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Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist and amateur filmmaker, lives with his parents and his beloved bull terrier dog, Sparky, in the quiet town of New Holland. He does not interact much with his classmates, who include his somber next-door neighbor Elsa Van Helsing, the mischievous Edgar "E" Gore, the naive Bob, the pretentious Toshiaki, the sinister Nassor, and an eccentric "Weird Girl".
Weird Woman is a 1944 noir-mystery horror film, and the second installment in The Inner Sanctum Mysteries anthological film series, which was based on the popular radio series of the same name. Directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Lon Chaney Jr. , Anne Gwynne , and Evelyn Ankers .
The book focuses on the lives of protagonist Mia and her friend Lara. [1] Both are young teenagers and neighbours; Mia is Indigenous and relatively less affluent, Lara is middle-class. [1] The book contrasts the girl's indifference to their different social-economic class and the wider communities greater focus on their family's differences. [1]
In the novel Frank is described as an accident victim that Dr Stein has saved from death and rebuilt. The book features a running joke with Stein being confused by references to Frankenstein, being unfamiliar with the story. The Tim Burton film Frankenweenie and its 2012 remake bear many references to the Frankenstein story.
Frankenweenie is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror featurette directed by Tim Burton and written by him and Leonard Ripps. It is both a parody of, and homage to, the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus .
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories is an anthology of weird fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Published on 30 Oct 2011, [1] it contains 110 short stories, novellas and short novels. At 1,126 pages in the hardcover edition, it is probably the largest single volume of fantastic fiction ever published, according to Locus. [2]
Gruber's "The Book of the Dead" was the cover story in the November 1941 Weird Tales Gruber's novella "The Honest Dealer" took the cover of the December 1946 issue of Mammoth Detective Frank Gruber (born February 2, 1904, Elmer , Minnesota , died December 9, 1969, Santa Monica, California ) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and ...
Subsequently, he was cast as the lead in Tim Burton's short film Frankenweenie [1] and as the cyborg "Daryl" in the 1985 film D.A.R.Y.L., a part for which he won a Saturn Award. [2] His last role in a feature film was Willie Saravian in Paul Bartel's 1989 ensemble comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. [3]