Vocabulary
The first of its kind
original
Very interested in something
fascinated
Name the actor who played Frankenstein in the 1931 movie.
Boris Karloff
Why are some movie monsters called "classic"?
A) People still tell stories about them.
B) People like the costumes the actors wear.
C) People can find information about them.
D) People know that the characters came from books.
people still tell stories about them
What did the US Postal service do to honor classic movie monsters?
They mad Classic Movie Monster postage stamps that had the faces of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, and Dracula.
A person who acts in a movie or play
actor
Someone in a story
character
Name the actor who played the Wolf Man.
Lon Chaney
In what way is Young Frankenstein different from earlier Frankenstein movies?
A) It has better costumes.
B) It is funny rather than scary.
C) Frankenstein's character is smarter.
D) Frankenstein's son is the main character.
It is funny rather than scary.
Who made Young Frankenstein?
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
A feeling of much fear
terror
Old but good
classic
What did they use for make up to make Lon Chaney look like the Wolf Man?
They used glue and animal fur to make Lon Chaney look like the Wolf Man.
What is stop-motion photography?
A) A film that lasts six hours.
B) a change that takes ten seconds.
C) Long movies that are repeated often.
D) Short pieces of film that are put together.
short pieces of film that are put together.
What does grueling mean?
Very difficult.
Having a good result or being well-liked
successful
Very ugly
hideous
Who made the first Frankenstein movie in 1910?
Thomas Edison
When does a werewolf turn from a man into a wolf?
During a full moon.
What does technique mean?
The way you do something.
A set of actions taken to get a certain result
process
An activity that someone does to test an idea.
experiment
In Kenneth Branagh's 1994 movie, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, how is the monster different from the other movies?
Frankenstein is intelligent and sensitive.
Name three movie monsters mentioned in the text.
Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man, Invisible Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon
What does SFX mean?
Special Effects.