Film's Title - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Year of Release - 1994 Director - Kenneth Branagh Stars of the Film - Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert De Niro MPAA rating - R (UK rating - 15) Having recently watched and loved Frankenstein (1931), I decided to see the 1994 film version to see how a modern take on it would work, with all the multi-million dollar budget and special effects available to them. I had been extremely disappointed in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), but would Mary Shelley's Frankenstein fare better? After all, it does star Kenneth Branagh (who I rate highly) and my favourite contemporary actress Helena Bonham ...  Read the complete review

Mary Shelley's novel FRANKENSTEIN has been made into a great number of films, some paying more attention to the source novel than others. This version, from 1994, was given great hype as being the most faithful version yet and in some respects this is true. Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Victor Frankenstein, the 'mad scientist' who manages to create life - his 'monster', played by Robert De Niro. De Niro is virtually unrecognisable behind his make-up. This is no bolts-on-the-ears-Boris-Karloff character, this is a much more believable representation of what such a character would look like - he has been pieced together from ...  Read the complete review

I haven't seen this movie in several years, but the first time I saw it, it scared the crap out of me. It is probably one of the scariest movies I have seen. I have never read the book so I can't comment in how close the story relates to the book. Robert DeNiro plays the most frightening Frankenstein's monster adaptation that I have ever seen. This scary monster is created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. As a medical student the rebellious Dr. Frankenstein elaborates on the work of the brilliant scientist John Cleese, by successfully bringing to life a sort of man creature that is ...  Read the complete review

In an age where most of us are transfixed by that accursed black box in the corner of the room, we sometimes find ourselves on the recieving end of false information with out realising it. Even the film stories that we take for granted are the result of one film being based on another to form a false collective conscience that may be far from the truth of the source material. Frankenstein is a classic example of this. Most peoples reference point for this tale is a collection of black and white Hammer movies that took the scary elements from the original book and left behind the real story. Kenneth Brannaghs production of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein reaffirms the story as  Read the complete review

The Film Frankenstein by Mary Shelley may not appeal immediately to you as a good film - but let me tell you, you are wrong! When i choose to take A Level English i had no idea it would open up an unheard of section in my life, and open eyes to what Frankenstein really is. Previously i had only ever heard of Frankenstein at Halloween when little kids go around with green 'Frankenstein' faces on with bolts through their 'necks'. Oh how this view is so wrong- the part which initially got me very confused is that actually Frankenstein isn't the man who the kids wear, but the creature of the un-named 'monster'. The film begins ...  Read the complete review