As ‘Frankenstein’ Edges Toward Its Centennial, Universal Studios Offers a High-Definition Restoration

What is there left to say about this seminal horror picture? At a time when practically anything that draws breath is labeled ‘iconic,’ here’s a film that has earned the honorific.

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Boris Karloff and Marilyn Harris in 'Frankenstein' (1931). Via Wikimedia Commons

Universal Studios has just released a steel book edition of James Whale’s “Frankenstein” (1931) that is being touted as an “ultra high def 4-K restoration.” For what occasion this gussied-up package has been manufactured isn’t clear, though the marketing folks at Universal likely have something in mind for the 100th anniversary of the film a mere seven years from now. The current set has a handsome black-and-white illustration by a comic book artist, Alex Ross, that will be hard to top.

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