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Pre-Watch Expectations: This is going to be hokey and silly. Got one! This is hokey and silly. It features a much more monster-like version of Karloff’s creature. He’s not nearly as sympathetic as he is in his first film. This is the terrible killing machine most people think of. This film also fetaures a lot of the scenes people associate with the character, in a story that is much bigger/less intimate than its predecessor. It’s also misnamed. This is really Frankenstein 2, as the Bride in the title doesn’t appear until 1:10 minutes into a 1:15 minute movie. I did not expect to only get five minutes of her! Considering she’s instantly the best part of the movie—a wonderful character with a truly memorable introduction and design—this didn’t work for me at all. I like Frankenstein a lot more, and I didn’t even like that. Bride of Frankenstein First Watch Reaction: The Invisible Man features Three Stooges style slapstick and I love it, so I’m not exactly anti-silliness in these movies. The problem was this feels schlocky, like a funny little B-movie, in a way the other seven don’t. I really hated the tiny people in jars scene. If you don’t vibe with that sequence I don’t see how you can like this at all. Someday I’ll rewatch Bride of Frankenstein fully aware of what it’s doing and how it’s a different kind of entry in this series. Maybe I’ll like it a lot more then. But for now it wasn’t for me. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
