62. Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein

Diminished Returns - The Movie Podcast About Sequels, Prequels, Spin-offs and Reboots

Allen and Chris bring to life a monster of a podcast

James Whale’s two horror staples cemented Universal as the home of monster films, made Boris Karloff a superstar and gave us some of the most eduring images in horror. The two oldest films we’ve looked at so far but what films.

In this episode

• Keeping that running time low
• When are these film’s set?
• Groovy intros
• Undead chicks
• How sane are you?
• Colin Clive’s raspy voice
• Elsa Lanchester’s iconic ‘Bride’
• The queer subtext of Frankenstein
• The other film going on in Frankenstein
• We query the Scientific method of Dr. Pretorius
• A new sponsor!
• And we talk about jerking it. A lot.

Remind yourself of the films here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Friday the 13th parts 7 and 8

DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.