Who really said it
Bride of Frankenstein (1935), the Monster (Boris Karloff). The short sentence is genuine dialogue in the sequel, not evidence of a line in the 1931 original.
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“We belong dead” — William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston
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Still under copyright (rights held by Rights holders in the 1935 motion picture and any underlying work). A short, credited quote is generally fine for talks, teaching, and internal decks; for commercial, published, or large-scale reuse, get permission.
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We belong dead!
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Bride of Frankenstein. 1935. Evidence and bibliographical details reproduced in the linked source; no independent access to an original edition is claimed unless stated.
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