As we get ready to screen James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN at the launch of our #QueerHorrorNights, I thought I’d turn my queer eye to the film’s enduring legacy. This new Body Parts mixtape does just that, offering a daily dose of the films that came after James Whale’s subversive, queer masterpiece. Of course, not everything will be stitched together so beautifully…
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FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (dir: Paul Morrissey, 1973 USA / 1h 35m)
In brief: One line of dialogue says it all: “To know death, Otto, you have to fuck life… in the gall bladder!”. For once, a film that fully delivers on its promises, which will probably dictate whether or not FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN is for you…
MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (dir: Kenneth Branagh, 1994 USA / 2h 3m).
In brief: As if the lunatics of Bedlam have staged an amateur theatrical production of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece novel after seeing James Whale’s remarkable films… Hysterical, and not in a good way…