If you guessed the 1931 version of "Frankenstein" (starring Boris Karloff) you were wrong, the actual truth is Thomas Edison was the pioneer that first brought old blot neck to the silver screen decades earlier in 1910...

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Thomas Edison's studio developed their own adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel at the beginning of the 20 century. In fact, March 18th marks the 100th anniversary of the release, which is regarded as the first horror film......ever! This is like a mini horror history lesson.

At the time Edison shot his one-reel version of "Frankenstein" in January of 1910, the novel was already 92-years-old. It had been produced on stage for many years before and was already part of the culture through references like "creating a Frankenstein."

"It took them three or four days to shoot it," said Frederick C. Wiebel, Jr., who discovered the film's one surviving print and set out to have it fully restored. "What they would do mostly would be to practice the whole film and try to do it, if they could, in one take. They'd rehearse it until they finally got it down and then they would roll the cameras."

When asked what the original film cost, Wiebel said budgets were calculated in price per foo, about 50 cents a foot in 1910. The 13-minute "Frankenstein" ran 976 feet, which works out to be about $488. But Wiebel reminds that the film had a lot of special effects for it's time so it would have cost more. (not quite the ILM standards that we see today)

Below is the original film before the restoration. Stay tuned for more information on how to order the cleaned up restored version with original music.

Source: THR