Such an audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story. So, why shouldn't I write of monsters?

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Monster'S Bride (Elsa Lanchester)

1
2
3
4
5

[ 1 ]

audience elsa lanchester monsters stories writing

9 seconds sound clip from the Bride of Frankenstein movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:29 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, Mary, darling. Astonishing creature.

- I, Lord Byron?

- Frightened of thunder, fearful of the dark, and yet you have written a tale that sent my blood into icy creeps.

- Look at her. Can you believe that bland and lovely brow conceived of Frankenstein, a monster created from cadavers out of rifled graves? Isn't it astonishing?

- I don't know why you should think so. What do you expect?

- Such an audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story. So, why shouldn't I write of monsters?

- No wonder Murray has refused to publish the book. He says his reading public would be too shocked.

- It will be published, I think.

- Then, darling, you will have much to answer for.

- The publishers did not see that my purpose was to write a moral lesson of the punishment that befell a mortal man who dared to emulate God.

- Well, whatever your purpose may have been, my dear, I take great relish in savoring each separate horror. I roll them over on my tongue.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

To a new world of gods and monsters!

It's death, not life, that is in it all and at the end of it all.

'Booted,' my dear Baron, is the word for knowing too much.

What we need is a female victim of sudden death. Can you do it?

This heart is useless. I must have another, and it must be sound and young.

Bride of Frankenstein Sound Clip

Sound bites of memorable lines and quotes from the Bride of Frankenstein movie (1935).

Actors: Boris Karloff (Frankenstein’s monster), Colin Clive (Henry Frankenstein), Valerie Hobson (Elizabeth Frankenstein), Ernest Thesiger (Dr. Pretorius), Elsa Lanchester (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Monster's Bride)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
2133 Sounds / Quotes

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
359 Sounds / Quotes

Knight Rider (1982)
1642 Sounds / Quotes

Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
162 Sounds / Quotes

Toy Story 3
830 Sounds / Quotes

Poll

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy