Romanticism and Popular Culture

This evolving bibliography collects media that represent Romantic-era works and historical figures in fictional contexts. We welcome feedback and additions from the RC community.

Film

Frankenstein

Director:

Bernard Rose

Date:

2015

"A married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster."

Frankenstein

Director:

James Ormerod

Publication Information:

Yorkshire Television (UK)

Date:

1984

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
Starring Robert Powell, Carrie Fisher, David Warner, John Gielgud, Terence Alexander, and Susan Wooldridge.
--description from IMDB.com

Frankenstein '80 (Mosaico)

Director:

Mario Mancini

Publication Information:

MGD Film Productions, MPI

Date:

1972

Frankenstein 80 is a 1972 Italian film directed by Mario Mancini.

--description from Wikipedia

Starring John Richardson, Gordon Mitchell, Renato Romano, Xiro Pappas, Dalila Parker, and Bob Fiz.

Frankenstein 90

Director:

Alain Jessua

Publication Information:

A.J. Films/TF 1 Films/AMLF (France)

Date:

1984

Yet another incarnation of Mary Shelley's 1818 Frankenstein, this uneven spoof by Alain Jessua casts Victor Frankenstein as a cybernetics wizard who constructs his monster with a notable lack of aesthetic sense but invests him with great microprocessors, and the newly-minted ogre finds life rather lonely until he sees Frankenstein's lover and is smitten.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Director:

Terence Fisher

Publication Information:

Hammer Films

Date:

1973

Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell is a 1974 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Shane Briant and David Prowse.

Frankenstein Created Woman

Director:

Terence Fisher

Publication Information:

Hammer Films

Date:

1966

Frankenstein Created Woman is a 1967 British Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein and Susan Denberg as his new creation. It is the fourth film in Hammer's Frankenstein series.

--description from Wikipedia

Frankenstein General Hospital

Director:

Deborah Roberts

Publication Information:

New Star Entertainment (USA)

Date:

1988

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.

Starring Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell, Kathy Shower, Hamilton Mitchell, and Irwin Keyes.

--description from IMDB.com

Frankenstein Island

Director:

Jerry Warren

Publication Information:

Chriswar (USA and Mexico)

Date:

1981

When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.
Starring Robert Clarke, Steve Brodie, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Christopher, Tain Bodkin, and Patrick O'Neil.
--description by IMDB.com
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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

Director:

Robert Gaffney

Publication Information:

Vernon Films/Seneca/Futurama Entertainment

Date:

1965

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) is a science fiction cult film, directed by Robert Gaffney and starring Marilyn Hanold, James Karen, and Lou Cutell. It was filmed in Florida and Puerto Rico in 1964.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Director:

Terence Fisher

Publication Information:

Hammer Films

Date:

1969

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions from 1969.

Frankenstein Reborn

Director:

Leigh Scott

Publication Information:

The Asylum (USA)

Date:

2005

Starring Leigh Scott, Rhett Giles, Thomas Downey, Jeff Denton, Joel Hebner, and Eliza Swenson.

Frankenstein Unbound

Director:

Roger Corman

Publication Information:

Warner Bros. (USA and Italy)

Date:

1990

The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland where he finds Dr Victor Frankenstein and his contemporaries.

Starring John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda, Catherine Rabett, Jason Patric, and Michael Hutchence.

--description from IMDB.com

Frankenstein's Baby

Director:

Robert Bierman

Publication Information:

BBC (UK)

Date:

1990

Paul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family and Dr Eva Frankenstein comes to his aid by helping him to become the world's first pregnant man!

Starring Nigel Planer, Kate Buffery, Yvonne Bryceland, William Armstrong, Sian Thomas, and Gillian Raine.

--description from IMDB.com

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (La Marca del hombre lobo)

Director:

Henry Egan

Publication Information:

Maxper/Independent-International

Date:

1967

La Marca del Hombre Lobo (Mark of the Wolfman), is a 1968 3-D Spanish horror film, the first in a long series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy.

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

Director:

Robert H. Oliver

Publication Information:

Classic Film International, Cinerama

Date:

1973

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (originally Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette) is a 1974 Italian horror film directed by Dick Randall that is Loosely based on the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein. --description from Wikipedia

Frankenstein's Great-Aunt Tillie

Director:

Myron J Gold

Publication Information:

Tillie Productions

Date:

1983

Castle Frankenstein has been empty for years and the local council is planning to repossess it, when the Frankenstein family return, seeking to find hidden treasure, and to re-animate the Frankenstein monster.
Starring Donald Pleasence, Yvonne Furneaux, June Wilkinson, Aldo Ray, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rod Colbin, and Chandler Garrison.
--description by Wikipedia

Frankenstein: The College Years

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Publication Information:

FNM Films (USA)

Date:

1991

When professor Lippzigger dies, his favorite student Mark inherits the key to his secret laboratory. There he and his friend Jay find the hundreds of years old body of Frankenstein - and revive it. But where to go with him? They take him with them to their dorms. He's dumb as a brick, but makes it into their football team and becomes popular. If there only wasn't Prof. Loman, who wants to become famous with Lipp's inventions...

Starring William Ragsdale, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Larry Miller, Andrea Elson, Voreaux White, and Patrick Richwood.

Frankenstein: The True Story

Director:

Jack Smight

Publication Information:

Universal

Date:

1973

Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 British and American made-for-television horror film loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Frankenstein—Italian Style

Director:

Armando Crispino

Publication Information:

Euro International, RPA

Date:

1975

Frankenstein - Italian Style (Italian: Frankenstein all'italiana) is a 1975 Italian horror-comedy film directed by Armando Crispino. --description from Wikipedia

Frankenweenie

Director:

Tim Burton

Publication Information:

Walt Disney Productions

Date:

1984

Victor Frankenstein (played by Barret Oliver) is a young boy who creates movies starring his dog, Sparky (a Bull Terrier, whose name is a play on the use of electricity in the film). After Sparky is hit by a car, Victor learns at school about electrical impulses in muscles and is inspired to bring his pet back to life.

From Prada to Nada

Director:

Angel Gracia

Publication Information:

Televisa, Odd Lot Entertainment, Lionsgate

Date:

2011

"A Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles." -IMDB

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