Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester. Sequel to Frankenstein picks up where the first film left off, with the monster (Karloff)  miraculously surviving the fire at the mill, and with the sinister Dr. Pretorius (Thesiger) proposing to Baron Frankenstein (Clive) that he should create a female version of the monster. This film is an improvement on the original in almost every way, adding a musical score and better quality picture and sound. The movie also has a dry sense of humor, something the original lacked. The scene of the monster encountering a blind hermit in the woods is a classic, which would later be spoofed to great effect in Young Frankenstein. In this movie, the monster even learns to talk. (Subtitles in English for the hearing-impaired are available on the disc.) Grade: B+