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Date Posted: 03:28:47 11/07/13 Thu
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: Universal & Fires
In reply to: DAN 's message, "Universal & Fires" on 10:04:20 10/12/13 Sat

Another excellent post, Dan. I agree there were times when methods other than fire could have been used to bring things to a conclusion. The filmmakers may have found it an easy way to resolve the story, plus it looked more dramatic on film to destroy an entire castle, windmill, etc., than to destroy just the monster or monsters. You give some interesting examples of the use of fire in the Universal horror pictures.

In Ghost of Frankenstein the villagers eagerness to destroy property backfired in a manner of speaking. Near the start of the movie they convince the mayor to permit them to get rid of the Frankenstein castle. They opt to blow it up, but their effort to destroy the "curse of Frankenstein" is what unleashes the Monster once again.


Tim

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