From Bride of Frankenstein. The monster is a prisoner in the chair and about to escape. Quite a dramatic scene. Kit Maker: Monsters in Motion From Wikipedia: Bride of Frankenstein (advertised as The Bride of Frankenstein) is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Frankenstein (1931). Bride of Frankenstein was directed by...
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A classic sequence from the 1933 RKO stop-motion animation classic, King Kong. From Wikipedia: King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a...
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Boris Karloff as The Mask of Fu Man Chu. Note his long, gold fingernails. Kit Maker: Dimensional Designs From Wikipedia: The Mask of Fu Manchu is a Pre-Code adventure film released in 1932, featuring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu and Myrna Loy as his daughter. The movie revolves around Fu Manchu’s quest for the sword and mask of...
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The Colossal Busts series. The three films showcasing the colossal beast. The first is The Amazing Colossal Man, followed by War of the Colossal Beast, and finishing with The Cyclops. Kit Maker: Dimensional Designs From Wikipedia: he Amazing Colossal Man is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film, directed by Bert I. Gordon and...
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The robotrix, Maria, from the film, Metropolis. From Wikipedia: Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social...
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Don’t miss the new exhibit “Mark Glassy & Frankenstein” at UC Riverside’s Rivera Library, Fourth Floor, now on exhibit! Click here to learn more!
