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Movie critics combined give Frankenstein (1931) a score of 3.0009 out of 4
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Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
Political or not Frankenstein is a cinematic masterpiece that will still be entertaining audiences five hundred years from now. ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
When I was a little sprout, my dad used to tell me all about how he saw Frankenstein in the theater & that it scared him silly. When I was old enough, my dad introduced me to the Universal Classic Monsters, specifically; Frankenstein & I have been ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Frankenstein is based on the Gothic horror story written by Mary Shelley in 1818. This is the third film version (the others were in 1910 by the Edison company, in 1915 as Life Without Soul, and the 1920 version in Italy called Il Mostro di ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 3.40 out of 4 stars for iF Magazine (Peter Brown)iF Magazine (Peter Brown)
I am digging the Universal Legacy Series DVDs that are coming out more and more frequently now. This latest is the classic Frankenstein with Boris Karloff from 1931. ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at iF Magazine (Peter Brown)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
A little talky and with limited action, James Whale would outdo himself with Bride of Frankenstein, four years later. But from 1931 to 1935 we can assume that audiences cowered in fear before the best and most terrifying horror films ever made, this and D ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 2.94 out of 4 stars for Scifilm (Bill "Classic" Camp)Scifilm (Bill "Classic" Camp)
has been called "the E.T. of its time," and was placed in the American Film Institute's top 100 films of all time. Yet when FRANKENSTEIN first hit audiences in the early 1930s it was met with controversy all over the world. Shortly after Universal ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at Scifilm (Bill "Classic" Camp)
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 2.92 out of 4 stars for Classic Film GuideClassic Film Guide
The original, one to be seen if you haven't before, you won't be disappointed. Added to the National Film Registry in 1991. With Boris Karloff as the titled monster created by the doctor (Colin Clive) who brings him to life shouting "it's alive!", & Mae ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at Classic Film Guide
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for MCA DiscoVision LibraryMCA DiscoVision Library
Frankenstein was another of the original DiscoVision titles available at the product launch. The first adaptation of Marry Shelly's novel about Dr. Frankenstein's experiments has become not only a cinematic classic, but a DiscoVision collector's classic ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at MCA DiscoVision Library
Frankenstein (1931) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
Once in a great while a truly remarkable screen production comes along that leaves its stamp of impression on our memory. Universal in producing "Frankenstein" has such a picture. From the standpoint of the story, cast, direction and photography the ...read the complete Frankenstein movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

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Frankenstein (1931) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Frankenstein (1931) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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