Universal’s classic monsters we know today are Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy. These four iconic monsters have changed the industry and keep changing it with the never-ending releases of newer adaptations. However, The Mummy differed greatly from the other monsters due to its story and how it was projected. Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and The Wolf Man are all based on some sort of literature or mythological background. The older, classic versions of these films have all been derived from a fictitious context. Frankenstein’s monster had been taken from the novel by Mary Shelley, Dracula from Bram Stoker’s, and the Wolf Man has roots in mythology. However, The Mummy is “the odd one out because there's absolutely …show more content…
Although the use of romance comes out in the other classic monster movies series, The Mummy was the first to incorporate this into the root story. Imhotep’s love for Ankh-es-en-amon was so strong, he chose it over his own faith. If we can look past his murderous tendencies, we see an almost sympathetic nature, along with deep pain and exhaustion. “We see time and again that ‘love’ or something we call ‘love’, perhaps erroneously – can have catastrophic consequences” (Neal, 2013). In The Mummy series, ‘love’ results in Imhotep dishonoring his own God, which ultimately causes his people to bury him alive. According to the scripture, our purpose is to love God first and foremost. When we stray from this path, our love gets corrupted. This corrupted love “controls us to the point where we, like Imhotep, are willing to throw over the God we claim to serve, willing to disobey Him whenever His commands interfere with our pursuit of our earthly love. We hate and despise and even attack those who would stand in our way. And ultimately, our ‘love’ can lead us to hurt the very person we claim to love most of all” (Neal, …show more content…
Older films relied more on a sense of dread, rather than jump scares, to create horror films. As for the newest film, The Mummy will “adopt elements of James Cameron's Aliens. Just as that beloved sci-fi sequel blended a visceral amount of carnage with genuine terror, so too will the upcoming Mummy film deliver the scares in a gripping manner. Rather than rely quiet tension, the film will utilize terror that comes at you full force” (Schwerdtfeger, 2017). The recent films, such as The Mummy directed by Stephen Sommers, are action packed in hopes of delivering a film with the same storyline as before, but still offering entertainment and terror. Although many of the Mummy films have been amazing, Bubba Ho-Tep directed by Don Coscarelli was a major fail. Although the obvious absurdity throughout the film creates a humorous tone, it lacks any sort of solid plot. The storyline was over-the-top, dialogue confusing, and the background was missing. I found no correlation between this particular adaptation and the rest of
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Monsters are symbols and representations of a culture. They exist because of certain places or feelings of a time period. Monsters are “an embodiment of a certain cultural moment”. Author of Grendel, John Gardner, and author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, both create a monster to represent something larger than itself in order to have the reader reflect on their “fears, desires, anxiety, and fantasy” in society, which is explained in Jefferey Cohen's Monster Culture (Seven Theses). The latest trend in monster media, zombies, also fit into Cohen's theses on what a monster is.
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Since the original novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, to the multiple movie adaptations, the monster is almost always predicted as the monster of the story. It may be his physical appearance, from his tall, broad frame, to the signature screws in his neck. It may also be his unnatural upbringing and interpreted evil characteristics. We have grown to fear the monster, which ultimately, has masked the true monster, Dr. Frankenstein. With each coming movie, the good side of the monster is brought to light, while the real monster shows his true colors.
A noticeable difference in the way movies have changed over the years is evident when comparing and contrasting two films of different eras which belong to the same genre and contain the same subject matter. Two vampire movies, Dracula and Bram Stoker's Dracula, present an interesting example of this type of study.
Over the years people have given new out looks on the original vampire, Dracula. He was a tall non-attractive looking man who would never come out during the day. Hollywood however has made new vampire stories such as Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries/The Originals that have new ideas of a vampire. These novels/books all have differences, but some still have key characteristics of the original vampire.
Frankenstein is a fictional story written by Mary Shelly. It was later adapted into a movie version directed by James Whales. There are more differences than similarities between the book and the movie. This is because, the movie is mainly based on the 1920’s play, other than the original Mary Shelly’s book Frankenstein. A text has to be altered in one way or the other while making a movie due to a number of obvious factors. A lot of details from the book were missing in the movie, but the changes made by Whales were effective as they made the movie interesting, and successful.
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A human blossoms to succeed in life, they blossom to come to one point where we may look upon life and remember all the times we owned, one blossoms to be someone, great, and one strives to accomplish this with their ability. In further Frankenstein want to succeed. To look upon one’s life without any regrets is a hard assignment to accomplish. The characters mentioned are all different but yet the same in purpose: trying to succeed. The main character of Frankenstein and Death of a Salesman seize similar qualities; wanting to succeed in life, have the same relationship with another key figure in the plot line, and possessing the qualities of a tragic hero.
When comparing Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it is clear to see how prominent the themes of life and death are in both novels. Dealing with monsters and vampires also brings up a lot of discussion since each of these creatures, in these specific stories, are in the gray area of being alive and dead. Although these are both very different stories, they have a lot of similarities. Parallels between the main characters, Abraham Lincoln and Victor Frankenstein can be observed through their obsessions and losses of loved ones. In addition, both novels include the possibility of bringing people back from the dead. There are many comparisons that can be made, but these book can also be contrasted
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein and the monster that he creates are very similar. For example, Victor creates the monster to be like himself. Another similarity is that the anger of both Victor and the monster is brought about by society. One more parallel between Victor and the monster is that they both became recluses. These traits that Victor and the monster possess show that they are very similar.
Monsters are the physical embodiment of fear. Monsters are the physical embodiment due to a wide variety of reasons. The most important being: Monsters’ apparent invulnerability/incredible strength, represent the bad part of society, most often look ugly, represent evil/nightmares itself, are intelligent, and some deviate from the norms are the reasons why monsters are the physical embodiment of fear. Monsters’ incredible characteristics are what strike fear into the hearts of others. In many myths, monsters are a weakness to societies. For instance, the heroes of Rome fight these monsters in order to overcome them which is the symbolic overcoming of weakness by the community. The fear monsters represent is primarily human fear as monsters are generally on good terms with animals and human fear is far deeper than animal fear.
The classification of Frankenstein as a ghost story, Gothic novel or horror novel is not completely accurate. It contains no supernatural apparitions such as ghosts, witches, devils, demons or sorcerers. And other typical gothic elements such as ruined castles, graveyards and charnel houses appear only briefly or in the distance.
Monsters can come in various physical forms, but all monsters share the same evil mentality. A Monster is a being that harms and puts fear within people. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a prime example of how appearance does not determine whether a creature is a monster or not. In the story, Victor Frankenstein tries to change nature by creating a super human being. The being appears to be a monster. Victor becomes so obsessed with his creation and then rejects it. Victor is the real monster because of his desire for power, lack of respect for nature, and his stubbornness.
...their travel knowledge. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein can be looked at as a monster in itself, formed by pieces of different character’s stories and letters just as Victor’s monster was formed by many different people’s limbs.