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Dead Silence as a Frankenstein movie-

1st scene closeup – Creation Scene

-In Dead Silence: A person is shown working on designs for the perfect doll

-lighting is dark and ominous

-almost like a “mad scientist” scene

-can be related greatly to creation scene in Frankenstein

-Victor is frantic and works studiously to create a human like Mary Shaw is working furiously to create the

perfect doll

-Also, scene shows painting of the dolls face and body- all of Frankenstein’s features were chosen and deamed

beautiful, however both creations turned out very scary

2nd Scene Closeup- The Curse

-The “Curse of Mary Shaw” and the promise of appearing on Victor’s wedding night by Frankenstein are very

similar

-Jamie Ashen is on a mission to expose the truth behind the curse while trying not to be killed by Mary Shaw

and her dolls

-The scene is dark and happens very quickly in an abandoned theatre

-Frankensteins promise haunts Victor until the wedding night-the comparison scene

Victor is outside searching for Frankenstein like Jamie searching for the truth

-both characters are being followed by danger

-both scenes are nerve wracking and scary

-Jamie escapes unharmed and so does Victor, though his wife is killed-earlier in the movie Jamie’s wife is

also killed by one of the dolls

-both characters have to live with what they’ve seen and experienced from these two creations

Throughout the Movie-

-Mary Shaw poem throughout- “Beware the curse of Mary Shaw, she had no children only dolls….”

-Mary Shaw’s dolls were her children

-This can be related to Victor and Frankenstein’s relationship; “offspring” used a lot

- The entire movie is dark and scary-much like most of the imagery we get from reading Frankenstein

-Mary Shaw made her dolls kill certain people for revenge; Victor never wanted Frankenstein to kill, he

unintentionally makes Frankenstein do it by showing him no love.