Tag: Frankenstein
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Jacob Elordi to Play Frankenstein in Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix Adaptation
Jacob Elordi is alive! The actor will portray Frankenstein, as well as Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.Del Toro, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “The Shape of Water,” is writing, directing and producing “Frankenstein, who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment.“
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‘Rumble Through The Dark’ Trailer: Aaron Eckhart & Bella Thorne Star In Deep South Bare-Knuckle Boxing Drama On November 10
It’s been a strange last decade of acting for Aaron Eckhart. Everyone knows the actor as Harvey Dent from Christopher Nolan‘s 2008 blockbuster “The Dark Knight. But since then, Eckhart’s done mostly B-movies, actioners, and dramas that barely make waves at the box office. And for every hidden gem he’s done in recent years, like…
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‘Eraserhead’ and the Inner Workings of a Lynchian Nightmare
David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature Eraserhead is a Frankenstein’s monster of Kafkaesque surrealism, a trauma-inducing interrogation of parental fears and a disturbing depiction of fatherhood. Eraserhead is the nightmarish result of a visionary and obsessive filmmaker. Eraserhead debuted at The Filmex Film Festival without any significant promotion for the film, leaving crowds of moviegoers stunned…
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The Best Werewolf Movies of All Time, from ‘Ginger Snaps’ to ‘Teen Wolf’ to ‘An American Werewolf in London’
Of all the classic horror movie monsters, werewolves, quite frankly, get the short end of the stick. Vampires and zombies have dozens of iconic films to claim as their own, while ghosts and witches pop up in movies all the time. But werewolves? Their great films are fewer and further between.One of the oldest and…
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This ‘Lord of the Rings’ Moment Made Christopher Lee Furious
Of all the great actors who had a role in Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, few have had a career quite like Sir Christopher Lee. In addition to giving a terrifying performance as the wicked wizard Saruman the White in the films, Lee essentially has a monopoly…
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Frankentron Toy Stitches Together ‘Transformers’ and ‘Frankenstein’
Hasbro’s next pop-culture mash-up Transformer has risen from the slab. Frankentron, a collaboration between Transformers and Universal’s Classic Monsters, will lumber into stores this fall. Frankentron, a Decepticon patterned after Boris Karloff’s portrayal of the monster in 1931’s Frankenstein, will be available this fall, according to IGN. He transforms from a monstrous robot to a…
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‘Poor Things’ Production Hub Hungary ‘Weathers the Storm’ of Hollywood Strikes
The question of whether Hollywood stars will light up the Lido this week has roiled the film industry in the run-up to the Venice Film Festival. “Poor Things” lead actress Emma Stone was among the marquee names that were holding out for a SAG-AFTRA exemption allowing her to promote the Frankenstein-inspired period film from Oscar…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal to Direct ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ Remake Starring Christian Bale
One of the best classic horror movies of all time is The Bride of Frankenstein. The 1935 sequel to Universal’s second major monster movie Frankenstein is the rare film that’s better than its original. It’s a gothic nightmare like no other. So much so that many filmmakers and actors have been trying to remake the…
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Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef Went to Mortician School for ‘Poor Things’
Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming Frankenstein-inspired fantasy “Poor Things” felt like a “college campus” for his cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Ramy Youssef, who were all tasked with learning new skills.Youssef and Dafoe were assigned to mortician school, with classes based on the 19th-century approach to autopsies and embalming. Dafoe portrays the unorthodox…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein Shares A Common Theme With Nightmare Alley And Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro has worked on a lot of projects (and I mean a lot) that have never been made. Because of this, he seems to have adopted a handy waste not, want not approach to directing. For example, when his “Haunted Mansion” film fell apart, he channeled those energies into his sumptuous haunted house…