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Frankenstein

1910 · 14 min

A creaky, dreamlike silent curiosity whose stagey menace and crude trickery still cast a strange, unsettling spell.

Overview
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • morality
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • home
  • school
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction, fantasy
Directed by
J. Searle Dawley
Written by
J. Searle Dawley
Starring
Augustus Phillips, Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle
Cinematography
James H. White
Runtime
14 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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