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Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary. Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the...

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Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank’s life is full of all the excesses Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could’ve predicted.

An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends, setting him on a course to discover his first-life history, which the reanimation process erased.

Bigfoot and Frankenstein team up to terrorize the Wild West.

My creator once reveled in his mastery over life and death. He dug from graves, stitched me together, and brought me to life. However, he never anticipated how hard it would be to get good tech support.

On a private island off the Florida coast, a group of unusually gifted Mafioso, slapstick Federal Agents, and horny Corporate Stooges must fight their way through a nightmarish mélange of killer critters, undead monsters, earthquakes, volcanoes and each other in a splatter-filled gore fest by Bizarro maestro, Dustin Reade.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and ghouls! Welcome to another electrifying episode of our Monster Mash-terpiece Theatre. Tonight, we're going to piece together the life story of everyone's favorite reanimated ragdoll, the bolt-necked behemoth himself – Frankenstein's Monster! So strap yourself to the nearest operating table, keep your eye on that lightning rod, and for the love of all that's holy, don't pull that switch! ...Oh, you pulled the switch. Well, I guess the show must go on. IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! Our tale begins not in a dark and stormy castle laboratory, but in the ...

1974 was a busy year for Mel Brooks. Although still recovering after a series of failed projects threatened his career, he pulled off a one-two punch that saw the release of two of the most beloved American comedies ever made: Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Although both films are well-known, the stories beyond the making of each movie are less so. How did they come to be, and how did the era's culture and politics not only permit them to be made, but help them to become enduring comedy classics?

Two evil scientists each dig up a song from the same year and discuss their picks, then create a new monster from their favorite parts of the songs they brought to the operating table!

Something Old, Something New: An Unauthorized Biography of The Bride of Frankenstein In the illustrious pantheon of classic movie monsters, few have made such an electrifying entrance – or rocked such a distinctive hairstyle – as the Bride of Frankenstein. While her screen time might have been brief, her impact on popular culture has been nothing short of shocking (pun absolutely intended). She stands as proof that sometimes the best things in unlife come to those who wait, making her debut in 1935's "Bride of Frankenstein" after being teased in Mary Shelley's original 1818 novel. Born... ...

Globetrotting outlaw Dracula finds a powerful ally in an Egyptian crypt - Frankenstein’s monster himself. Can these fiends thwart the werewolf regime and take back the night?