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Released
1998 · FILM

Gods and Monsters

A reclusive, once‑renowned horror director seeks to reclaim purpose in his twilight years, only to have his fragile world upended when a charismatic young gardener enters his home, forcing both men to confront the ghosts of their pasts and the price of intimacy.

“A portrait of an outrageous friendship.”

Directed by
Bill Condon
Written by
Christopher Bram, Bill Condon
Runtime
105 min
BiographyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Set in 1957, the film portrays James Whale, the former director of *Frankenstein*, *Bride of Frankenstein*, and *The Invisible Man*, in the waning years of his life. Having retired and living in semi-seclusion, he is surrounded by memories of his past. When his stern housekeeper, Hannah, hires a young and attractive gardener, an unexpected bond forms between the flamboyant, once-famous director and the modest groundskeeper, ultimately transforming both men.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Virginia KatzShot by Stephen M KatzScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Richard Sherman

Box Office

1998 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$6.5M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$6.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $76K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • The Father of Frankensteinde
  • Dioses y monstruoses
  • Ni dieux ni démonsfr
  • Demoni e deiit

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