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Gods and Monsters

Country: USA, Language: English, 105 mins

  • Director: Bill Condon
  • Writer: Christopher Bram; Bill Condon
  • Producer: Clive Barker; Paul Colichman

CGiii Comment

Condon won the Oscar for the writing - it was a particularly bad year...and, the best man won.

McKellen revels in the devilry of the old decaying man and delivers an emotive performance.

Definitely, Fraser's best work - the boy can act other than the hapless twat he usually portrays.

Think: Love and Death on Long Island meets Shadow of the Vampire and the mood becomes apparent and almost completes a gay muse trilogy.

This is a fine film marred only by the bizarre and wholly unnecessary dream sequences - still, it is a fascinating glimpse, albeit fictional and a little cruel, into the life of quite an extraordinary man.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The story of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale is homosexual and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.

Cast & Characters

Ian McKellen as James Whale;
Brendan Fraser as Clayton Boone;
Lynn Redgrave as Hanna;
Lolita Davidovich as Betty;
David Dukes as David Lewis;
Kevin J. O'Connor as Harry;
Mark Kiely as Dwight;
Jack Plotnick as Edmund Kay;
Rosalind Ayres as Elsa Lanchester;
Jack Betts as Boris Karloff;
Matt McKenzie as Colin Clive;
Todd Babcock as Leonard Barnett;
Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy as Princess Margaret;
Brandon Kleyla as Young Whale;
Pamela Salem as Sarah Whale