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In the 1930s, horror films were a staple of Universal Picture Studios. Universal produced movies in the 1940s including House of Frankenstein which Van Helsing is loosely based off of. In the 2004 horror film, Van Helsing, starring Hugh Jackman and…

Title Page of the 1818 Version: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus retrieved from the National Library of Medicine for purely educational purposes.

In this early nineteenth-century watercolor painting depicting a woman's body being dissected, Thomas Rowlandson explores early nineteenth-century attitudes about "resurrection men," that is, people who stole cadavers for anatomical research. The…

Rescued from an impoverished life among the Gypsies, raised by a remarkable noblewoman of Geneva, Elzabeth Lavenza was much more than a foster sister to Victor Frankenstein. Together, they forged a sensual bond and entered a world of mythical lore.…

This famous skit from “Saturday Night Live” is a short but effective take on Frankenstein’s encounters with people, but with humor mixed in. In this skit, Frankenstein (Bill Hader) attempts to misdirect the leader of a village mob (Hugh Laurie) into…

Rocky Horror Picture Show is about a scientist taking in two people who were stranded outside his castle. Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) both take this shelter and meet Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). During this whole thing, a lot…

"Some Kind of Monster" from Metallica's album St. Anger describes Frankenstein's Monster. The description fails to decide if the monster is something good, or evil by nature. The band used this concept of the monster to reflect the uncertainty of the…

The video game places the player in the role of Frankenstein's creature in the year 1793, roughly following the events of the 1994 film of the same name. The creature's journey focuses on him seeking revenge upon Frankenstein through the city of…

Frankenstein's Monster first appeared as part of an Atlas Comics publication in September of 1953, and made his official debut in Marvel Comics after the purchase of Atlas Comics in August of 1969. Within the comics, the Monster’s background is the…

I, Robot was a Novel and film based on general fear of advances in technology. The term "Frankenstein Complex" is coined in the novel to describe the fear that robots, like the monster, may rebel against their creators.  Initially in the movie,…