Fellow movie buffs Chris Holmes and Stephen Clements join for an electrifying ambulation through the gothic corridors of over 30 Frankenstein movies, past and present. Chris and Shane disagree on the merits and content of the original Frankenstein novel. Shane has thoughts on spoilers and people expecting them to apply forever. There's Iconic, and then there's iconic. What Frankenstein movie was so bad that Stephen wished his heart would have stopped while watching it, and he begs all of humanity never to watch it? For you Mage: The Ascension fans out there, Dr. Frankenstein was a Son of Ether (and so were the Ghostbusters). Do Frankenstein movies play into our fear of being eaten? Stephen manages to invoke the old military urban legend of the Ether Bunny. Chris will sit through every second of a putrid, horrible movie that he despises at least twice. Chris saw a movie in the theater using Smell-O-Vision… in 2025. Stephen has super-strong (like, super-strong) opinions about Poor Things. Did we mention that Stephen has super-strong opinions about Poor Things?

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #290 - 5/30/2026

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SHOW NOTES

Stephen Clements on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@stephen.clements

Frankenstein movies list we went into the podcast with:

1910 Frankenstein aka "Easy Bake Frankenstein" (according to Stephen :D ) 1931 Frankenstein 1935 Bride of Frankenstein 1939 Son of Frankenstein 1942 Ghost of Frankenstein 1944 House of Frankenstein 1957 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein 1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 Frankenstein 1970 1962 The Brain That Wouldn't Die 1964 The Evil of Frankenstein 1965 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1967 Frankenstein Created Woman 1968 The Astro-Zombies 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969 The Horror of Frankenstein 1971 Lady Frankenstein 1972 Flesh for Frankenstein 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story 1973 Blackenstein 1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1974 Young Frankenstein 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1981 Frankenstein Island 1984 The Bride 1985 Re-Animator 1990 Frankenstein Unbound 1990 Frankenhooker 1990 Bride of Re-Animator 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 2012 Frankenweenie 2015 Victor Frankenstein 2023 Poor Things 2025 Frankenstein 2025 Dead Lover

Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/