The monster also wore a giant fur vest, not seen in the first two Frankenstein films.
He felt that there were too many Dracula films and expressed a desire to see a Frankenstein film.
Earlier Frankenstein films by Hammer had studiously avoided such similarities for copyright reasons.
The episode was filmed in black-and-white, with a sky backdrop created to imitate the style of old Frankenstein films.
The music came from the Frankenstein films.
For years, he said, he has been a fan of the Frankenstein films.
Like the old Frankenstein films when the monster breaks free of its chains and goes off to terrify the village.
The name is a tribute to James Whale, the director of the 1931 Frankenstein film.
The 400 theaters in question had been promised a Frankenstein film, and Sherman was determined to give them one.
Considered by most to be one of the worst Frankenstein films ever made.