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1) Frankenstein
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Frankenstein: Using parts from corpses, Victor Frankenstein creates a large, man-like creature. Rejected and abused by humans, the creature takes revenge by committing murder. Frankenstein then pursues the creature, determined to kill him or die in the attempt. -- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: When Dr. Henry Jekyll begins to look ill and isolates himself from his friends, they fear for his life. A mysterious evil man named Edward...
2) Frankenstein
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Victor Frankenstein leads an idyllic life in Switzerland with his family and friends until a thirst for knowledge sends him off in search of something that no human being has yet attained--the ability to create life. Victor's success soon proves that, through the work of his own hands, he and his family are destined to live a life of pain and suffering.
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"Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences." "Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism: topics such as degeneracy, hereditary...
5) Frankenstein
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2017.
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Examines the character of Frankenstein's Monster, looking at its influence on popular culture.
7) Frankenstein
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A retelling of Mary Shelley's classic horror story about the scientist who creates a hideous being only to have the monster turn on him and his family.
9) Frankenstein
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[2006]
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Tampering with life and death, Dr. Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to create a human monster.
10) Frankenstein
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[2008]
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In graphic novel format this book tells the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein's creation who was turned away to roam the countryside filled with anger.
11) Frankenstein
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c2004
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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and of life and death, scientist Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted into life, the creature proves to be even more human than his creator. He is knowledgeable, wise and also possesed with a conscience. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and then abandoned him.
12) Frankenstein
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[2016]
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This acclaimed modern re-telling of Mary Shelley's classic finds Dr. Victoria Frankenstein as a leading medical scientist using stem cells to create replacement human organs. Desperate to save her dying son William, Frankenstein secretly introduces his DNA to her research. From solitary cells grows a thrilling, emotionally charged gothic masterpiece that comes to a terrifying conclusion. In a world where genetic manipulation is common, has Frankenstein...
14) Frankenstein
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2006
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Tampering with life and death, Dr. Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to create a human monster.
15) Frankenstein
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[2004]
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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and of life and death, scientist Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted into life, the creature proves to be even more human than his creator. He is knowledgeable, wise and also possessed with a conscience. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and then abandoned him.
16) Frankenstein
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[2012]
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Frankenstein is the scariest of all the monsters in Miss Devel's castle until one night when he loses his head.
18) Frankenstein
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c1993
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Obsessed university student Victor Frankenstein creates a being by reanimating the dead, but when it opens its eyes he flees, leaving behind a being that craves affection and acceptance, but is reviled instead. The creature, vowing revenge, pursues Victor to the ends of the earth.
20) Frankenstein
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[2007]
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Provides the history behind the story of Frankenstein, including a brief biography of the author, the plot of the story, and a criticism of the adaptation of the novel into various stage and screen productions.