James Whale was a British director who shaped the classic horror film in the 1930s with inventive productions including Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. I have reviewed 3 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 4.0★
By the early 1930s, Universal Pictures had established itself as the home of the monster movie, and the studio was moving at quite a pace. Frankenstein had arrived in 1931, setting a template for prestige horror that mixed scientific hubris with genuine pathos, and the studio wasted little time in
Genre Drama
★★ — The Old Dark House (1932)
Genre Drama
★★★ — Frankenstein (1931)
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