HORROR BUSINESS Episode 141: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN & BIRTH/REBIRTH

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking 1957’s Curse of Frankenstein and 2023’s Birth/Rebirth. First, and as always, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! Also, a huge thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! We start by talking about what we’ve done involving horror recently. Liam talks about attending the recent Cinema Wasteland convention in Ohio and rewatching some classic Poe films, as well as rewatching Paranorman. Justin talks about watching the film The Hopewell Haunting on Tubi, as well as No One Will Save You on Hulu and Cobweb. Up first is Curse of Frankenstein. Justin talks about how the creature design of this movie is far more effective at being upsetting than the classic Universal/Boris Karloff version. We talk about how the film is more of a remake of that Universal version than it is an adaptation of the original novel. This version of Victor Frankenstein as far more monstrous than the one in the Whalen version is discussed. We briefly talk about the moral arc of Victor Frankenstein’s companion, who seems to be strangely okay with a lot of horrific shit Frankenstein does before bowing out. We briefly talk about the history of the Hammer Frankenstein films. Up next is Birth/Rebirth. We start by talking about the writer/director specifically set out to make an interpretation of Frankenstein. We discuss the injection of the theme of perverted parenthood into this version, a theme that was largely absent from the original novel. We talk about how the film shares some themes with classic zombie films. We discuss further the theme of parenthood gone wrong, in that a selfish brand of love replaces a pure paternal love, and the idea of how love can lead to deep acts of evil. We talk about the unnecessary murder of a pig in the film and how it felt even cheaper in comparison to the rest of the film. We discuss the tragedy of a parent feeling utterly unable to stop themselves from bringing a child back from the dead simply out of pain and grief. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing, or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!