Top Ten Tuesdays

[Rik]

Here’s mine:

Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
Van Helsing (2004)*



*I like it, Kate Beckinsale in a tight corset, nuff said

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

*I like it, Kate Beckinsale in a tight corset, nuff said

I really need to see this again. The dvd is packaged really nicely as well.

[Susan Foreman]

Frankenstein films that don't contain the word 'Frankenstein'

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Tim Curry as a mad scientist who sets out to create life. Sound familiar? At least we never got to see Colin Clive or Peter Cushing in lingerie!
• Carry On Screaming: To start with, there is Dr. Watt, who needs regular bursts of electricity to keep himself rejuvenated, and then there is Oddbod and Oddbod Jr
• Frankenweenie: Tim Burton's wonderful stop-motion homage to Mary Shelley's creature. Lucky owners of the Blu-Ray release also get the original 1984 live action version, with Daniel Stern and Shelley Duvall
• Frankenhooker: Wanna date? Bad taste splatter comedy about a man who tries to bring his dead girlfriend back after she is killed by a lawnmower! [Apparently, when director Frank Henenlotter was trying to get an MPAA rating, he was told "Congratulations, you're the first film rated S." "S? For sex?" "No, S for shit"]
• The Brain Of Morbius: Classic, scary Doctor Who story
• Blackenstein: Inept and hilarious blaxploitation version of the story. 10 out of 10 for the monsters 'fro tho!
• The Spirit Of The Beehive: Beautiful Spanish drama about a young girl who becomes fascinated with the creature after viewing a screening of Whale's 1931 film
• Edward Scissorhands: Vincent Price makes Johnny Depp
• Day Of The Dead: Anyone who is even more pedantic that I am would argue that this is actually a zombie film, but I would point them in the direction of the character who has the nickname 'Frankenstein'!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Rik

Van Helsing (2004)*

*I like it, Kate Beckinsale in a tight corset, nuff said

Presumably you have never had to wear a tight corset. If you have done, you would know that they are nasty things that could only have been designed by De Sade!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You should have a look at the Luke Goss Frankenstein tv movie.

It's my favourite screen adaptation.

That's one person she doesn't like as a actor considering she had a crush on him in the 80s

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Use words my good man. Howard Carter deciphered the Egyptian tombs easier than we figure out your abbreviations.

And he still makes slightly more sense than gag.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Frankenstein Films

In chronological order:

• Frankenstein (1931)
• The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1942)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
• The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I hope you've been enjoying revisiting the classic 'monsters' of horror film, with vampires, zombies, werewolves and Dr Frankenstein and his creation. That leaves two: Invisible Man and the Mummy.

As there are only 10 films adapted from H.G. Wells' novel, Invisible Man would make for a pretty boring selection of lists, so it makes much more sense to do films featuring, in the lead or prominent role, a Mummy. For the purposes of definition, that would be a human preserved in a ritual by chemicals, normally (though not exclusively) by Egyptians.

As such, this week's topic is:

Mummy Films



NB if you so wish, you could make a compilation list of Invisible Man and Mummy films, or do one of each.

[keirarts]

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[MrBarlow]

The Mummy 1932
The Mummy's Hand 1940
The Mummy's Tomb 1942
The Mummy's Curse 1944
The Mummy 1959
Curse of The Mummy's Tomb 1964
Blood from The Mummy's Tomb 1972
The Mummy 1998
The Mummy Returns 2001

Some mentions
Tale of the Mummy 1998
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008
Legend of The Mummy 1998
The Aztec Mummy 1957