In the novel, the titular doctor is Victor Frankenstein, while in the films, he’s named Henry. It seems he’s swapped names ...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein might be the most faithful movie adaptation of the novel… yet it’s far from the best.

When Frankenstein was first published in 1818, critics were divided. Some were appalled by the lurid details of the writer’s ...

Possibly even more interesting than the story within Frankenstein is the story of its author, Mary Shelley. Born Mary ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein - first printed on 1 January 1818. Shelley came up with the idea at the age of 18 after being ...

“In 1816, no one was clamoring for a woman to write anything, let alone ghastly, gothic horror stories,” says playwright ...

In this age of transhumanist temptation, Frankenstein is as relevant as the inflatable ogre billowing in the front yard.

Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel. Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with the notion of reanimating the dead, and creates a man from the bodies ...

An enduring symbol of Halloween, Frankenstein has become an iconic figure of horror since its origins in Mary Shelley’s 1818 ...

Mary Shelley, the author of the 1818, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” has long left us with questions about the boundaries of scientific ambition in her tale of a Swiss scientist ...