Frankenstein Themes

Is Frankenstein's monster a criminal? No doubt. He does nasty criminal things like breaking into homes and drowning children—bad monster. But is he doing that like a hardened criminal, knowingly...

Frankenstein's the original mad scientist, laughing maniacally and proclaiming that he's discovered the secrets of the universe. In fact, the film portrays him as mad precisely because he's a scien...

What does marriage and love and happiness have to do with the grim, growling, murdering monster? Well, remember that Frankenstein's creating life. The usual way you create life in a Hollywood filmâ...

Science is the bad guy in Frankenstein. The dissected corpses, the electricity, the chance to go where no one has gone before; that all seduces our hero Henry away from God and right. Though, on th...