HUM 497: Frankenstein: Films

Dr. Frankenstein creates a true monster from dead human parts, but it gets out of control and into trouble.

Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.

Wolf Frankenstein, the doctor's son, returns with his wife to claim his inheritance.

Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's son, Ludwig, for help.

Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Frankenstein monster exact revenge upon their many enemies.

Local villagers are kidnapped and fashioned into a pair of male and female super creatures. The creatures inevitably turn on their creators in this gory retelling of the Frankenstein legend.

A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name. He finds his late grandfather's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. With Igor, his hunchbacked assistant, and the curvaceous Inga, Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster who only wants to be loved.

Sparky, an ordinary family dog, becomes Frankenweenie through an extraordinary set of circumstances. He and the Frankenstein family share an exciting yet bizarre adventure.

A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transylvania.

It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.