Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

2008-1526.

An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

Frankenstein is the greatest horror film of all time. Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory, but his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.

A scientist creates a man with body parts of corpses with monstrous results; inspired by his devious mentor, Dr. Frankenstein creates a bride for his monster; Dr. Frankenstein's son revives the monster only to discover that it is being controlled by a devious assistant; when Ygor brings the monster to Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein, the doctor tries to replace the monster's brain with a normal one; an evil scientist escapes from prison and encounters Dracula...

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A young doctor's obsession with death leads him to create a life. But his "creature," crafted from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a brilliant scientist, is a hideous mockery of humanity. And when the creature realizes he will never be accepted by men, he seeks revenge on Dr. Frankenstein and his family.

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