Whoa, a Journal. What's this doing here?
So, I'm endeavoring to start a series of drawings based on versions of the story and/or themes of Beauty and the Beast and/or Death and the Maiden. Mainly, I wanna focus on BatB versions that aren't overt versions of the story like Phantom or Hunchback, since I could do a whole series just on the retellings of those. There are versions of the basic story here, like Cocteau or Once Upon a Time, but I wanna show off some that don't get as much credit as others (I see you thar, Disney).
Okay, so, here we go -
Cupid and Psyche - Greek mythology
Hades and Persephone - also Greek mythology
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Cesare and Jane (I think? It's been a long time since I've seen this one)
Nosferatu (1922) Count Orlok and Ellen
The Man Who Laughs (1928) Gwynplaine and Dea
Frankenstein (1931) The Monster and Elizabeth
The Mummy (1932) Imhotep and Helen/Anck-su-Namun
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Edward Hyde and Ivy and/or Muriel
Death Takes a Holiday (1932) Death and Grazia
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) - Ivan and Charlotte (Haven't actually seen this one; might omit it)
King Kong (1933) - Kong and Ann
La Belle et la Bκte (1946) Belle and the Beast
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Gort and Helen
Soyuzmultfilm: The Tale of the Crimson Flower/Stories From my Childhood: Beauty and the Beast (1952)
Bride of the Monster (1955) - Lobo and Janet
Young Frankenstein (1974) - The Monster and Elizabeth (again)
Star Wars (1977) Darth Vader/Chewbacca and Princess Leia
Halloween (1978) Michael Myers and Laurie
Panna a Netvor (1978) - Beauty and the Beast
Faerie Tale Theatre (1984) Beauty and the Beast
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Freddy Krueger and Nancy
Legend (1985) Darkness and Lily
Cannon Movie Tales (1987) Beauty and the Beast
Cannon Movie Tales (1987) The Frog Prince
Beetlejuice (1988) Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz
Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Edward and Kim
Darkman (1991) Peyton and Julie
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling
Phantom Manor (1992) - The Phantom and Melanie
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) - Beast and Carly (Carlie? Karlie? Karly?)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin: The Animated Series (1992) Arbutus and Jasmine
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) The Monster and Elizabeth
The Mask (1995) The Mask and Tina
Mars Attacks! (1996) Martian Leader and Natalie
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2001) The Grinch and Martha May Whovier
Shrek (2001) Shrek and Princess Fiona
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The graphic novel) (2001) Edward Hyde and Mina Murray
HellBoy (2004) HellBoy and Liz
V for Vendetta (The movie) (2005) V and Evey
Hulk/The Incredible Hulk (2005 and 2008) The Hulk and Betty Ross
HellBoy II: The Golden Army (2008) Abe Sapien and Princess Nuala
Megamind (2010) Megamind and Roxanne
Once Upon a Time (2012) Rumpelstiltskin and Belle
Un Monstre α Paris (2012) Francoeur and Lucille
Something else: I know some of these have multiple versions, like Jekyll and Hyde or King Kong, so those may or may not be mashups of multiple versions or just the ones I really like. Also: I'm sure there are literally millions of versions/variations of the story; I'm trying to stick with either a) unknown or unpopular versions of the basic story, or b) popular variations.
Anyway, feel free to throw some in that I've missed. Unless I haven't seen 'em. Then they might not be in here. It also mayyyyy be just a little while before I get around to these, but probably/hopefully this summer. This is fairly ambitious.




























