Movie
1992
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she…
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For some literary scholars, *Frankenstein*, 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, happens to be the very first piece of literature within the realms of science fiction genre. However, most of the movie adaptations of the novel are associated more with the genre of horror, thanks to James Whale's 1931 version, unsurpassed until this very day. The other adaptations, although some of them good, paled in comparison. It wasn't muc…More
