i always chalked Fritz tormenting the monster to someone who'd no doubt been kicked his whole life finally found someone "lower"

“Dracula’s on the run from the cops” might be the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.

"Karloff throws Carl off." This made me laugh so hard.

Haha, I always thought the Abnormal brain thing was only a joke in Young Frankenstein. Didn't know it was actually in the original movie.

The bride's hair is like that because of the electricity

Excerpt from Mary Shelley's early draft of Frankenstein:
"And before the creature disappeared into the shadows, I heard him call from the darkness:
"You can call me Frankenstein if you want to, I really don't mind!""

A biographer said that Karloff always refused to discuss his childhood, the implication being that he may have been bullied or abused because he had East Indian blood on his mother's side, which made his skin tones darker than usual for an English boy  in a culture that was so class and color conscious.  I suspect he brought this to his portrayal of the Creature, which made it so memorably poignant.

Karlof said the Frankenstein monster was his best friend, I reckon it didn't harm his acting career.

Basil Rathbone is such a bad ass name.

Thank you so much for addressing the lax safety standards in Frankenstein's lab, regarding the self destruct lever. OSHA requires all lab self destruct levers to have at least two safety interlocks to prevent unintentional actuation.

all these movies could have been avoided  if Igor hadn't dropped the normal brain.

I don't mind the reuse of actors. It's kind of like a cameo appearance

Karloff is such a menace yet so sympathetic and some what relatable. He’s been kicked around all his life so when he died in the book it is actually a sad moment.

"Son..." Is such an underrated classic. Definitely my favorite of the Universal Horror movies.

Videos like this make me really appreciate James as a creator. You can tell he’s passionate about the movies and games he talks about outside of character. While I’ve found myself moving away from the reviewers who play angry characters, I always come back to James. Even older AVGN episodes that I’ve seen countless times are still entertaining because now I have the context of the passion he puts into his videos.

These villagers, man... They're like Pros by now...

Whale’s introduction of the Monster in Frankenstein is brilliant. Showing him from the back, then a closeup, then a tighter closeup, in complete silence. I can just imagine what a shock his appearance must have been to audiences back in ‘31.

The opening sequence of BRIDE is brilliant

I finally broke down and bought Universal's Frankenstein Legacy Collection on DVD and loved every minute of it.  Every horror buff needs to see these pictures.  There's a reason these are classics.

All your classic Frankenstein reviews in one video.  Thank you, James.