Classic horror film, released in 1935. Directed by James Whale and written by William Hurlbut. Music by Franz Waxman, with makeup designed by Jack Pierce. Starred Boris Karloff as The Monster, Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein, Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius, Dwight Frye as Karl, and Elsa Lanchester in a dual role as Mary Shelley and the Monster's Bride.

This was the first major horror sequel and is actually a better film than "Frankenstein", with scarier sequences and some very funny moments. Karloff actually gets to talk in this one ("Fire bad! Drink good!" How true. How true.), and the special effects are very good, particularly the miniature people created by the evil Dr. Pretorius. Elsa Lanchester is, of course, excellent--her jerky, hissing, bouffant-haired Bride has been as influential in the horror genre as Karloff's lumbering Monster.