I didnt think Lugosi was that bad
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simeon_flake — 11 years ago(December 21, 2014 06:51 AM)
Yeah, I find it hard to really rate Bela's performance as the Monster given all the butchering the film had done to it. Who knows, maybe if the usually great Siodmak hadn't written such crappy dialogue for the Monster, we could have gotten the chance to see the complete performance.
Stillgiven all the inherit flawsI find FMTWM to be a very entertaining horror. The Wolf Man portion of the film definitely ups the grade on the film a lot. -
cybopath — 16 years ago(October 31, 2009 06:15 AM)
I just don't think Lugosi's sharp features worked well in the make-up. Nor did the creature have much to do also the 60 year old actor had to be doubled most of the time during the fights and opening sequence. Over all it was a waist of Lugosi a big stunt man like Glenn Strange would have been better, its the equivalent of having Micheal Keaton play Jason Voorhess.
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tbrittreid — 16 years ago(October 31, 2009 01:22 PM)
cybopath:
I just don't think Lugosi's sharp features worked well in the make-up. Nor did the creature have much to do also the 60 year old actor had to be doubled most of the time during the fights and opening sequence. Over all it was a waist of Lugosi a big stunt man like Glenn Strange would have been better, its the equivalent of having Micheal Keaton play Jason Voorhess.
Yes, I have never understood why the Monster was given so little to do once the decidedly physical Strange took over. And you're also right about Bela's sharp features, which make it obvious when he's being doubled. Why the hell didn't Lugosi do that opening (for the Monster) close-up? He's just there, leaning back against the "ice" wall behind him, for Pete's sake!
The GREEN HORNET Strikes Again! -
zeta1983-1 — 16 years ago(February 25, 2010 06:45 PM)
The Frankenstein monster hardly did anything in this movie. It should have been called The Wolfman II, cameo by Frankenstein's monster. It wasn't a terrible performance but the difference from the original Frankenstein movie was very noticeable.
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Signmanj — 7 years ago(January 06, 2019 05:53 PM)
The worst monster was Chaney's hr did nothing in ghost to me. Glenn strange took lessons from Boris yet the arms were stretched….can't understand what lessons Karloff gave him
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westsalemcongress — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 11:42 AM)
I totally agree with the above poster:
"I just don't think Lugosi's sharp features worked well in the make-up."
Lugosi did not have the face for the Frankenstein monster. The close-up shots of the monster's face are unintentionally humorous. This giant hulking monster with those squinty beady little eyes is too much of a mismatch. -
Negasonic_WoodChipper_Warhead — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 07:10 AM)
Certainly not the best version of the monster, but taking into account that Legosi was playing him as being blind, it explains the often outstretched arms.
It's true! I chopped him up. But I didn't kill him! -
Skye_Reynolds — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 10:28 AM)
It was a weak performance, but I don't think it was his fault. The makeup was dreadful with that sloped forehead and the writing was bad on his end. The Ghost of Frankenstein made a huge mistake by placing Ygor's brain in the monster's body and this film had to live with the consequences of it. Even if they cut out his dialogue, he's still clearly seen moving his lips as if talking. And by cutting out the conversation, his role in the movie is regrettably.
It's a shame that they couldn't have cut from Son of Frankenstein to this film, but then we never would have had the lovely Baroness Elsa Frankenstein.