Frankenstein (1931) is a classic horror film directed by James Whale and based on the novel by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a scientist, Dr. Frankenstein, who creates a monster from the body parts of dead people. The monster is brought to life and terrorizes the
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein 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 was 20. Her name first appeared in a French translation published in Paris in 1821.