MAN-MADE MONSTERS #3: Frankenstein (1931)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
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🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 118 minutes
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"Now I know what it feels like to be God!" This week James Swanton joins Mike to discuss one of the most important horror films in the history of cinema...Universal's FRANKENSTEIN (1931).
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| 0:59.4 | We're about to discuss Universal's Frankenstein from 1931, the story of a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. |
| 1:12.6 | It's just resting, waiting for a new life to come. |
| 1:15.6 | It is one of the strangest tales ever told. |
| 1:18.6 | It deals with the two great mysteries of creation, life and death. |
| 1:22.6 | It's alive! It's alive! |
| 1:25.6 | I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. |
| 1:29.3 | It might even horrify you. |
| 1:32.3 | No, you're hurting me! No! |
| 1:35.3 | So, if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, |
| 1:41.3 | now is your chance to... |
| 1:43.3 | Well, we've warned you. |
| 1:46.0 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of man-made monsters, and we discuss James Wales' |
| 2:00.0 | 1931 masterpiece Frankenstein. |
| 2:06.9 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munzer and as ever I am your host. In this |
| 2:16.4 | podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the |
| 2:19.0 | evolution of the horror genre, one subgenre at a time. We are currently in the midst of our |
| 2:25.2 | 11th series exploring the evolution of man-made monsters and this is part three. In this week's |
| 2:32.2 | episode, as that intro suggested, we are going to be discussing |
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