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Recent Examples of Frankenstein
Like Frankenstein’s monster and so many of the robots that keep stomping across our big and small screens, Norbot also seems to threaten the very life that it’s meant to help.
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Gleiberman’s pick for the fifth worst movie of the year was Lisa Frankenstein—directed by Zelda Williams, who is the daughter of late acting icon Robin Williams—and written by Juno Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Flag and Frankenstein come together randomly, but these two loners end up bonding — and that connection was made literal by having Grillo and Harbour record their lines in person, a rarity in modern animation.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Adding to the fun, the film is narrated by Boris Karloff — best known for playing Frankenstein’s monster.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Gleiberman’s pick for the fifth worst movie of the year was Lisa Frankenstein—directed by Zelda Williams, who is the daughter of late acting icon Robin Williams—and written by Juno Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Flag and Frankenstein come together randomly, but these two loners end up bonding — and that connection was made literal by having Grillo and Harbour record their lines in person, a rarity in modern animation.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Adding to the fun, the film is narrated by Boris Karloff — best known for playing Frankenstein’s monster.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Frankenstein
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Set in a new location with new monsters, Wilds introduces a new type of mount, new monsters, an improved wound system, focus mode, and a new tool called the hook slinger.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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White specks on the horizon grew to surround us with grotesques of ice.—
Blair Braverman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Watergate grotesques form a small portion of the weird and sometimes wacky, but always carefully curated, world of Ellison.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2024
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Audiard long had imagined an internal struggle within Emilia between man and woman, demon and angel.—
Julian Sancton,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, as if disciplining your demon seed wasn’t stressful enough, Rowan is also getting conflicting versions of mom-shaming from two Mayfair relatives, one of whom is actually deceased.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
5 Jan. 2025
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The Vanishing will have no shortage of frights, action and bizarre phenomena.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
7 Jan. 2025
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Across seven seasons, viewers got a thrilling blend of laughs, frights, and goofy monster fights that felt innovative and transgressive in equal measure.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
22 Dec. 2024
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Once a chief lieutenant for Democratic donor George Soros, a bogeyman to much of the GOP, Bessent emerged over the past year as a trusted Trump adviser who commanded respect among the financial elite whose backing the president-elect covets.—
ANDREW ACKERMAN THE WASHINGTON POST,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Navajo police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, played by Zahn McClarnon, is haunted by a bogeyman from his childhood in the third season teaser trailer for AMC‘s Dark Winds, which dropped on Friday.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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The following scenes are set in that show and tell the ogre's story through life-size wooden puppets complete with mock strings attached to their arms.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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And the other thing is ogres have tempers, and so do Scottish people.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
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This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.—
Time,
Time,
28 Dec. 2022
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As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.—
Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
13 June 2022
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Our ears are still ringing from watching fans become shrieking banshees upon realizing that one of her professional dancers was actually the NFL star.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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Electrified and electrifying, this 500-kilowatt (670-horsepower) track banshee heralds a new hybrid age in the top levels of racing.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
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“Frankenstein.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Frankenstein. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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