“Bride of Frankenstein” 85th Anniversary: Censored Cemetery Crucifix Scene

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Suggested by the original story written in 1816 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and adapted by William Hurlbut and John Balderston, on April 19, 1935, producer Carl Laemmle Jr. resurrected Frankenstein’s monster.

But the title character of this sequel to Universal Pictures’ 1931 classic isn’t Boris Karloff’s sympathetic creature — it’s his mate — a character who only gets 4 minutes of screen time in a 75 minute movie.

Elsa Lanchester and Colin Clive

“The Bride of Frankenstein” first emerged from her bandages 85 years ago today. It was actress Elsa Lanchester (who also played Mary Shelley at the beginning of the film) who brought the Monster’s undead bride to life.

I’ve covered “The Bride of Frankenstein” in depth on this blog before, back in 2015 for the film’s 80th anniversary, with the post “A Toast to Gods and Monsters“. Together, we went over the film from start to finish. But today, we’re going to talk about something that didn’t make it into the movie.

Have a look at this:

Vampire Hunting 101 with Professor Van Helsing

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Here we are, mere hours away from Halloween night, and the ghosts and ghouls are sure to be out in full force. More importantly though, there will be undead creatures slinking around the darkest shadows, watching and waiting, hoping to grab a bite… of YOU.

Vampires.

It would be immoral and irresponsible of me to let you go out unprepared to defend yourselves against such evil, my darlings. So today, I’m enrolling you all in Professor Van Helsing’s “Vampire Hunting 101” class. In this crash course you’ll learn everything you need to know about vampires: How to protect yourself, and how to kill them.

The Art of Fear

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“You’ve got Poe, TZ, horror movie posters, and a pretty face. You’re like a classy, non-slutty-looking Elvira!”

Hello, darlings.

It’s me, your classy, pretty-faced, non-slutty-looking Elvira of the blogosphere here. (Thanks to Paul for my new moniker! ;D). October has finally descended upon us and I have a wonderful, spooky, horror-themed month of posts planned for all my fellow Seekers of Truth. Everything will be leading up to a majorly fun and informative Halloween post on the 31^st. Film fans? This one’s for you.

To kick things off, we’re going to be taking a look at three of the most memorable, influential men in the horror genre. They also happen to be my three favourite actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Vincent Price.

Lee and Price shared May 27th birthdays, and Cushing’s was close by, on May 26th. Coincidence…?