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Originally Posted by neverending
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Great!
There are some other films that I missed earlier:o...
Flesh for Frankenstein aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1973):
Perhaps one of the most controversial Frankenstein movies from the 1970s is Paul Morrissey's this camp classic, Udo Kier playing the Baron, a bizarre but brilliant scientist who creates a male and female zombie in hopes of breeding a superior race. Joe Dallesandro plays the handyman who attempts to thwart the Baron's mad dream.
Another notable work is
Terror of Frankenstein (1976); a widely ignored entry in the Frankenstein filmography, this Irish-Swedish production directed by Calvin Floyd, is probably the one adaptation of Shelley's novel that can honestly claim to be faithful to the original. From its beginning in an Arctic setting, it manages to incorporate the narrative framework. Quite oddly for a 1970s horror movie, Terror of Frankenstein focuses on the characters' psychological development rather than on action and bloodshed. The movie lacks tension and frightening horror elements & thus completely fails to create an entertaining adaptation, mostly because it just translates the novel page by page into a screenplay.
Often cited as a remake of Bride of Frankenstein,
The Bride (1985) is more of a sequel to James Whale's 1935 classic. This adaptation directed by Franc Roddam & stars rocker & former singer of internationally renowned band 'Police' Sting as Dr. Charles Frankenstein. A love triangle between Doctor, Monster, and Bride provides the film's conflict.
One of the most interesting adaptations of Shelley's novel is
Frankenstein Unbound (1990), directed by B-movie king Roger Corman and based on a novel by science fiction author Brian W. Aldiss, published in 1975. In this reconstruction of Frankenstein a time traveler meets both Victor Frankenstein and Mary Shelley.
In 1994, actor-director Kenneth Branagh made
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where legendary Hollywood icon Robert De Niro played the role of the monster.