Frankenstein – All Things Ick

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Adds Christoph Waltz to Cast

October 6, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christoph Waltz, Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Movies, Netflix

Guillermo del Toro is working on his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Netflix with an all-star cast. Collider reports today that del Toro confirms actor Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds, Alita: Battle Angel) has joined the lineup. The outlet reports that del Toro confirmed the casting news at the 10th-anniversary screening of Pacific Rim, where the filmmaker told audiences, “I’m doing Frankenstein. We’re working on […]

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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including ‘Halloween III’ Candy Buckets

September 15, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo bone tomahawk, Color out of Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, Godzilla, Halloween 3, Halloween III, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Killer Collectibles, Rob ZOmbie, The Further, The Thing

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Godzilla Steelbook 4K UHD from Sony The 1998 version of Godzilla is stomping onto Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and […]

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Frankentron: Hasbro Turns Frankenstein’s Monster into a ‘Transformers’ Action Figure!

September 11, 2023 John Squires Frankenstein, Toys, Transformers

What if… the Universal Monsters became Transformers? That’s the question answered by a new action figure from Hasbro, which imagines Frankenstein’s Monster as Frankentron! The officially licensed Universal Monsters x Transformers mashup action figure is now available for pre-order, and it’s expected to begin shipping out on January 1, 2024. Hasbro previews the upcoming figure, […]

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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including McDonald’s Halloween Toys from Funko

July 14, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Killer Collectibles, Robot Monster, Scanners, The Further

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Scanners Shirt from Rucking Fotten Scanners may not be David Cronenberg’s best film on the whole, but its head explosion […]

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Six of the Best Modern ‘Frankenstein’ Retellings While You Wait for ‘Poor Things’ This Year

June 9, 2023 Luiz H. C. Bernard Rose, Editorials, Frankenstein, Larry Fessenden, Mary Shelley, Movies, Poor Things

Have you ever had a vacation so iconic that people are still talking about it over two centuries later? Mary Shelley sure did, with her infamous getaway alongside Percy Shelley, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and their host Lord Byron resulting in some of the most influential genre fiction of all time. And while Byron’s Darkness […]

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This Extremely Rare ‘Frankenstein’ 1931 Poster Just Went Up for Auction

April 10, 2023 John Squires Frankenstein, Movies

One of only seven known to exist, an extremely rare Frankenstein 1931 poster is now up for grabs from Heritage Auctions, expected to exceed $150,000 when all is said and done. At this time, the current high bid is already at $77,500! The team explains, “Frankenstein was hiding in a Pennsylvania attic all along. This […]

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Legendary Comics & Rocketship Launch Frankenstein & Dracula Double Bill Kickstarter

March 1, 2023 John Squires Comics, Dracula, Frankenstein, Legendary Comics, universal monsters

In cooperation with Karloff Enterprises, Legendary Comics and Rocketship Entertainment have announced the Frankenstein and Dracula Double Bill Kickstarter launch today. The new graphic novel is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff, a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel featuring an all-new original design of actor Boris Karloff reimagined as Frankenstein’s creature and produced […]

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Manual Cinema Brings ‘Frankenstein’ Back to Life With a Stunning Live Experience [Event Report]

February 23, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Frankenstein, Manual Cinema, The Further

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the most influential novels of all time, genre or otherwise, and it’s also among the most often adapted. From stage to screen and beyond, a myriad of talented storytellers have put their spin on the classic monster tale, but no one has done it quite like Manual Cinema. Founded […]

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‘Frankenstein’ – Manuel Cinema Revives the Horror Classic as a Unique Live Puppetry Experience

February 7, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Frankenstein, Manuel Cinema, The Further

Manual Cinema, the Emmy Award-winning performance collective responsible for the inspired shadow puppetry in Nia DaCosta’s Candyman, have revived Frankenstein as a unique live experience. More than 500 handmade puppets, actors, live music, and cinematic elements are utilized to bring to life the unexpected story about the beauty and horror of creation. The layered interpretation […]

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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including New ‘Halloween III’ Action Figures

October 28, 2022 Alex DiVincenzo Bride of Frankenstein, Creepshow, Frankenstein, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Killer Collectibles, The Further, Wednesday

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Creepshow: From Script to Scream from Titan Books Creepshow: From Script to Scream will serve as the official behind-the-scenes compendium on […]

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Universal Monsters Accessory Set from NECA Includes Additional Frankenstein Head!

March 18, 2022 John Squires Frankenstein, NECA, Toys, universal monsters

NECA‘s new line of Universal Monsters action figures is growing with an accessory set, the company has announced this week, made to complement their figure of Frankenstein. The 7″ scale accessory set includes an alternate “bandaged” head for NECA’s new figure of Frankenstein’s Monster, as well as a massive laboratory table to display him on! […]

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‘Mary’s Monster’ Details Mary Shelley’s Struggles in Writing “Frankenstein”

January 28, 2022 Brad Miska Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Mary's Monster, Movies

Mary’s Monster follows author Mary Shelley as she struggles to complete her gothic masterpiece, “Frankenstein”, which was published in 1818. Farren Blackburn (“Daredevil,” “A Discovery of Witches”) will direct the feature from a screenplay by Deborah Baxtrom (“Living With Frankenstein”), Variety reports. “Terrified of giving voice to the darkness of her subconscious mind, Mary Shelley […]

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Watch a Retro Commercial for NECA’s Universal Monsters x TMNT Mashup – Leonardo as The Hunchback! [Video]

January 19, 2022 Brad Miska Frankenstein, NECA, tmnt, Toys, Videos

This past October, NECA gave us a first-look at a new toy line that mashes together the Universal Monsters and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first time since the 1990s, with the first reveal turning Raphael into Frankenstein. The second figure revealed turns Leonardo into The Hunchback Ygor from the world of “Frankenstein”. While NECA has already shared a […]

It’s Still Alive: ‘Frankenstein’ at 90 [Gods and Monsters]

December 22, 2021 Brian Keiper Boris Karloff, Editorials, featured, Frankenstein, Gods and Monsters, Jack Pierce, James Whale, Mary Shelley, Movies, topnews

In Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Pretorius, played by the inimitable Ernest Thesiger, raises his glass and proposes a toast to Colin Clive’s Henry Frankenstein—“to a new world of Gods and Monsters.” I invite you to join me in exploring this world, focusing on horror films from the dawn of the Universal Monster movies in 1931 to the […]

‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ Gets a 4K Ultra HD Upgrade from Arrow Video!

December 17, 2021 John Squires Arrow Video, Frankenstein, Home Video, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Movies

Freshly announced by Arrow Video this morning, several new titles are on the way this coming March, including a 4K Ultra HD upgrade for 1994 movie Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein! Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the movie comes to 4K Ultra HD in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and a Steelbook release for the […]