Frankenstein: Book vs. Movie
James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein draws on Mary Shelley's book through its stage adaptation. Colin Clive plays Henry Frankenstein, with Boris Karloff as the creature he brings to life.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Mary Shelley
- Year
- 1818
- Pages
- 144Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 8 hr 35 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Paul Michael
Victor Frankenstein discovers how to create life, then recoils from the being his work produces and abandons it. Left to learn language and human customs alone, the creature longs for companionship but meets fear wherever it goes. Creator and creation give competing accounts of their suffering as rejection turns into a demand that Victor take responsibility for what he has made.
- Director
- James Whale
- Writer
- John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert Florey, John Russell
- Year
- 1931
- Runtime
- 1 hr 11 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff
- Genre
- horror, monster, science fiction
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Henry Frankenstein withdraws to a remote laboratory, collecting bodies with his assistant Fritz for an experiment that horrifies his friends. A living creature rises from his operating table, but Henry has made no provision for teaching or caring for it. Fear and cruelty turn the bewildered being into a danger that reaches beyond the laboratory and into the surrounding village.
Other adaptations of this book
Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein · Movie · 2025Details
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Writer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 2 hr 29 min
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz
An Arctic expedition takes aboard an injured Victor Frankenstein, pursued across the ice by a being he claims to have created. Victor recounts the ambition, family wounds and wealthy patronage that allow him to attempt the manufacture of life. When the creature offers its own account, their conflict becomes a struggle over abandonment, responsibility and the need for affection.
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