Frankenstein Movies - Episode 291 - 5/30/2026

Frankenstein Movies - Episode 291 - 5/30/2026

Author: Shane Stacks May 30, 2026 Duration: 3:08:23
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Fellow movie buffs Chris Holmes and Stephen Clements join for an electrifying ambulation through the gothic corridors of over 30 Frankenstein movies, past and present. Chris and Shane disagree on the merits and content of the original Frankenstein novel. Shane has thoughts on spoilers and people expecting them to apply forever. There's Iconic, and then there's iconic. What Frankenstein movie was so bad that Stephen wished his heart would have stopped while watching it, and he begs all of humanity never to watch it? For you Mage: The Ascension fans out there, Dr. Frankenstein was a Son of Ether (and so were the Ghostbusters). Do Frankenstein movies play into our fear of being eaten? Stephen manages to invoke the old military urban legend of the Ether Bunny. Chris will sit through every second of a putrid, horrible movie that he despises at least twice. Chris saw a movie in the theater using Smell-O-Vision… in 2025. Stephen has super-strong (like, super-strong) opinions about Poor Things. Did we mention that Stephen has super-strong opinions about Poor Things? 

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #290 - 5/30/2026

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Frankenstein movies list we went into the podcast with:

1910 Frankenstein aka "Easy Bake Frankenstein" (according to Stephen :D )
1931 Frankenstein
1935 Bride of Frankenstein
1939 Son of Frankenstein
1942 Ghost of Frankenstein
1944 House of Frankenstein
1957 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein
1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 Frankenstein 1970
1962 The Brain That Wouldn't Die
1964 The Evil of Frankenstein
1965 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1967 Frankenstein Created Woman
1968 The Astro-Zombies
1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 The Horror of Frankenstein
1971 Lady Frankenstein
1972 Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 Frankenstein: The True Story
1973 Blackenstein
1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974 Young Frankenstein
1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1981 Frankenstein Island
1984 The Bride
1985 Re-Animator
1990 Frankenstein Unbound
1990 Frankenhooker
1990 Bride of Re-Animator
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
2012 Frankenweenie
2015 Victor Frankenstein
2023 Poor Things
2025 Frankenstein
2025 Dead Lover

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