(GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,AND THIS IS THE AGENT OF LITERATURE SIGNING ON.)

And in continuing the 12 days of Halloween,I present to you my review of…

FRANKENSTEIN(1931)

*What I like.

-First of all,my man Edward van Sloan,this time playing the role of Doctor Waldman.

And he plays pretty much a similar character that he played in Dracula,minus the knowledge of Vampires of course.

Unfortunately,he's not in the film for very long and he ends up meeting an unfortunate end.

-The supporting cast is a diffident improvement to the supporting cast to Dracula.

-And of course,the monster,whenever he was on screen,I enjoyed every part he was on screen.

And when he met his "end" the first time,I actually felt sympathy for him,he was a creature who didn't ask to be created,I know he killed a little girl,but it was an accident.

-I also liked how in the opening credits,they don't reveal who played the monster,they just have a ?,but in the end credits,they reveal his name,Boris Karloff did an amazing job playing the monster.

*What I'm mixed about.

-While I enjoyed Bela Lugosi as Dracula,Colin Clive as Frankentein I was fairly mixed about,on the one hand,I enjoyed the mad scientist part of it,and how he was quick to care for his creation,on the other hand,after he "reformed",he was less interesting.

(Note:I will admit,that the final conflict between Frankenstein and his monster,where there is a brief moment where the two stare each other down,you can see that Henry can sort of see his reflection in the monster)

*What I didn't like.

-The only thing I can really think of that I didn't like,is the fact that the movie again just ends,now granted there is an epilogue in this film,but again,we don't focus on Frankenstein,we focus on his father,what is with these abrupt endings,is this just how the films of the 30's worked,I mean what the heck.

*In conclusion.

As stated before,this movie does have two things Dracula didn't,a climax and an epilogue.

But compared to Dracula,it's not as interesting,it's still a decent film,but not as good as Dracula.

4/5.

Up next,another Boris Karloff film,and no it's not Brendan Fraser.

Until next time..

(THIS IS THE AGENT OF LITERATURE SIGNING OFF,COURAGE AND GODSPEED AND JESUS LOVES YOU.)