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The Film Frankenstein-1931: Whale As A Genre

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The film Frankenstein - 1931, Whale as a genre was a hybrid. It was horror/sci-fi. The reason why the film was catergorized as sci-fi is because Dr. Frankenstein is a scientist who used science to make his monster into a living breathing thing. He always desired to make human life by using electrical devices and after all his hard work, he perfected it and made his monster who became known as Frankenstein. It is also a Horror film, because Dr. Frankenstein made a monster, that wreck havoc in the little European village. Frankenstein was more curious at first, but after Fritz who we know now as Igor scared him with a flaming torch. Frankenstein’s reaction, seemed violent with Dr Frankenstein and his friend Waldman, so they chained up his monster

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