tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post9085708218007946323..comments2024-03-28T04:35:13.270-04:00Comments on Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog: The Monster : Per OscarssonPierre Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-4334877183980505022011-01-13T20:38:17.641-05:002011-01-13T20:38:17.641-05:00I have given your blog a "You make me SCREAM!...I have given your blog a "You make me SCREAM!!" blog award --<br /><br /><a href="http://wonderfulwonderblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-scream-you-scream.html" rel="nofollow">http://wonderfulwonderblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-scream-you-scream.html</a>Erickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443459880949094998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-38973994909051341322011-01-12T20:16:15.208-05:002011-01-12T20:16:15.208-05:00I am sorry to hear of Oscarsson's passing. He ...I am sorry to hear of Oscarsson's passing. He was a fine actor. He was also (related to Terror of Frankenstein) in Calvin Floyd's Sleep of Death (1981), an adaptation of LeFanu's The Room in the Dragon Volant. He was very effective in that too. His creature was one of the best and possibly the closest to Shelley's conception. My condolences to Oscarsson's family and friends.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560002136571729020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-62589309840731715652011-01-12T09:58:31.350-05:002011-01-12T09:58:31.350-05:00Sorry to come here late.
As Max and Martin have s...Sorry to come here late.<br /><br />As Max and Martin have said, Per gave one of THE best performances as the "genuine Marian" Monster. EVER.<br /><br />And one that even stands - granting the different tacks taken by their respective projects - toe-to-toe with Karloff's masterpiece portrayal.<br /><br />Rest to him, and comfort to his loved ones,<br />-Craig<br /><br />P.S. - And also agreed, that Bo's work is in the same illustrious ballpark.wich2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-72728012133555054032011-01-12T02:44:15.257-05:002011-01-12T02:44:15.257-05:00I'm very sorry to learn of this tragedy. Per ...I'm very sorry to learn of this tragedy. Per Oscarsson’s performance as Mary Shelley's Monster was both pitiable and menacing. One of the best portrayals ever in the role. RIP, sir.Martin Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178236776724050838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-49022293302297570102011-01-06T00:36:47.490-05:002011-01-06T00:36:47.490-05:00Thank you for expressing with perfect clarity the ...Thank you for expressing with perfect clarity the values of Oscarsson's performance as the Monster.Your description is exactly right.<br /><br />Here's an interesting parallel: Four years before, Swedish-American Boris "Bo" Svenson (a child emigrant) played the Monster in an American TV production seen on television here in the U.S., but theatrically overseas. <br /><br />This is how VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN was seen by audiences here and abroad, but in reverse order--VF was a Swedish/Irish *feature* production, seen at movie houses overseas, then on TV here.<br /><br />Do Swedes have a better understanding of the Monster? <br />Svenson in '73, like Oscarsson in '77, also movingly portrayed a Monster based closely on the original Shelley character.Max the drunken severed headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373555992387523559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-86862053169214348672011-01-05T01:02:40.175-05:002011-01-05T01:02:40.175-05:00I was really struck by his monster performance in ...I was really struck by his monster performance in Terror Of Frankenstein..If the monsters gonna talk,this is the way he should sound..Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165402182512034384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112951555998191786.post-14151238819900937612011-01-05T00:34:10.535-05:002011-01-05T00:34:10.535-05:00Aw, man, that's a real shame. I just rewatche...Aw, man, that's a real shame. I just rewatched that version recently, and was struck again by the power and cleverness of his performance. There isn't another version of the Creature quite like his.Jeffrey Eernissehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151469286326565980noreply@blogger.com