Bride Of Frankenstein Genre Analysis

Kyle Calash
Genre Paper
Eames
April 30, 2013
Bibliographic Citation: Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale, Boris Karloff as The Montster, Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley, Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein and Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Pretorius, Universal Studios, 1931. The Invisible Man, James Whale. Claude Rains as Dr. Jack Griffin (The Invisible Man), Gloria Stuart as Flora Cranley, William Harrigan as Dr. Arthur Kemp, Henry Travers as Dr. Cranley and Una O’Connor as Jenny Hall, Universal Studios, 1933. The Wolf Man, George Wagner. Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot (The Wolf Man), Claude Rains as Sir John Talbot, Warren William as Dr. Lloyd, Ralph Bellamy as Colonel Andrews, Patric Knowles as Frank Andrews and Béla Lugosi as Bela, Universal
1). This is one of the greatest features of a horror film, as much as you try and prepare for what you may see in the movie, you will never know because the movie is designed for you to be scared. Foreshadowing and allowing the audiences to easily predict what the next outcome of the movie would be unfair to the audience, you might as well just watch a romance movie. Another thing that is good about horror is that there will always be a variety of characters. “Many Horror films include mythical creatures such as ghosts, vampires, and zombies” (Scriptlab, pg. 1). These instances provide just a few examples of what we may see as a villain in a horror movie, but in the movies being reviewed, you will be introduced to three different types of characters. Horror is not for everybody though; you have to have a willing mind, and sometimes an even stronger stomach. “Whether it is because of its base subject matter or often "gross-out" style of description, many find it hard to take horror seriously” (UFL, pg.1). This is not an un-common theme for horror movies, many look at it as this could never happen to them, this is stupid. To think a werewolf, invisible man or genetically created man is going to attack at any given moment is absurd. But people, people in general, can attack and kill at any moment. Generally, horror films are a little shorter of movies because
They, or in this case, The Invisible Man (Dr. Jack Griffin) is found out, and goes on a rampage breaking anything in his way, attempting to physically harm people and even goes out of the way to push over a baby. This is something that happens in a lot of horror movies; there is always a scene that is intended to make the audience cringe, and it happens again at the climatic end of the movie. These films however, are a lot different than the horror films of today. When watching it is important to watch with an open mind that this was all new to the time period, having people die on screen, never mind be murdered, by imaginary, people that could not actually exist in the real world. These are movies that every movie buff should see due to the fact that it has an interesting story. What is most intriguing is that that you don’t find out until the middle of the movie and you don’t ever know what to expect next. That lack of predictability is what makes this a scary/horror