Top 11 Frankenstein Film Adaptation and ALA Event
I am working diligently on the Dogman story for paid subscribers but it’s not quite the way Necro wants it yet so I can’t publish it. I am hoping to have it to you very, very soon. It’s going to be a super creepy one!
For now, I want to share an amazing show I did with
of Earthdog Studios over at The Creative Cranium about Frankenstein Films. We discussed my current Top 11 films inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
It’s always a blast geeking out on his shows. Definitely go give this one a watch especially if you love Frankenstein. The list without our commentary and visuals is below.
Top 11 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Inspired Movies
11. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Jim Sharman
10. THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN – Terrance Fisher
9. ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER – Bomani J. Story
8. MAY – Lucky McKee
7. BIRTH/REBIRTH – Laura Moss
6. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS – Tim Burton
5. FRANKENSTEIN (1931 film) – James Whale
4. BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN – James Whale
3. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – Mel Brooks
2. FRANKENWEENIE – Tim Burton
1. POOR THINGS – Yorgos Lanthimos
Honorable Mentions:
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN – Charles Barton
LISA FRANKENSTEIN – Zelda Williams
MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN - Kenneth Branagh
FRANKENSTEIN (2015) – Bernard Rose
And I will never forget Herman Munster from The Munsters!
Please let me know your faves and what films we should have included in the comments.
And definitely go give
a follow on this platform and his other ones.Finally, I am preparing to go to the American Library Association Conference Exhibition taking place in San Diego June 28th-July 1st. I will be in Artist Alley #122. I will be giving out very cool Slay all Day and Monster at Heart badge ribbons and other monster freebies for attendees. Wicked Tree Press is also hosting a Stage Event at #250 on Sunday, June 30th at 2:30 PM called Exploring Monsters which will include a monster chat and reading from our award-winning graphic novel La Llorona in the Machine followed by free books and an autograph session. We will be celebration monsters, Mary Shelley, and the success of the series as hard as we can on that day. Join me there!
If you can’t make it in person, you can check out the books and merch on our website.
Whaaaaaat? No FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND? How can I take this list seriously?!? (jk, Unbound is wild but pretty terrible. The book it was based on is good, though.)
Love it when ROCKY HORROR gets some respect.
Herman Munster (AKA Fred Gwynne) also a wonderful picture book author (adored THE KING WHO RAINED growing up), and this was decades before every celeb had a picture book.
And a shout out for the very first FRANKENSTEIN film adaptation in 1910 by Thomas Edison which is now, alas, lost to time other than a few stills. <https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:512/1*PrU1Bv8611TfA2W5uluRmw.jpeg>