality. Artist of the week 120: Thomas Houseago 2011-01-05T12:52:15Z Other companies, too, parted ways with him: His death was announced the same day that the Royal Danish Ballet said it was canceling his full-length ballet “Frankenstein,” citing other allegations of misconduct. After a Choreographer’s Suicide, Ballet Confronts Tough Questions 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z I’m a big fan of horror and suspense stories, so I’ve always wanted to read Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” the book that started it all. Tina Turner: By the Book 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z And the show includes an extract from James Whale's famous 1935 Hollywood film The Bride of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. Delving deep in to the gothic 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z He is not amused when a close friend who has had several body parts replaced says, “I don’t know whether I’m the Six Million Dollar Man or the Son of Frankenstein.” Movie Review: ?Late Bloomers,? With William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini 2012-04-12T21:52:54Z This cycle kicked off in 1957 with the taut “Curse of Frankenstein,” a significant departure from the Boris Karloff classic, although many of the changes were ones of necessity. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z It is this attempt that results in his being banished from the theater and finally brings him to Frankenstein’s apartment, where Frankenstein does a rather curious thing. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z A “Frankenstein” that ended with either misfit finding a comfortable place in the world would be a travesty. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z Universal had planned on doing a Frankenstein movie for awhile, but had been running into scripting and directing problems that cost them Bela Legosi as the Creature. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Humphreys despaired when people said things like, “It’s a cross between MasterChef and The Apprentice” – “You know it’s going to be a Frankenstein’s monster of different old shows. That’s the moment you die inside.” ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The two actors alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation - a decision that plays up the idea that the scientist and the monster are mirror images, two halves of a flawed human whole. Danny Boyle returns to stage with 'Frankenstein' 2011-02-22T14:09:15Z Since 2009, a host of the NT's own box office hits including War Horse, Frankenstein and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time have been beamed into cinemas. NT to screen first Broadway show 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z What seemed to me like a simple plot – I expected that similar events to that of Frankenstein would conspire throughout the novel but once again I was pleased to be proved wrong. Dead Romantic by CJ Skuse - review 2013-04-10T14:00:00Z “Somewhere With You,” a Frankenstein’s monster of a musical created from songs written or co-written by JT Harding — some new and some well-known — isn’t quite a jukebox musical, but it’s certainly as simplistic as one. New York Musical Theater Festival Report: 'Somewhere With You' 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z In debating the comparative merits of Cumberbatch and Miller, who play Frankenstein and his creature on alternate nights, the only battle seems to be over which of them is more fabulous. What to say about ... Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2011-02-24T17:14:39Z They alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creature in director Danny Boyle's production. Miller, Cumberbatch vie for London theater prize 2011-11-07T17:16:08Z Mary the monster: in Lynn Shepherd's book, the creator of Frankenstein is portrayed as a multiple murderer. A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd – review 2013-03-01T17:50:01Z How to make a better "Pet Sematary" Much like a corpse stitched together by Dr. Frankenstein or Dracula lying in a crypt with a stake through his heart, Hammer Films never seems quite dead. How to make a better "Pet Sematary" 2011-07-09T15:01:00Z The result was a Frankenstein's monster of a film, comprised of 11 minutes of existing footage Lee shot, overdubbed clips from his previous movies, and stand-ins to fill out certain scenes. 10 amazing facts about Bruce Lee 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z According to an origin story dreamed up by Mr. Burton, B. was created, Frankenstein’s monster-style, from the leftover balloons used in children’s parties at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. ArtsBeat Blog: Tim Burton Sews Up a Spot in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2011-10-21T11:03:11Z While some families work on puzzles together, the Sirotas huddled around the piano, revising “Frankenstein.” A Successful Marriage Is Never as Easy as A, B, C 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Season 6 begins with a parody of the children’s horror series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” in which an inebriated Rich Fulcher tells the “Frankenstein” origin story around a campfire. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ and ‘Corporate’ 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z There were some grumbles among those who turned out for Frankenstein's Wedding that the much-vaunted interactivity amounted to learning a very brief dance routine, while much of the significant action was hidden from view. Bollywood Carmen: Bizet goes bhangra 2013-06-05T19:00:01Z The entry was a story about me as a grown-up, an emerging mass murderer with a Frankenstein combination shotgun and machine gun mounted to my arm. My fantasies of mass murder 2013-03-05T01:00:00Z As well as films, there's also a decent programme of live events both in the building and beamed from venues across the globe – everything from Frankenstein in London to Engelbert Humperdinck in Azerbaijan. Cine-files: City Screen, York 2012-05-29T08:40:00Z He set up loops in real time, building a Frankenstein groove; then he set off a preset composition, overlaying it all with a soaring synth-guitar solo. Music Review: Pat Metheny at the Blue Note - Review 2011-10-14T23:15:27Z Friday night, at least a few vampires and Frankenstein monsters will knock on our doors even as old Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi films play once more in darkened family rooms. Review: ‘The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron,’ by Andrew McConnell Stott Christopher Lee played well over 200 roles in his prolific career, including Lucifer, Dracula, Frankenstein's creature, Sherlock Holmes and the "Lord of the Rings" baddie Saruman. Christopher Lee's Olivier (and Gandalfian) ambitions 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z “We are all the Dr. Frankenstein of our lives,” he said with a shrug. At Gucci, Dressing for the Post-Human World 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “In show business, we live our lives in high and lows,” said the theater director and choreographer Susan Stroman, who worked with Ms. Kloots on shows that included “Young Frankenstein” and “Bullets Over Broadway.” The Story of a Famous Covid Widow 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “Over my wife’s side of the bed is his ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ and over my side of the bed is ‘Blacula.’ Alternative Movie Posters: Fan Art We Love 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z If it took the medium of film to jolt the Frankenstein pop culture tradition alive, it also took the 20th century to fully activate its warning against science run amok. Frankenstein at 200 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Frankenstein was published in 1818 in the wake of the French Revolution and the romantic aspiration to independent creative thought. Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour 2013-06-01T10:30:01Z Don’t let the presence of toy instruments in H. K. Gruber’s “Frankenstein!!” fool you. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-12-18T23:02:48Z The comedic mind behind “The Producers,” Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and much more, now 95, tells his life story, keeping it light the whole way. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z That’s not far off from Stanfield’s role in “Get Out,” where he’s kidnapped and reappears as a modern-day Frankenstein implanted with an old white man’s brain. Is Hollywood ready for the brilliant weirdness of Lakeith Stanfield? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The origins of Frankenstein and Dracula at Universal were intertwined. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z "Son of Frankenstein is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 Frankenstein," he says. Mark Gatiss: Rocket man 2010-10-11T20:30:00Z In late 1958, Mr. Zacherle moved to New York, “flapping in on leathery wings of fame,” as The Journal of Frankenstein, a monster magazine, put it. John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The titular Frankenstein is a manifestation of grief. Review | The best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Its young lovers are lovely, its fools foolish, its Caliban reptilian and its Ariel, complete with a Bride of Frankenstein wig, otherworldly. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z He's in the mould of classic monsters like Frankenstein's monster or The Mummy, harking back almost to silent film. Utopia: inside Channel 4's new unsettling thriller 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z He is closer to the misunderstood creature from “Frankenstein” than to a garden-variety slasher villain. ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and the Lessons Few Horror Films Get Right 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The three “new” songs may not be a revelation, but, unlike so many of these pop Frankenstein monsters, they fit right in. Fresh Releases by Pink Floyd and Queen 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Hammer movies — once a staple of Saturday matinees, drive-ins and late-night TV in the U.S. — were also the home-away-from-crypt for the most famous of ghouls, including Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman and the Mummy. Is Hammer Films Back from the Dead? 2010-12-09T09:00:00Z Aaron Eckhart bears a distressing resemblance to the not late / not great Christopher Lambert in “I, Frankenstein,” a graphic-novel movie goof on the man-made monster. ‘I, Frankenstein’: all chatter and violence, no heart or brains 2014-01-24T18:27:35Z The big, explosive lab scene takes place in the attic and is straight out of "Frankenstein" - which also happens to be his family's last name in one of countless nods to classics of the genre. Review: Burton revisits roots in `Frankenweenie' 2012-10-03T03:31:04Z Nobody screams “It’s alive!” in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes ALIVE on Halloween 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z It turns out that she is actually in her final seconds: After discreetly sending Ethan off for a basin of water, Frankenstein calmly puts a pillow over Brona’s face. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In the program, Ms. Wolf writes that this “Frankenstein,” like her ensemble’s other shows, is intended to be “more than a concert or a play.” Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z But the dense, self-reflexive writing and the willfully commercial plot combine here to create what is, in the end, an intriguing but ungainly Frankenstein of a novel. Books of The Times: ‘The Woman Upstairs,’ by Claire Messud 2013-05-02T16:47:10Z This musical Frankenstein’s monster brought together pieces from three keyboards, a slew of synthesizers, control panels and a drum machine into a set of plexiglass modules. Don Lewis, Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Music, Dies at 81 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z While the studio was the same, the actor playing the monster had changed in this fourth entry into Universal’s “Frankenstein” franchise. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Danny Boyle's "Frankenstein" to play on American screens Danny Boyle is best known for directing films like "Slumdog Millionaire," "28 Days Later," and "The one where James Franco cuts his own arm off." Danny Boyle's "Frankenstein" to play on American screens 2011-03-17T16:18:00Z "Frankenstein" never had a firm start date and remains in limbo. The amazing del Toro movie that just got spiked 2011-03-08T20:09:00Z “Frankenstein was always a good guy,” he said. Serge Gainsbourg Biographical Film by Joann Sfar 2011-08-27T03:33:02Z Van Halen constructed the "Frankenstein" guitar himself to suit his playing style. Van Halen's guitar given to Smithsonian museum 2011-02-08T15:49:15Z Our enduring images of Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula arguably owe more to their 1930s screen portrayals by Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi than to their creators, Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker. From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z One of the themes of Mary Shelley's original novel is precisely how far the Creature can be seen as the double of Frankenstein himself: both are isolated, suffering; both are lonely. Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z Or you may prefer “Blazing Saddles,” a Western spoof; or “Young Frankenstein,” a horror spoof; or the self-explanatory “Silent Movie,” in which the only character to speak was Marcel Marceau, the famous mime. Mel Brooks Keeps It Very Light in ‘All About Me!’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Frankenstein is already in rehearsals in London and will open next year. Underworld to score Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2010-12-21T11:48:39Z When showing a clip from the 1931 “Frankenstein” film, there are references to Mary Shelley, who wrote the original in 1817. BBC America’s ‘Real History’ is Science Fiction 101 2014-04-16T20:07:37Z “Frankenstein” took my breath away, but when I discovered Mary Shelley was 19 when she wrote it my head blew off. Phoebe Waller-Bridge Loves Antiheroines. Of Course. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z To the point that I will buy Billie Piper as the bride of Frankenstein. TV Picks: 'Becoming Us,' 'Orphan Black,' 'Penny Dreadful' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But he harbors fantasies beyond those of the standard-issue mad scientist: where Frankenstein wants to create life, Moreau is more interested in systematically debasing it. DVD: New on Blu-ray: Erle C. Kenton?s ?Island of Lost Souls? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z “They looked like they could jump start Frankenstein,” James says. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z I created a Frankenstein character based on them and what we all shared on the strangest things that have happened to us on set. Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Their ‘Official Competition’ 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Eerie strings, sinister beats and movie dialogue from "Young Frankenstein" abound. Download this: Arthur Russell Simmons Halloween set 2011-10-28T17:56:14Z He continued: “It’s like when mob rule takes over, the mob is out there, they are carrying their torches and they are going to burn down Frankenstein’s castle. It’s crazy how simplified things are becoming.” Hollywood condemns Terry Gilliam for #MeToo comments 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z He is Igor to the villain’s Frankenstein, an Untermensch underling with his own grotesque personality based on a certain unattractive appearance. Richard Kiel's Jaws: the Bond villain whose bark was worse than his bite 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z And Mr. Scorsese’s movie love is given free rein — a quick flash of the opening credits of “Blackboard Jungle”; snippets of the 1931 “Frankenstein”; a knowing reference to “On the Waterfront.” Review: ‘Vinyl’ Resurrects the ’70s Music Industry, Amid Proto-Punk Squalor 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Jackson has, in fact, become like Frankenstein's monster: he now seems to exist outwith his creator's control – or understanding. Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z He assumes the role of, yes, a Dr. Frankenstein to the Turners’ sullen child, shaping a new person out of human clay with what turn out to be disastrous results. Review: In ‘Boy,’ a Man Deals With Gender Cards He’s Given (Not Born With) 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Others have argued that Mary Shelley lied about the authorship of Frankenstein, but few have accused her of multiple murders. A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd – review 2013-03-01T17:50:01Z There is one movie scene that will leave me in tears with laughter forever, from Young Frankenstein: "Sedagive?!" Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Besides his comic book work, Mr. Wrightson did illustrations for horror magazines and novels, including several by Stephen King and Mary Shelley’s 1818 classic, “Frankenstein.” Bernie Wrightson, Artist and a Creator of Swamp Thing, Dies at 68 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z "I, Frankenstein": Aaron Eckhart's the creature made from spare parts, now caught in a war between immortal clans. Highlights of Hollywood's 2013 film lineup 2013-01-09T22:46:05Z Mary Shelley raved in her letters about the near-tropical color of the lake, “blue as the heavens which it reflects,” and used an array of scenes from Lake Geneva in “Frankenstein.” Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z That's when moviegoers saw an obsessed scientist — a total nut job, really — stitch together dead bodies and reanimate them into Dr. Frankenstein's monster. Hollywood teams up with scientists to make sci-fi more believable 2012-06-09T04:32:03Z All Monsters Attack! month continues at the Grand Illusion, with double features all week of "The Wolf Man" and "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" and late-night screenings of "Maximum Overdrive." At A Theater Near You: 2 film fests, ghosts and monsters 2011-10-06T21:06:04Z It had collaborated with Barnes & Noble on “diverse” editions of such classic literature as “Frankenstein,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Romeo and Juliet” to honor Black History Month, which takes place in February. Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z One of our family traditions is to watch “Young Frankenstein” and “The Great Pumpkin” at some point in late October. Mark Ulriksen’s “Boo!” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He was last seen on stage in the National Theatre's 2011 production of Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle, in which he shared the roles of Frankenstein and the creature with Jonny Lee Miller. Theatre 2015: A look-ahead 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z And a third new wide release, “Victor Frankenstein” bombed badly. Holiday Crowds Turn Out for 'Creed,' 'The Good Dinosaur' and 'Mockingjay Part 2' 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The cultural chestnuts evoked include “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” “Nosferatu,” early Frankenstein films and the brittle, hectic artifice of silent films in general. Art in Review: JOHN BOCK: ?In the Shadow of the Maggot? 2011-08-04T22:00:07Z I think that's a cliche because the most famous "Frankenstein" version, which is James Whale's, had been done before as a silent short film by Edison. A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro at Comic Con 2010-07-22T14:28:00Z Wang’s “motoric energy,” he writes, “all but set a Frankenstein orchestra in motion, and her sheer élan provided motivation” for a work of music that was ambitiously framed by compositions from Stravinsky and Janácek. Essential Arts & Culture: Ojai's new musical direction, a bangin' Bartók, an innovative arts patron gets her due 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z At a certain point he realises he's not the same as the human beings and he feels like a freak, he's treated like a Frankenstein's monster. Andy Serkis at Comic-Con: my ape role evolution 2011-07-22T15:02:03Z In one sense, Forest is the latest in a line of Victor Frankensteins out to beat the Reaper. Life Is More Like a Simulation. On These Shows, So Is Death. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Our eldest daughter was once a great Bride of Frankenstein. Mark Ulriksen’s “Boo!” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The New York International Children’s Film Festival is offering a sneak preview of his latest film, “Frankenweenie,” an animated stop-motion adventure in 3-D about Victor Frankenstein and his famous creation. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z Co., is described as a visual journey through the layered universe of Mary Shelley, the author of “Frankenstein.” Abrons Arts Center’s Fall Season Celebrates Trailblazers 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The financial success of Frankenstein further canonized the new additions to the Creature’s mythos and motivated Lammle Jr to reunite the creative team for a direct sequel immediately after test screenings of the film. Frankenstein Is The Most Important Piece of Universal's Monster Mash Universe 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z In the ’60s, orderlies jokingly refer to mad scientist Friedrich as “Dr. Frankenstein,” and the name of his ghoulish project alludes to “The Modern Prometheus,” the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s monsterpiece. How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z "Frankenstein was fantastic because of the support they offered me, but I haven't done much theatre work lately, and they don't want to make a celebrity appointment," he said. Danny Boyle says he won't replace Nicholas Hytner at National Theatre 2013-05-10T10:01:14Z “It’s the worst thing to say, but it’s the God complex, or the Frankenstein complex. You have the white overcoat, and you’re creating life.” Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The aim of the assembled team of experts was to construct a modern Frankenstein from the latest in artificial organs and prosthetic technology, a million quid's worth of top gear. How To Build A Bionic Man – TV Review 2013-02-08T07:00:09Z But my biggest horror influences are black-and-white film classics—”Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” “The Wolf Man,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Mark Ulriksen’s “Boo!” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Remember the torch-bearing angry villagers that stormed the castle in Frankenstein? What Kept Mark Hamill from Saying ‘No' to "The Force Awakens" 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “The Frankenstein Code” A modern version of the Mary Shelley novel in which an old sheriff is brought back to life after a pair of scientists give him a new, stronger, more attractive body. Watch Trailers for Fox's New Fall Dramas and Comedies 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z After all, the most famous ancestor of the goth movement was Frankenstein, the creature who, besides being a terrifying monster, was often portrayed as a gentle and largely misunderstood weirdo. Theater Review: David Crabb?s ?Bad Kid? at Axis Theater 2012-02-21T22:58:56Z Your new novel updates “Frankenstein” with modern technology and cultural references. Jeanette Winterson Owns the Entire Oxford English Dictionary 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z And after James Whale came Terence Fisher with a brilliant take on "Frankenstein" and so on and so forth. A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro at Comic Con 2010-07-22T14:28:00Z I knew her mostly from a worn VHS tape of “Young Frankenstein,” watched ritually at sleepovers earlier in adolescence. Perspective | Cloris Leachman rose to the bottom of our hearts 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Yet Frankenstein is only a small part of the fair, which will house 50,000 rare and antique items, ranging from underground Swedish art to images from early photo booths to World War II postcards. 25 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “Universal Horror,” a new eight-film collection on the Criterion Channel, spotlights some of the legendary movie monsters, like Frankenstein and the Mummy, that originated at Universal Pictures in the 1930s. It’s Spooky Season in New York. Here’s What to Do. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This is especially urgent for Otto — the Dr. Frankenstein figure in this fable — a social misfit who relies on Mary to be his real-world eyes and ears. Review: In Fox’s ‘Second Chance,’ a Life Resurrected 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The operation is a success, even if Bruno winds up looking, as one of his antagonists puts it, “like Frankenstein and his own monster, all stitched together.” Review: In Jonathan Lethem’s ‘A Gambler’s Anatomy,’ a Hustler’s Luck Runs Cold 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Finkelstein recalls that as his notoriety spread, she came to feel he had taken her too literally and become a “Frankenstein’s monster” on a path toward self-destruction. 2010-02-11T18:40:00Z She herself was made to suffer by Shelley; one might say she struck back by concocting fictional versions of him – one such the vainglorious Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z From Odysseus and Dante the Pilgrim to Frankenstein's monster, many familiar characters encounter obstacles well known to contemporary refugees. What classic literature says about refugees fleeing war 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Theatergoers familiar only with “Frankenstein” films may be surprised to find that the unnamed creation is intelligent and quizzical, and sometimes more human than its maker. Theater Review: ‘Monster,‘ From Potomac Theater Project, at Atlantic Stage 2 2012-07-13T22:40:30Z It’s like the one I had in Raleigh, a Frankenstein bike, made of different bits and pieces. David Sedaris: The IHOP Years 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Frankenstein and his creature enact this drama for us imperishably, and as such it seems probable that Mary Shelley's Prometheus will be forever "modern". Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z Think of Frankenstein, whose mug surfaced on the front of a T-shirt worn with a slim skirt embroidered with molded gel squiggles, like jelly worms. On the Runway Blog: Christopher Kane Has a Gift for You 2012-09-17T22:50:32Z “If my ghoulish friends are any indication,” Rich wrote a month later, “theatergoers who didn’t see ‘Frankenstein’ are envious of those who did.” A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z It's been 192 years since Mary Shelley published her gothic masterpiece "Frankenstein," and the versatility of Shelley's "modern Prometheus" mythology continues unabated. 'Splice': Thriller brings a human/animal hybrid to life 2010-06-03T20:10:00Z What you get in Danny Boyle's production and Nick Dear's adaptation of Mary Shelley's mythic fable, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating as Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, is neither shlock nor satire. Frankenstein - review 2011-02-24T00:46:25Z That night, he is visited by a ghostly chorus of Frankenstein forebears. All puns intended at DOMA's 'Young Frankenstein' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Or it might be the Frankenstein monster, the Wolf Man, or Mr Hyde. Psycho: Anatomy of a scene 2010-10-22T10:54:00Z Librettist Julia Canosa said the issues that “Frankenstein” tackles are especially relevant for developing artificial intelligence and grappling with its social impact. Futuristic 'Frankenstein' opera poses timely questions about human... 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z But for each of those qualities, it has nothing on “Frankenstein!!,” the 1977 work for which Mr. Gruber is best known. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z He has procured a crypt-load of old Universal horror classics — "Bride of Frankenstein," "The Wolf Man," "The Invisible Man" and others — to feature on the show. Svengoolie scares up a national show 2011-04-02T01:03:00Z I enjoyed the vigour with which they contributed body parts for DLT's virtual Frankenstein project. Radio head: Dave Lee Travis and friends are still out there 2010-09-01T08:00:00Z In “He Was My Boyfriend,” Frau Blücher’s confession of her affair with the late Dr. Frankenstein, Holmes brings down the house. All puns intended at DOMA's 'Young Frankenstein' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Often, this reaction is provoked by images of the body itself: The Phantom of the Opera’s disfigured half-face; the flesh of Frankenstein’s monster fixed together with nails; the extreme anaemia of Dracula. Midsommar's ableism resurrects the dark history of eugenics-inspired horror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z You can see “Glee” in the postmodern jokiness, while the science-fiction details recall “Back to the Future” and “Bride of Frankenstein.” Television Review: ‘Teen Beach Movie’ Goes Back to the Future 2013-07-18T21:44:52Z The gig will feature material arranged with composer Alex Baranowski, who also worked on the National Theatre's productions Hamlet and Frankenstein. xx 'excited' about orchestra gig 2012-09-10T05:11:46Z In a decade full of flying saucers and atomic age-inspired beasts, the scares in films like “Curse of Frankenstein” were often found in close-ups of the human face. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z Yeah, “Atone” is, in Duff’s words, a Frankenstein track. Jerry Cantrell’s first solo album in nearly 20 years was worth the wait 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z But despite its fits of humor and flashes of ingenuity and borrowings from “Frankenstein,” it rarely feels alive. Review: A Gothic Tennessee Williams Mash-Up in ‘Glass Guignol’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The Mummy isn’t as straight-forward a franchise cornerstone as Dracula and Frankenstein, even though it’s inception at the studio shared some commonalities with the 1931 films. Universal's 2016 'Mummy' Reboot Set In The Iraqi Desert Might Be Cursed 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z There are manifold editions of the novel, more than 90 films with “Frankenstein” in the title, and innumerable Frankenstein tchotchkes to warm the heart and freeze the blood of children and adults alike. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z To retool “Frankenstein” for Broadway, he hired the director Tom Moore, of “Grease,” then on its way to becoming the longest-running musical in history at that point. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The writing of “Frankenstein” is the stuff of literary legend. Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z Doctor Frankenstein himself can hardly have been more startled or more gratified when the lightning struck and his creature twitched into life. John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black 2011-07-22T21:55:11Z Aside from the opening of Frankenstein at the National theatre, the cultural week in London is dominated by the visit of the Berlin Philharmonic. This week's arts diary 2011-02-22T22:01:00Z The success of “The Curse of Frankenstein” led the following year to “Horror of Dracula,” in which, long before “Twilight,” Mr. Lee’s vampire made his female victims swoon. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z She also inflicts her share of psychological damage, sizing up and then mowing down Sir Malcolm, Victor Frankenstein and Ethan at different points. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z From Frankenstein’s monster to “Star Wars” aliens, science-fiction characters have had a profound influence on Halloween fun. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Even more eerie, he uses a Frankenstein reference about how no one’s life is as important as winning, possibly hinting that his father was another partner. The 11 Most Interesting 'Westworld' Fan Theories 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’ open at Classic Stage Company. Things to Do in N.Y.C. This February 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In cinemas this converted some to the stereoscopic cause, joining the ranks of Dial M for Murder, Flesh for Frankenstein and Hugo as one of those rare exceptions that validate the format. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-27T23:05:33Z It may have ended in a crash, but like other partisans, he sees “Frankenstein” as a forerunner of the kind of spectacle common on Broadway today. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z "I, Frankenstein," produced by Lakeshore Entertainment, grossed $71 million worldwide, and "The Legend of Hercules," produced by Millennium Films, took in $61 million. Lionsgate's fourth-quarter net income falls 70% 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Frankenstein — or whoever we choose to identify with that name — is not the protagonist but the figure behind the scenes whom we forget at our peril. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z “The Broken Nine” for the Met were inspired in part by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” which he read during quarantine with his family in Bridgehampton, N.Y., and also by the religious figures in Peruvian paintings. In Rashid Johnson’s Mosaics, Broken Lives Pieced Together 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Only Mary persisted, and over the next 18 months she produced a masterpiece, “Frankenstein.” Review: ‘The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron,’ by Andrew McConnell Stott Will Frankenstein’s promise to give his monster a bride require some shooting of his own? 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Worked with Don on a screenplay of Frankenstein. Digested read: Liberation: Diaries Volume Three: 1970–1983, by Christopher Isherwood 2012-06-17T18:00:01Z And, “Let’s leave well enough alone. Things didn’t end well for old Doc Frankenstein.” ‘Lazarus Effect’: She’s alive! But film could use a smarter jolt 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z From bolted brutes to stitched-up superstars, Frankenstein’s monster has taken on many forms in its more than a century of depictions on the big screen. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z About a month after his Vegas shows, he is tol travel to London to oversee rehearsals of his “Young Frankenstein,” a musical based on his popular 1974 film. At age 91, Mel Brooks will play Vegas for the first time. Guess who talked him into it? 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z “Frankenstein” is thus, above all, a triumph of expression, the quasi-therapeutic transformation of pain into art. Review: ‘Mary Shelley’ Twists Pain and Passion Into a Monster 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z For added authenticity, Brooks found Kenneth Strickfaden, who had created the seminal electrical equipment for the original horror films, so he could use it in "Young Frankenstein." 'Young Frankenstein' has new life on 40th anniversary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z From the discussion thread, and conversations around the office, possible nominations brought up included the Harry Potter series, Frankenstein, Jaws, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Charlotte's Web and Bridget Jones's Diary. Open thread: which films are better than the books they are based on? 2012-07-16T15:24:41Z The second chapter opens in modern-day Memphis, which was founded in 1819, just a year after the publication of “Frankenstein.” Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Prior to the Catching Fire panel attendees got the chance to learn more about I, Frankenstein. Comic-Con: Jennifer Lawrence on Hunger Games sequel and Aaron Eckhart's 'fit Frankenstein' 2013-07-21T09:23:08Z Mary Shelley’s 19th-century novel “Frankenstein” is often seen as a metaphor for a woman’s fear of childbirth and motherhood. Television: ... And Baby Makes Reality TV 2011-01-21T17:40:59Z You know it's a sad day when you have to root for Dr. Drew to come back, just to restore some order to his Frankenstein's monster of a TV show about fame, junkies and fame-junkies. Could losing Dr. Drew make "Celebrity Rehab" even worse? 2011-07-12T01:12:00Z But if Walpole's book is little read today, the exhibition also features part of the manuscript of the 1818 work which, for many, remains the first big landmark of Gothic sensibility - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Delving deep in to the gothic 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z His new show has a Frankenstein’s monster quality. Review: ‘Feed the Beast,’ AMC’s Solemn New Restaurant and Crime Drama 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Three years later, he was an Academy Award winner for his screenplay for "Gods and Monsters," the director's portrait of "Frankenstein" filmmaker James Whale. 'Twilight' closer Condon doesn't fear critics 2011-07-22T10:21:08Z What this “Frankenstein” isn’t is a replication of the source text with the addition of a lot of digital doohickeys like sound effects and illustrations that animate when tapped. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z Like Frankenstein, Strange Bodies is steeped in literary history even as it plays with the cutting edge of science. Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux – review 2013-05-24T11:01:01Z At heart, and especially in Nick Dear's pared-down script, it's an elemental fable: Victor Frankenstein makes a man in his own image, only to discover he has created a beast. Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein' should be monster hit 2011-02-24T14:36:34Z It's like something out of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, as portrayed in an old James Whale movie. Kirkland's past meets present in contraption-filled 'Steambot' 2010-11-26T05:01:00Z This theater, you may recall, is the place of employment for Frankenstein’s original monster, the mean one. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Blood and Gore Are so Entertaining 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z And Frankenstein’s monster looks a little bit more cuddly pitted against the duo, while also still managing to tower high above the others. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s like “Young Frankenstein”: “No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door!” Andrew Sean Greer on Writing and Winning 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Q: What classic horror story was set in Romania: “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” or “The Shining”? Geography quiz: What classic horror story was set in Romania? 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z That harmless encounter in a midtown skyscraper shocked a long-slumbering willfulness into being, a Frankenstein lightning bolt of energy and resolve. Poker for girls: In New York’s male-dominated world of underground poker, I found my true strength 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The virality of Frankenstein’s monster stems from Shelley’s genius, not Hollywood’s. Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It is no surprise to learn that he won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, a kind of Booker Prize for the region, for “Frankenstein in Baghdad.” In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Like its 8-foot creature, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” has had long legs since its publication 200 years ago. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z This was the first time, and likely the last, Frankenstein’s monster sported a bit of an Afro. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Primarily, though, it was a vehicle for Thicke, who initially appeared to be pop’s most faultlessly realised spoof character, but is rapidly emerging as a misunderstood monster in the Frankenstein mould. Thicke as two short planks: Robin and Pharrell’s video testimony says it all 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “This is a stitched up, Frankenstein version,” he said, for those who need the whole Ron Burgundy experience — including misfires, obscure sendups and plenty of jokes to match Mr. Ferrell’s off-color jacket. ‘Anchorman 2’ Returns (Call It 2 ½) 2014-02-21T05:49:05Z Geoff must feel like ol' Doc Frankenstein when he sees how that simple recipe has blossomed a hole-in-the-wall shop into a nerve centre, Energy Transmission HQ. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade: 'We integrate everything with everything' – a classic feature 2013-06-19T07:00:00Z The future scenes evoke the creepiness and claustrophobia of “Ex Machina” and, like that film, hark back to the “Frankenstein” story. Review: In ‘Realive,’ a Man Is Reanimated in 2084 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z There are poems in “Come On All You Ghosts” that conjure Frankenstein’s monster, White Castle’s square burgers and the Hadron Collider. Books of The Times: The Sting of Salt Air, Old Loves and Honey Bees 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z And certainly few designers other than Ms. Prada are audacious enough to look for inspiration in patterns using the Frankenstein creature’s face as the repeat. Milan’s Titans — Zegna, Versace, Prada — Do Men’s Wear Battle 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The rest of the week’s lineup: “Blazing Saddles,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” “Spaceballs,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Producers” and “High Anxiety.” A Week of Mel Brooks in Brooklyn 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Frankenstein genre and the buddy cop genre may seem a long way from each other, but “Second Chance,” which begins on Wednesday night on Fox, is born of both. Review: In Fox’s ‘Second Chance,’ a Life Resurrected 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z One of Mr. Wrightson’s most personal works was an adaptation in 1983 of “Frankenstein” for Marvel Comics, a project to which he devoted seven years. Bernie Wrightson, Artist and a Creator of Swamp Thing, Dies at 68 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Robert DeNiro and David Lynch were among those who attended the Hollywood ceremony to pay tribute to the 86-year-old, whose films include Young Frankenstein and The Producers. Brooks given Hollywood honour 2013-06-07T11:03:30Z One is the Iraqi novelist Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” a bitterly funny fable about a junk peddler who unwittingly creates a sentient monster out of the body parts strewn in the streets by explosions. Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The effect is a fashion Frankenstein: two everyday items combined to make something new and more interesting. The Designer Turning Two Used T-Shirts Into High Fashion 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z It would be, he said, as “if Frankenstein came out as bi.” Chucky Returns to Terrorize TV. His Creator Couldn’t Be Happier. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “A better conversation about Frankenstein would focus on the deep connection between scientific creativity and our responsibility to ourselves and one another,” he said. Frankenstein at 200 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Frankenstein but now he’s a bad cop who comes back in a younger, hotter body. From Broad City to Vinyl: here's what to watch this winter 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z This is less of an homage and more of a Frankenstein creation, giving incoherent life to stitched-together elements. What’s your damage? Why a "Heathers" TV adaptation hasn’t worked — yet 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z If, as Anne Mellor pointed out, “Frankenstein” articulates, “perhaps for the first time in Western literature, the most powerfully felt anxieties of pregnancy,’” it also explores the catastrophic consequences of bad parenting. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But there was another way in which Laemmle, whose studio was responsible for the silent “Phantom of the Opera” and the original “Frankenstein,” was different from nearly all his Hollywood confreres. Unlike His Peers, a Studio Chief Saved Jews From the Nazis 2014-04-11T12:00:02Z And it's Boyle's intention that Frankenstein and the Creature should "become the same in a way: two strands of the same part". Frankenstein: Man or monster? 2011-01-17T21:44:01Z Vampires and werewolves were pensioned off literally so in his comic novel Creed, in which Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman are discovered partying in a disused old people's home. James Herbert interview: from the archive, 14 February 1993 2013-03-21T10:48:00Z At six, she introduced him to Boris Karloff in Frankenstein. The Florida Project’s Sean Baker: ‘I wanted the kids to be the kings and queens of their domain’ 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z She told him that her concern was heightened by the negative critical reaction to “Young Frankenstein,” her last outing on Broadway, and by anxiety over her mother being seriously ill. Megan Mullally Quits, Delaying Revival of McNally Play 2010-03-25T22:00:00Z Mr. Brooks, the comic mind behind “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and “The Producers,” is currently revamping the Broadway version of “Young Frankenstein” for its reopening in October in London’s West End. For Carl Reiner and His Fellow Nonagenarians, Death Can Wait 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z In the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein is actually the last name of the monster’s creator. Spot is the $74,500 robot dog of our dystopian dreams 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Cumberbatch - Sherlock Holmes in the BBC's hit series "Sherlock" - gives Victor Frankenstein some of that character's intellectual genius and emotional stupidity. Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein' should be monster hit 2011-02-24T14:36:34Z He was one of Mel Brooks' go-to character actors and starred in such Brooks classics as "Young Frankenstein," "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles." Gene Wilder, Star of 'Willy Wonka,' Is Dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It doesn't actually matter because, more importantly, this disabled-led project feeds into more contemporary ideas about the quest for knowledge and perfection, most obviously Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Prometheus Awakes – review 2012-06-26T17:30:01Z Surprisingly terrible, you might argue, and on the first play I completely agreed: Cher Lloyd stomping around puffing herself up with the chorus of Oh My Darling Clementine stitched in by some terrible pop Frankenstein. The best No 1 records: Cher Lloyd – Swagger Jagger 2012-05-31T20:01:00Z It’s unlikely that Mary Shelley intended Victor Frankenstein’s creature to be interpreted as his creator’s sex toy. Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights and Britain Becomes Modern 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z After lampooning westerns in "Blazing Saddles," horror movies in "Young Frankenstein," and Buster Keaton-esque cinema in "Silent Movie, "he chose the great Alfred Hitchcock as his next target. 12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks on his 95th birthday 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Her mounds of skunk-dyed hair may be piled to “Bride of Frankenstein” heights or cantilevered in a lace kerchief that lends her a resemblance to a Rastafarian with an opulent mane of dreadlocks. The Year in Style: Daphne Guinness, Fashion?s Wild Child 2010-12-31T04:15:37Z Similarly, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” can be read as a study of racist or colonialist attitudes toward the “other,” as well as an early vision of a possible machine-flesh hybrid. Perspective | The Loch Ness monster may not exist, but such mythical beasts fascinate for good reason 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z In the play “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century, which blends parts of Shelley’s classic horror story with her letters and diaries, Mr. Fairchild portrays Frankenstein’s monster and serves as choreographer. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Its actions bring to mind the golem of Jewish folklore or the creature that Dr. Frankenstein built. Review: 'Dark Matters' at On the Boards is spellbinding dance 2011-02-18T17:57:04Z Visiting the lab in her wedding dress, Sofi is horrified by the experimentation on mice, equating him with the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein when she says, “I think it’s dangerous to play God.” REVIEW: I Origins: The Eyes Have It 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Dr. Frankenstein shrieked “it’s alive!” when he animated his unnatural creation. ‘Transcendence’: a cyber drama that’s slow to upload 2014-04-16T22:46:43Z While Dracula and Frankenstein are Universal Studios’ most prolific monsters, as franchises they were treated similarly by the studio in their initial run from the 1930s to the late 1940s. Universal's 2016 'Mummy' Reboot Set In The Iraqi Desert Might Be Cursed 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this story referred to Frankenstein as a monster. Spot is the $74,500 robot dog of our dystopian dreams 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The Frankenstein myth, even in parody, is powerful, and the idea of a musical incarnation was compelling. ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z She is hellbent on revenge as well, sending her son, the coddled King Tommen, to the front of the battle and putting her Frankenstein champion, the Mountain, into armor. Game of Thrones season 6 trailer: here be even more dragons 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Thus was born “Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus,” about the creation of a desperately lonely monster who exacts vengeance on his maker by killing those closest to him, including his bride on their wedding night. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Victor Frankenstein conjures in his lab what he hopes will be an advanced human. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z By morning, the producers had pulled the plug, ushering “Frankenstein” into the exclusive club of shows that closed on opening night. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Do you prefer the backstory-heavy episodes like “Closer Than Sisters” and the Frankenstein one to the others? 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Vanessa's Sin and Obsession 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Danny Boyle's hotly anticipated production of Frankenstein, in a new version by Nick Dear, opens next week at the National theatre. Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z Your affection for the layered literary style and atmospheric pleasures of “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” led me to Jeffery Renard Allen’s “Song of the Shank.” Dear Match Book: Genre Fiction by Black Writers, About Black Characters 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z I was even charged, rather weirdly I felt, with spoiling someone's enjoyment of the National theatre's Frankenstein. Michael Billington on giving away the plot 2011-04-03T21:01:01Z Is it the disfigured, repulsive Creature or Frankenstein himself with his subordination of love and friendship to the idea of creative perfection? Frankenstein - review 2011-02-24T00:46:25Z Silva succeeds in making Wollstonecraft — the critic, novelist, translator, trailblazing feminist and the mother of Mary Shelley, the author of “Frankenstein” — a vibrant and forceful personality, full of both love and fury. Review | It can’t match ‘Wolf Hall,’ but ‘Love and Fury’ captures an English figure with bravura 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Victor Frankenstein misses these sweet details — the inarticulate sound, the grin, the outstretched hand — but Mary Shelley knows what they signify. Alice McDermott Is Reading ‘Frankenstein’ for the First Time 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He sees “Frankenstein” as, among other things, “a creation myth about the origin of stories.” The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z His manic doggedness, always teetering on the brink of hysteria, went straight into her depiction of the obsessive Victor Frankenstein. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The “memorial” was a grotesque Frankenstein’s monster made of desecrated graves. From Poland to Lithuania: A Writer’s Search for Her Jewish Past 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z On Sunday Showtime begins “Penny Dreadful,” a series in which an explorer and a Western gunslinger encounter some of the best-known troublemakers of 19th-century fiction, including Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. Television Review: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Is Remade Into a Mini-Series 2014-05-08T21:12:18Z “He considered his Frankenstein illustrations to be his magnum opus,” his wife said in an email. Bernie Wrightson, Artist and a Creator of Swamp Thing, Dies at 68 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He was famously present when Mary Shelley conceived of “Frankenstein,” with its prospect of a man-made machine that might develop its own thoughts. Walter Isaacson’s ‘The Innovators’ Studies Computer Wizards 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It looks rather quaint, but that seems to be the point; in his catalog essay, Mr. Fineberg calls it a “romantic scientific apparatus, like something from an old Frankenstein movie.” Art Review: ‘Alice Aycock Drawings’ at Grey Art Gallery and Parrish Art Museum 2013-06-13T22:08:49Z Harry Treadaway’s Victor Frankenstein buckled under the weight of his monstrous creations, succumbing to his morphine addiction and losing his undead paramour Lily. Disillusioned with Game of Thrones and True Detective? Try Penny Dreadful 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Wearing their hair in long plaits, some models wore asymmetric black dresses with cartoon pictures of Frankenstein and his bride. Prada contrasts two sides of romance at Milan Fashion Week 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z With its echoes of “Frankenstein” and Michael Myers, plus a quote from Psalm 130 and a meteor in the sky, the final scene piles it on. Living in Extreme Isolation: Is It Possible Without Going Mad? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s hard to find new ways to reconfigure the Frankenstein myth. ‘Extant’ Stars Halle Berry as a Space Traveler With a Secret 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Although his shows traditionally feature lavish props - from guillotines to a two storey-high Frankenstein's monster - he is charging fans a relatively low £42. What is a fair price to see a gig? 2012-10-27T01:09:09Z But here we see another attempt by Victor Frankenstein to be taken under Sir Malcolm’s wing. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: It's a Bloody Father's Day 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Mary’s self-disgust and her longing for parental love are channelled in the monster’s anguished plea to its creator for compassion and care—a plea that Victor Frankenstein rejects. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Gruber himself famously sings "Frankenstein!!" like a German cabaret singer who is off his rocker and anything could happen. Green Umbrella titles the concert 'Outrageous,' but is it? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “In the distance go on forever/the story of contemporary Frankenstein,” with text, music, concept and images by the composer Anna Mikhailova, is a visually and musically rich piece. Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z “There’s always going to be someone with too much money and too much creativity that results in some Frankenstein of a home.” Zillow Surfing Is the Escape We All Need Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z She keeps naked dolls in her glassy house and takes secret pictures of models' hands and feet under tables, then tries to match them together – Dr Frankenstein Wears Prada. Fashion's real victims 2012-02-13T19:30:01Z “These questions are really back, like the freaks from ‘Frankenstein,’ our monsters are back,” he said. Meet the star of art-house favorite ‘White God.’ He’s a good boy. 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Every week when I was a kid, I would watch the late-night movie on Friday, usually quite tame films – spinoffs from Dracula and the original Frankenstein and usually nowhere near as frightening. The film that changed my life: Stephen Woolley 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z The agent was happy too—Boyle was signed to play the monster, and Feldman would play Igor next to Wilder’s young Dr. Frankenstein. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Neither should some of the Frankenstein products on the market, made with hyper-processed ingredients and unpronounceable chemicals and aggressively marketed to either men or women. Drinking and sexual assault: America’s booze culture is sexist 2013-09-16T15:07:00Z Sometimes guest hosts join the panel; Mr. Holt is on tour performing in “Young Frankenstein,” so the writer and actor Jesse Archer will sit in on Saturday. ?Qtalk? Hosts a Gay Pride Show at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-17T22:18:00Z Brooks, who made the films The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, said before the ceremony: “I am not overwhelmed, but I am definitely whelmed by this singular honour.” La La Land fails to win Baftas landslide on night of diversity 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z But not many kids in Chicago had learned to read before they were 4, and had made their way through “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” and Dickens and a load of Victor Hugo before they were 8. Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z "Young Frankenstein" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" It plays at 7:30 p.m. Community calendar 2012-10-10T22:25:05Z Frankenstein’s monster has been largely on the sidelines for the last several weeks, but it stands to reason that his wish for a bride will be granted or at least addressed. What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The Burtka-Harris family were a spooky delight as Frankenstein, a werewolf, Bride of Frankenstein, and Dracula. 8 Times That Neil Patrick Harris' Family Won Halloween 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The story of “Frankenstein” has plenty of dance potential. Review: ‘Frankenstein,’ at Royal Ballet, Complete With Dissection 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z I looked over his shoulder and it said, “Young Frankenstein.” ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The role of Victor Frankenstein went to William Converse-Roberts, a recent Yale Drama School graduate who would be making his Broadway debut. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z More compelling are the passages that bring literature, including Shakespeare's plays, "Frankenstein" and "The Scarlet Letter," into the mix. 'The Sublime Engine': brothers Stephen and Thomas Amidon take the pulse of the human heart 2011-02-24T00:04:06Z “Frankenstein,” an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, had cost a reported $2 million, at the time a record for a Broadway play. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Brona Croft has been earmarked as a potential Bride of Frankenstein for weeks now, and when we see Frankenstein ministering to her in her final days, our hunches are all but confirmed. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Among them is an account of Danny Boyle directing “Frankenstein,” each day welcoming Hytner’s insistent notes while executing none of them. Dramatic Reading: A Memoir by the Director of ‘The History Boys’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z As an actor in “Frankenstein” and “Dracula,” all of a sudden it was interviews and glamor magazines. Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Andy Warhol's Frankenstein One of the finest 3D horrors ever made. The Evil Dead, The Living Dead and the dead wrong 2010-10-15T23:22:00Z A commercial success, “Son of Frankenstein” jump-started a new, mediocre cycle of Universal horror films. In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “Blllb! ” he went, and then did a Frankenstein’s monster, gesturing toward his head: “What is this fluid? What are these feelings?” Jon Stewart’s Big Announcement 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z He was also on the Edgar Winter Group’s album “They Only Come Out at Night,” displaying in songs like “Free Ride” and “Frankenstein” the power chords and guitar theatrics that would become his signature. Ronnie Montrose, Hard-Rock Guitarist, Dies at 64 2012-03-06T17:47:59Z Much more was still to come, as Brooks went on to become one of Hollywood’s most notable comic directors, making beloved films like “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles.” Angela Bassett and Mel Brooks Are Among Those to Receive Honorary Oscars 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z McElhone makes Halsey tough to peg, smiling at developments that strike horror in her colleagues in the way of a maternal Dr. Frankenstein. Paramount unmasks "Halo" for a perfect launch to the long-awaited video game adaptation 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Such insights into the strange gestation period of the 21st-century blockbuster paint a picture, both fascinating and terrifying, of film-makers as modern-day Victor Frankensteins, constantly splicing together old parts to create new forms. Rise of the apes: how Rogue One's strange birth lays bare Hollywood's imagination drought 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Is it the fantasy-inspired Frankenstein or the anachronistic Scarlet Pimpernel cat in a briefcase? The most incongruous book covers of all time 2013-05-10T16:05:23Z One thing that intrigued me was like, say Mary Shelley with "Frankenstein." "A similar genesis": The Cure's Lol Tolhurst honors goth and its (spider)web of artistic connections 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z But “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” is a play of sorts, created by the ensemble’s executive artistic director, Eve Wolf, using excerpts from “Frankenstein” and Shelley’s letters and diaries. Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Born in Columbia, Missouri, Smith would begin acting at age 8, playing small uncredited roles in 1940s films including “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” ‘Laredo’ actor William Smith dies; played cowboys, brawlers 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z He demanded to be taken seriously by the medical community, yet strutted around on Halloween with a medical bag emblazoned “Dr. Frankenstein.” Could You Transplant a Head? This Real-Life Dr. Frankenstein Thought So. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The problem is that none of these movies is remembered as a high point of Universal’s horror output, which probably peaked more than a decade earlier with James Whale’s masterful 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein. Attack of the clones: can Rogue One save us from a future of identikit cinematic universes? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The second episode of “Sleepy Hollow” on Monday night brought Mary Shelley’s monster into the show’s mythology, giving Ben Franklin the role of Victor Frankenstein. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Ben Franklin Taps His Inner Frankenstein 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The last time the Sherlock actor performed on stage was in Frankenstein in 2011. Benedict Cumberbatch Electrifies London in 'Hamlet' Opening 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The theatrically inclined can look forward to a staging of the Frankenstein monster’s resurrection and not just a costume contest but a scream contest, too. 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “Frankenstein” opens and closes with a letter from a polar explorer to his sister. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Abbie Mills puts the name to a creature that Benjamin Franklin, in the Dr. Frankenstein role, stitched together from pieces of fallen Revolutionary War soldiers. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: A visit from Franklinstein's reanimated monster 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z She called it “a witty ghoul story, a grandson of ‘Frankenstein’ that plays off the conventions of recent teen-age horror movies while paying homage to the classic starring Boris Karloff.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Old Man’ and Juneteenth Specials 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In this “Frankenstein,” the latest multimedia fusion of classical music and theater from Ensemble for the Romantic Century, Victor Frankenstein’s monster is enchanting, endearing, irresistibly alive. Review: In ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,’ a Monster to Love 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z His first attempt at creating a show, a “Bride of Frankenstein” project, didn’t sell. He Makes Archie Deep and Sabrina Dark. Meet Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The National notched up seven awards in total, including a best director win for Danny Boyle for his production of Frankenstein. Matilda musical tops stage awards 2012-02-20T10:57:17Z It was written by Jack Paglen, who, while researching, probably thumbed through Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus,” along with some Isaac Asimov and William Gibson. Movie Review: Johnny Depp Stars in ‘Transcendence’ 2014-04-17T21:59:53Z Victor Frankenstein, the complex, tortured genius, became a mad scientist; his creature went from a French-speaking, poetry-reading autodidact to a grunting, groaning killer. The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The limp traditionalism of this “Frankenstein,” a co-production with the San Francisco Ballet, is dispiriting. Review: ‘Frankenstein,’ at Royal Ballet, Complete With Dissection 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Thus Mary Shelley, prefacing the revised 1831 edition of her Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z They throw the switch, and it's like something from a 30s Frankenstein movie. Alice Cooper's festival tales of terror 2013-05-10T22:59:02Z Some of us may even sit down to reread Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Review: ‘The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron,’ by Andrew McConnell Stott “Frankenstein” had a great team and a terrific cast. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z What were your thoughts on “What Death Can Join Together”? Will two episodes be enough to tie up the loose threads involving Mina, Amun-Ra, Frankenstein’s monster and a possible werewolf? 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: It's a Bloody Father's Day 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The monster in the “Frankenstein” series, for instance, is what Mr. Carroll called a “fusion figure,” made of spare parts, including different brains. Gray Matter: The Critique of Pure Horror 2011-07-17T04:49:00Z It’s about the latter-day adventures of the Bride of Frankenstein, who is now running a B&B in Whitby. Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness: Queer Eye star explains it all - podcasts of the week 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z So it’s baffling that two new adaptations of horror classics — “Frankenstein” and “Dracula,” running in repertory at Classic Stage Company — are not. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z “I, Frankenstein”: Aaron Eckhart stars in this action thriller about a war between two immortal clans. Book sale, Lunar New Year | Weekend Preview 2014-01-22T23:55:04Z The official description for this year's The Frankenstein Theory calls it "a boldly original vision of horror". The Frankenstein Theory - the Blair Witch of monster movies 2013-02-20T16:47:00Z And, as before, the reanimated creature walks and talks like a latter-day Frankenstein’s monster, his recognizably human parts encased in an artificial carapace, although this version also mixes in tears with the bullets. Movie Review: ‘RoboCop’ Remake Arrives, Starring Joel Kinnaman 2014-02-11T23:09:06Z Frankenstein is at the National Theatre until 17 April. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z In rehearsal, he adds, “If we drift into that clichéd ‘Frankenstein’ world, we shout, ‘Neck bolts!’ and get back to the creature Shelley painted for us.” Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z In the family comedy, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man and other monsters gather for a party at a high-end resort operated by Dracula. Ben Affleck's "Argo" beats Hanks in "Cloud Atlas" 2012-10-28T16:14:09Z Brooks notes that he saw James Whale’s “Frankenstein” in 1931 when he was just 5. Two perfect gifts for Halloween: ‘The Shining’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But Nitehawk Cinema is going for broke in terms of quantity — and, in the case of “Evil Dead II” and “The Bride of Frankenstein,” quality — in programming an all-night quintuple-header of horror sequels. Movie Listings for Oct. 31-Nov. 6 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Wilder was a last-minute fill-in as the "Waco Kid" in Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" in 1974, and with Brooks wrote the screenplay for "Young Frankenstein" released later that year, also to big box office returns. Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Snyder leans more forcefully on the Frankenstein's monster parallels here than any implications that associated with Ray's Blackness. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Rereading “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus,” and seeing it vividly dramatized by Book-It Repertory Theatre, it is hard not to wonder if Mary Shelley pulled off the biggest literary hoax of the last two centuries. Book-It conjures ‘Frankenstein’ 2014-02-20T19:41:35Z Today, he says it’s his “life’s regret”: “I opened a Pandora’s box and released a Frankenstein’s monster.” Man who invented labradoodle says it is his 'life's regret' 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Considered by most to be the first work of science fiction, “Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus” was published in 1818. From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Recast in that way, Frankenstein’s creation was not monstrous; he was just too early. Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z However, thanks to his iconic roles in films like Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, he will continue to live on in the hearts of fans everywhere. Here Are 5 of Gene Wilder's Most Memorable Movie Moments 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But The Frankenstein Theory wants to change that. The Frankenstein Theory - the Blair Witch of monster movies 2013-02-20T16:47:00Z Among them: an original Magna Carta, a first edition Pride And Prejudice, Mary Shelley’s handwritten manuscript for Frankenstein, and fragments of an ancient papyrus manuscript possibly in the hand of Sappho. Conceptual, Sensual, Degenerate: Your Summer Art Choices 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “Frankenstein,” invented by a teenager on a wet vacation, has inspired interpretations centered on scientific responsibility, climate change, a horror of childbirth. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Among the most eye- and mind-opening panels was the one on body horror, which, for you literary fiction folks, included a reminder that the subgenre encompasses classics like “Frankenstein” and “The Metamorphosis.” A Festival That Conjures the Strange Magic of H.P. Lovecraft 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z For “Frankenstein,” how did you develop the movement language for the monster? Robert Fairchild: From God to Monster (and Choreographer) 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z “Nebraska,” “Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom” and “I, Frankenstein 3D” Movie bargains 2014-02-27T22:29:53Z Season 1, Episode 5: When Vanessa set out to flirt with Victor Frankenstein earlier in “Penny Dreadful,” she cooed a few lines of Wordsworth at him, from the “Intimations of Immortality,” to be precise. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Vanessa's Sin and Obsession 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Here, the pitchfork-wielding villagers in James Whale’s screen classic “Frankenstein” are protesters outside Victor’s front gate, invoking the sanctity of traditional human reproduction. Review: ‘Closer to God’ Offers a Modern-Day Frankenstein Tale 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Crichton also works in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and ties their themes of creation, control and chaos throughout. Dan Brown still can't write, but he deserves some respect 2013-05-16T11:45:00Z But its own terms were often absolutely freaking insane, if entertainingly so: for the first several episodes, AHS lurched around in febrile agitation, stitching together scenes of disjointed horror like a Frankenstein’s monster. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z Dunn is the author of "Geek Love"--a book that its publisher, Knopf, is promoting as "an unmistakable literary event" akin to the debut of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Katherine Dunn has died; the 'Geek Love' author once took the world by storm 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Is poor Van Helsing going to have to deal with vampires, werewolves and at least one of Frankenstein’s creations? 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Blood and Gore Are so Entertaining 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z I'm ready to be completely bald, look like a Frankenstein. Bolshoi ballet chief heads to Germany after attack 2013-02-04T12:46:05Z Rather than the Frankenstein image of technology destroying humans, we will integrate the two. ‘We will get regular body upgrades’: what will humans look like in 100 years? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Anobile went on to combine movie frames and dialogue in books that ambitiously reconstructed complete films, including “Casablanca,” “Psycho,” Stagecoach,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “Frankenstein” and “Play It Again, Sam.” Richard Anobile, Chronicler of the Marx Brothers, Dies at 76 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z "The Mummy" is intended to launch a new, Marvel-style connected franchise that resurrects many of the famous monster characters — including Frankenstein, Dracula and The Invisible Man —from the studio's vaults. 'Wonder Woman' Crushes Box Office Again 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Sarah Fornace plays both the author Mary Shelley and her creation Victor Frankenstein in Manual Cinema's “Frankenstein.” It’s Alive! Well, the Puppeteers Are 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Zaks puts the human characters on stilts to foster a dog’s-eye view, forcing the actors to galumph around precariously and use their arms for balance, like Frankenstein creations fresh from the lab. | 'The 101 Dalmations Musical': Dogs Real and Not Flee Cruella at Madison Square Garden 2010-04-11T22:04:00Z I spent much of my school years known as Franki Cookie while my first name was frequently elongated to Frankenstein, Frankincense or Frankfurter. If not my surname or my husband’s, could we call our child after a New Zealand volcano? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z The final and most recent show in the retrospective is Manual Cinema’s most complex to date: “Frankenstein,” which incorporates shadow puppets, three-dimensional tabletop puppets, live actors and robot percussionists. A Decade of Puppets in Organized Chaos 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z But this depiction of an ambitious young scientist creating life from salvaged body parts may be the most enduring version of the Frankenstein story. What’s on TV Sunday: Prepare for ‘Westworld’ 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z He starting working in films at 16, made his way up from gopher to screenwriter, and even directed a handful of movies including “The Horror of Frankenstein.” Jimmy Sangster, Writer for British Horror Films, Dies at 83 2011-08-22T03:37:08Z A friend bemoaned the lack of a comfort break in Frankenstein. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z Sporting an electrified wig out of “Young Frankenstein,” Carthew’s Angélique initially comes across as a sight gag. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He adores Billy Wilder, Martin Scorsese and James Whale, who made the classic 1930s horror movies that Brooks both parodies and honours in Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It told the story of a Swiss scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who is so horrified by the ugly creature he brings to life from assembled body parts that he abandons him, with terrible consequences. Frankenstein decoded 2011-03-14T11:25:12Z A despondent Nancy scars her own face, leaving phosphorescent Frankenstein stitches. REVIEW: Eva Green Is the Dame to Kill For in Sin City 2 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Then there was Claire's relationship with her stepsister, the author of Frankenstein. Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z He imitated me, scrunching up an angry face and striking out like Frankenstein on a rampage. I flipped my “psycho switch”: The surprising rage and fury I felt in the cage with mixed martial arts champions 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s Frankenstein pop, proud that its parts don’t obviously fit together. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z This story was inspired by Boris Karloff, who fled the set of “Son of Frankenstein” while still in costume in order to be with his wife for the birth of their daughter. Why Was ‘Amazing Stories’ Rebooted? These 7 Episodes Help Explain 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The introduction into the Frankenstein mythos of Underworld-style duelling supernatural clans suggests this one might be scary for all the wrong reasons. Comic-Con 2013: five things we learned 2013-07-22T12:26:00Z His next horror project is a remake of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein. What Scares the People Who Scare Us? 2011-10-31T15:37:35Z Related: From Broad City to Vinyl: here's what to watch this winter So who’s the Frankenstein and why does he get a second chance? Second Chance – Frankenstein-inspired cop procedural needs a jolt of life 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The show is always reaching for new, unbelievable goals, whether that’s setting a superhero origin story in an abortionist’s cottage or plotting a romance between the bride of Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. “Penny Dreadful” finishes strong: This sophisticated, evocative Victorian thriller appeals to fantasy and history fans alike 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z My publisher, Scholastic, asked instead for a book about Frankenstein’s daughters. ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, a "multisaint" is being built: a mad, mangled Frankenstein's monster of a sculpture with body parts harvested from different saints. Michael Landy: patron saint of destruction 2013-04-29T17:39:01Z Mary has cancer and Otto thinks the blood of the Frankenstein will be able to cure it. Second Chance – Frankenstein-inspired cop procedural needs a jolt of life 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The technology of this “Frankenstein” is deliberately backward looking. It’s Alive! Well, the Puppeteers Are 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Q: Several writers and books came to mind while reading “The Accursed” — Edith Wharton, “Dracula,” Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” fairy tales of the dark persuasion, Stephen King, a Gilded Age version of Faust. From Woodrow Wilson to Twitter: A Q&A with Joyce Carol Oates 2013-03-01T02:04:15Z To put it another way, why would the same middle-class audience who flocked to see Boyle's Frankenstein smirk at a noisy Tate exhibition curated by the same man? Is the Tate too good for Danny Boyle? 2011-07-29T15:28:52Z But Frayn's question is rendered redundant by recent shows such as Frankenstein at the National Theatre and Million Dollar Quartet in the West End, which don't have an interval and run straight through. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z An earlier version of this article misstated the given name of Frankenstein in the 1931 movie. Frankenstein at 200 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The writer and director of comedy classics including "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and "History of the World: Part I" will receive the award at a gala tribute next June, AFI announced Friday. Mel Brooks to receive AFI life achievement honor 2012-10-05T19:14:08Z Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The heavenly and the hellish aspects of the Alps both feature. Ten of the best: Alps 2010-12-18T00:07:19Z Victor Frankenstein, his head full of alchemical hocus-pocus, goes off to the University of Ingolstadt. Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z I, Frankenstein opens in the UK and US on January 24, 2014. Comic-Con: Jennifer Lawrence on Hunger Games sequel and Aaron Eckhart's 'fit Frankenstein' 2013-07-21T09:23:08Z This was a rehearsal for Manual Cinema’s “Frankenstein,” a nearly wordless film-theater hybrid that begins performances at the University of Chicago’s Court Theater on Nov. 1. It’s Alive! Well, the Puppeteers Are 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Who’s shaping up for the bigger splash, Dorian or Frankenstein’s monster? What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Tales of the Golem in medieval European Jewish folklore foreshadowed if not inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” probably the first modern science fiction novel. Science Fiction, ‘The Decameron’ and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Sirota, who also composes musicals, even began working on one inspired by the Frankenstein story. A Successful Marriage Is Never as Easy as A, B, C 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In an interview with vogue.com after a show held at the ambitious private art foundation she founded with her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, Ms. Prada described Frankenstein as a lovelorn monster with a “big, big heart.” Milan’s Titans — Zegna, Versace, Prada — Do Men’s Wear Battle 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z With over 200 color and black-and-white illustrations, six appendixes and nearly 1,000 annotations, this edition of “Frankenstein” is a cornucopia of background information — a New Critics’ nightmare. Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes fully alive in this new edition 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Over several years, we observe this gentle Dr. Frankenstein juggle work goals and the demands of home life as his hazel-eyed humanoid evolves. The Tribeca Festival Returns in Full Bloom 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z To review Young Frankenstein without mention of its treatment of women is unacceptable. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The Wilder scene I remember most fondly is Young Frankenstein, 'Puttin' on the Ritz'. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Only toward the end, when Frankenstein and his Creature dance in a grappling pas de deux of mutual horror and dependence, does the dance finally evoke something of the novel’s fantastical gothic horror. Review: ‘Frankenstein,’ at Royal Ballet, Complete With Dissection 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Despite this synopsis, it’s no Frankenstein tale and functions as a quiet, philosophical exercise. Perspective | Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Not long before, he’d played both Frankenstein and the Monster on stage, on alternate nights. The televisual Sherlock: The role that made Benedict Cumberbatch a star drove another actor insane 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z When a driver describes his fondness for the movie “Frankenstein” and we encounter a bug-eyed monster later on, Mr. Reeder tips his cards. Movie Review: ‘The Rambler,’ Directed by Calvin Lee Reeder 2013-06-07T03:06:40Z “It’s very Frankenstein,” he said of the South’s history and culture. A Photographer Frames His Own American South 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z His classes have combined augmented reality with Edgar Allan Poe, virtual reality with Sherlock Holmes and machine learning with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. An Art Professor Says A.I. Is the Future. It’s the Students Who Need Convincing 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z This transcends culture: The recording of our play has screened everywhere from China to Latvia, where they do not know the novel or movies and have no expectations of Frankenstein. ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Vanessa, treated for so long as a necessary evil, has ascended to godmother status for Ethan and Frankenstein. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Gruber has been remarkably prolific, but “Frankenstein!!” remains his calling card. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z Brooks is expected to share all the highlights — and a few setbacks — in a career that includes such classics as the films “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles” and the film and Broadway play “The Producers.” Flaunt it, Mel! Brooks memoir ‘All About Me’ out this fall 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The whistles in “Frankenstein!!” recalled those in the program opener, Alexandre Lunsqui’s driving “Fibers, Yarn and Wire,” in its world premiere. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-12-18T23:02:48Z Stage adaptations of Frankenstein began popping up within Mary Shelley’s lifetime — the first film version appeared in 1910. Perfectly Frank: 10 Memorable Portrayals of Frankenstein’s Monster 2014-01-28T17:52:30Z Since “Closer Than Sisters” shunts all of the other “Penny Dreadful” characters to the sideline, it’s worth mentioning that Frankenstein’s monster is named Caliban, Ariel’s demonic counterpart. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Vanessa's Sin and Obsession 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z But these forays into didacticism are balanced with gleeful, highly imaginative set pieces rich with black humor: Dr. Stein’s lab lurks, “Young Frankenstein”-style, in decommissioned tunnels under Manchester, complete with its own pub. A Novel That Riffs on Sex Dolls, Mary Shelley and Brexit 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Yet the bells and whistles — like a massive Tesla coil that jolted Dr. Frankenstein’s creation to life — went off without a hitch. A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Boris Karloff became one of the most popular film stars of the 1930s after his turn as Frankenstein’s monster elicited both sympathy and horror. Michael Myers Is a Terrifying Acting Challenge, Too 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Anger, the guests at the film’s first screening included Kinsey, who he said bought a print of “Fireworks” for his collection, and the filmmaker James Whale, best known for “Frankenstein.” Kenneth Anger, 96, Dies; Experimental Filmmaker Left a Pop Culture Legacy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But she adds: "Someone else referred to it as Frankenstein meets Annie Hall and I think that's not a bad combination!" Sparks fly for Sunshine directors 2012-10-10T07:11:13Z One's eye moves tirelessly, entranced, between the two faces and their Frankenstein offspring. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z Her first novel, “Cleopatra and Frankenstein,” will be published in February 2022. An Anxious Person Tries to Be Chill 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Vincent Canby wrote in his New York Times review when the movie was first released that it was a “Frankenstein’s monster stitched together from leftover parts.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘We Own This City’ and the N.F.L. Draft 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Or perhaps the more apt metaphor is this one: Like Victor Frankenstein, who created a monster, Kramer realized he ought to rein in some of the potentially damaging concepts he’d loosed on the world. Should We Still Listen to Prozac? Peter D. Kramer Jumps Back Into the Antidepressant Debate 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Not least, he regularly turns for insight to the era’s two most famous novels: Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” Review | The volatile era that gave rise to Jane Austen and Lord Byron 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z “In my mind Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein’s monster are driven figures, unable to help themselves, eventually out of control like a runaway train,” he wrote, “and consequently very much alone.” Christopher Lee, British Actor Who Breathed Life Into Nightmarish Villains, Dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Lee was an unknown character actor when he booked the role of Frankenstein's monster in this 1957 movie from horror purveyor Hammer Films. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder, star of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and comedy classics like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, died Monday at the age of 83. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Gene Wilder After His Death 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Even so, it’s tough to escape the sense that Jackson has brought history to life in the sense that Dr. Frankenstein brought things to life, having his way with the dead. ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ Review: World War I, in Living Color 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Or, here, Logan confronting a giant robot man in a tower laboratory borrowed from Dr. Frankenstein. The Wolverine: Claws and F/X 2013-07-25T03:00:37Z In literature, fantasies about the consequences of animating inanimate objects go back through “Frankenstein” all the way to Pygmalion and Prometheus. ‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z He even acted in some of them, which gave audiences who were accustomed to him playing Frankenstein's monster something else to remember. Boris Karloff back in "Thriller: Complete Series" 2010-09-02T03:23:00Z For instance, do “Slither” and “Young Frankenstein” belong in the same genre? 10 classic horror comedies 2013-08-24T21:16:42Z It’s the God complex, or the Frankenstein complex. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z |
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