Frankenstein (1931 film) in "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) after his apparent murder in the earlier film). This character — a deranged blacksmith whose neck was broken and twisted due to a botched hanging — befriends the monster and later helps Dr. Wolf Frankenstein, leading to the "hunchbacked assistant" called "Igor" commonly associated with "Frankenstein" in popular culture. Frye also appears in later films in the series, such as in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943). Guillermo del Toro had expressed interest in directing the reboot film for Universal. Del Toro said his "Frankenstein" would be a faithful "Miltonian tragedy", citing Frank Darabont's
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (franchise) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (franchise) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a Disney media franchise, commencing in 1996 with the release of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is one of the few Disney films of their Renaissance era of animation (along with "The Rescuers Down Under", "The Lion King", "Hercules", and "Tarzan") to not have a female protagonist featured in the Disney Princess franchise that was created in the early 2000s, due to its female protagonist Esmeralda not being classified as a princess. This has resulted in the franchise having to rely on films,