Visiting the Scotland That Inspired Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’—and the 2025 Movie

The ‘Frankenstein’ author never actually lived in Edinburgh. But as this trip reveals, the city—with its crooked surgeons and ...

4 Best Frankenstein Movies & 3 That Are Terrible

There have been well over 50 different Frankenstein movies and counting, and here are the best ones and the ones to avoid.
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115 Years of Frankenstein on Film: Meet Every Actor Who Has Played the Creature

Long before vampires and werewolves became the pop-culture creatures of choice, Frankenstein’s Monster stood alone as ...

The Best Frankenstein Movies, Ranked

The most iconic and popular of the studio’s monster movies, Whale’s film forever defined how people interpret and color the ...

How ‘Frankenstein’ Helped Invent the Modern Studio Horror Movie in 1931

That year, Boris Karloff and James Whale teamed up to create an iconic monster whose influence would be felt in Hollywood for ...
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In Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ the Titular Scientist Laments His Nightmarish Creation. But the Real World Can’t Get Enough of His Monster

In the two centuries since the Gothic novel's publication, the English writer's tale of a science experiment gone wrong has ...
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Mary Shelley Was 18 When She Began ‘Frankenstein.’ Her Story Remains Influential as Ever.

The novel has spawned countless stage and screen adaptations, including a new movie starring Oscar Isaac as the titular ...