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Van Helsing
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…
Frankenstein Comic 1952
The Frankenstein comic series, by Dick Briefer, started in 1945 and lasted up until 1954. Briefer’s first adaptation of Frankenstein was a single “horror” comic that started in 1940 and was a close retelling of Mary Shelley’s novel. Once the series…
Saturday Night Live: The Curse of Frankenstein
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…
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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…
Thomas Rowlandson's The Persevering Surgeon
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…
Frankenstein Lesson Plans
Lesson plans reflect on how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has evolved over the past twenty years. Through the comparison of lesson plans from two different decades, it becomes evident that society plays a role in the overall meaning that teachers want…
Life Magazine - Frankenstein: the Man, the Monster, the Legacy
This entire edition of Life magazine dedicates itself to celebrating 200 years of Frankenstein, as well as uncovering why the monster has lasted such a long time. The publication is split into three sections, the first titled “A Monster is Born”…
Mary's Monster
Lita Judge’s Mary’s Monster, published in 2018, explores the events in Mary Shelley’s life that led to her writing Frankenstein. The story of Mary Shelley’s life including her parents, meeting Percy Shelley, leaving home at a young age, and losing a…
The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
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.…
Frankenstein's Image
Lynd Ward, the illustrator of this particular image, was an American wood carver and writer. He focused on wordless novels and used wood engravings to illustrate them. His black and white wood carvings were an excellent addition to the first ever…