Re-Animator, Frankenstein, and humor

Slightly revised from a tumblr post I made on March 20th 2014.

While their themes and structures are noticeably similar, the Re-Animator films play up the humor a lot more than the Frankenstein movies. Both Re-Animator and Bride of Re-Animator are definitely comedies. Frankenstein, on the other hand, plays its topic with deadly seriousness, and it takes until Bride of Frankenstein for things to get humorous.

But no, really, I think these movies have a lot more in common than people talk about (or maybe I’m just late to the party).

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