What is "frankenstein"

allusive use for man-made monsters dates to 1838, from Baron Frankenstein, character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus." Commonly taken (mistakenly) as the proper name of the monster, not the creator, and thus franken- extended 1990s as a prefix to mean "non-natural." The German surname is probably literally "Franconian Mountain," stein being used especially for steep, rocky peaks, which in the Rhineland often were crowned with castles. The Shelleys might have passed one in their travels. The German surname also suggests "free stone."

Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code horror monster film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and adapted from the play by Peggy Webling (which in turn is based on the novel of the same name by Mary Shelley), about a scientist and his assistant who dig up corpses to build a monster, but his assistant accidentally gives the monster a murderer's brain.

The film stars Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles and Boris Karloff and features Dwight Frye and Edward van Sloan. The Webling play was adapted by John L. Balderston and the screenplay written by Francis Edward Faragoh and Garrett Fort with uncredited contributions from Robert Florey and John Russell. The make-up artist was Jack Pierce. A hit with both audiences and critics, the film was followed by multiple sequels and has become an iconic horror film.

In 1991, the Library of Congress selected Frankenstein for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

"Frankenstein" is an instrumental song by The Edgar Winter Group from their album They Only Come Out at Night.

The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973, being replaced by Paul McCartney's " My Love". It sold over one million copies. In Canada it fared equally well, reaching #1 on the RPM 100 Top Singles Chart the following month, the same month that saw it peak at #18 in the UK.

Frankenstein was the main character in a short-lived attempt by Dell Comics to publish superhero comic books based on the iconic monsters, based closely on the Universal Pictures versions. The comic book character is based on the literary and movie monster Frankenstein's monster. The other two characters were Dracula and the Werewolf.

Frankenstein lasted three issues, numbered 2-4 (Sept. 1966- March 1967). Issue #1 had been a 1964 adaptation of the 1931 movie. Art was by Tony Tallarico and Bill Fracchio.

Created in 1866 by a reclusive scientist referred to only as "the Doctor" who endowed him with a superior intellect and the strength of fifty men, Frankenstein lay dormant for over a hundred years under the ruins of an abandoned castle near the large modern American metropolis of Metropole City. Upon awakening thanks to a convenient lightning bolt, he dons a lifelike rubber mask to hide the fact that his white-haired and black- browed head has pale green skin (the rest of his tall, muscular body has a normal Caucasian flesh tone) and takes the name "Frank Stone", a pseudonym inspired by a fallen chunk of masonry with the word "FRANK" engraved in it.

Befriending elderly millionaire philanthropist Henry Knickerbocker after rescuing him from a traffic accident (and who, by an amazing coincidence, is the son of a man who had been his long-dead creator's friend and business partner), when the old man dies from a heart attack he leaves his "nephew" Frank his vast fortune, allowing him the financial freedom to devotes his life to being a scarlet-suited superhero.

Only his devoted butler William knows his secret, although neighboring blond busybody Miss Ann Thrope suspects that handsome brown-haired playboy Frank Stone is really the secret identity of the crew cut and craggy-faced crimefighter Frankenstein and is constantly trying to prove it. His archenemy is the amazingly " Mini-Me"-like midget mad scientist Mr. Freek who likes to ride around on the shoulders of his huge and extremely powerful pet gorilla Bruto.

The series was lampooned by Big Bang Comics with their own superhero character, Super Frankenstein.

Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios. It was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.

This 16-minute short film was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as the Monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor's fiancée.

Frankenstein is a DC Comics character who is based on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's original Frankenstein's monster, but is physically more reminiscent of the classic Universal representation of the character.

The German name Frankenstein commonly refers to various aspects of a 19th-century novel written by Mary Shelley, but was originally a place name. Both uses include:

Frankenstein is a 2007 British television film produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. It was written and directed by Jed Mercurio, adapted from Mary Shelley's original novel to a present-day setting. Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, a female geneticist, accidentally creates a monster while growing her son's clone from stem cells as an organ donor in an effort to prevent his imminent death. The film was broadcast on 24 October 2007, to an average audience of 3.6 million.

Frankenstein, in comics, may refer to:

• Frankenstein (DC Comics), from DC Comics' Seven Soldiers
• Frankenstein (Dell Comics), the star of a short-lived series by Dell Comics
• Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics), from Marvel Comics' The Monster of Frankenstein
  • Frankenstein, a clone of the Marvel Comics character that appeared in the comic book series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos.
• Frankenstein (Prize Comics), a 1940 to 1954 version by writer-artist Dick Briefer
• Frankenstein Monster, a Wildstorm character who has appeared in Wetworks

It may also refer to:

• I, Frankenstein a series by Darkstorm Comics which inspired a film
• Doc Frankenstein, a series written by the Wachowski Brothers
• Frankenstein, the central character in Death Race 2020 a comic book sequel to the film Death Race 2000, based on the character played by David Carradine
• "Frankenstein Meets Shirley Temple", a story in A1 by Roger Langridge
• Frankenstein: Monster Mayhem, a 2005 comic from Dead Dog Comics
• Super Frankenstein, a parody produced by Big Bang Comics
• " Universal Monsters: Frankenstein", one-shot from Dark Horse Comics
• Young Frankenstein (comics), a DC character and member of the Teen Titans
• Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein-, a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki.
• Frank, a depiction of Frankenstein's Monster in the comic Screamland

It may also refer to the similar-sounding:

• Frankenstein Mobster, a 2003 series from Image Comics

Elseworlds titles that retell the story through well-known superheroes:

• Batman: Castle of the Bat
• The Superman Monster

The horror novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has inspired a number of films:

From the silent film era:

• Frankenstein (1910 film) (1910)
• Life Without Soul (1915)
• Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920)

A films series by Universal Studios:

• Frankenstein (1931 film) (1931)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
• House of Frankenstein (1944 film) (1944)
• House of Dracula (1945)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• House of Frankenstein 1997 (1997 - TV movie)

A films series by Hammer Film Productions:

• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1963)
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Other adaptations of the novel:

• Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
• Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
• Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
• Frankenstein (1992 film) (1992)
• Frankenstein (1994 film) (1994)
• Frankenstein (US TV miniseries) (2004)
• Frankenstein (2004 film) (2004)
• Frankenstein (2007 film) (2007)
• Frankenstein (2015 film) (2015)

Adaptations loosely based on the novel:

• Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• The Bride (film) (1985)

Frankenstein is a 2004 U.S. television miniseries based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It follows the original book more closely than other adaptions.

The mini-series was nominated for ASC award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot (Basic or Pay). It was also nominated for an Artios award for Best Mini Series Casting.

It won the 2005 Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic).

The miniseries was edited into a film. Its UK DVD is 170 minutes long, the Spanish Blu-ray is 180 minutes long, while the American DVD is 204 minutes long.

There have been many comic book adaptations of the Frankenstein monster story created by Mary Shelley in her 1818 novel Frankenstein. Writer-artist Dick Briefer presented two loose adaptations of the story in the Prize Comics series Prize Comics and Frankenstein from 1940 to 1954. The first version represents what comics historians call American comic books' first ongoing horror feature.

Frankenstein is a text adventure game released by CRL in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the novel " Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley.

Frankenstein is a television film first aired in 1992, based on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It was produced by Turner Pictures and directed by David Wickes.

The movie stars Patrick Bergin as Dr. Frankenstein and Randy Quaid as Dr. Frankenstein's creation. It also features John Mills, Lambert Wilson, and Fiona Gillies. Music was composed by John Cameron.

Frankenstein is a 2004 made-for-television USA Network production starring Thomas Kretschmann as Victor Helios (supposedly the man that the fictional character Victor Frankenstein was based on) and Vincent Pérez as his creature. It was produced by Martin Scorsese and based on Dean Koontz's version of Frankenstein. The film was originally intended as the pilot for an ongoing series, but this was not successful. Koontz later developed the concept into a series of five novels: Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, Frankenstein: City of Night, Frankenstein: Dead and Alive, Frankenstein: Lost Souls, and Frankenstein: The Dead Town.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley that tells the story of a young science student Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818, when she was 20. Shelley's name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.

Shelley traveled through Europe in 1814, journeying along the River Rhine in Germany with a stop in Gernsheim which is just 17 km (10 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist was engaged in experiments. Later, she traveled in the region of Geneva ( Switzerland)—where much of the story takes place—and the topic of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband, Percy Shelley. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made; her dream later evolved into the novel's story.

Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. At the same time, it is an early example of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story because, in contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films and plays.

Since the novel's publication, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself, as it is in the stage adaptation by Peggy Webling. This usage is sometimes considered erroneous, but usage commentators regard it as well-established and acceptable. In the novel, the monster is identified by words such as "wretch", "creature", "monster", "demon", and "it". Speaking to Victor Frankenstein, the wretch refers to himself as "the Adam of your labours", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead "your fallen angel."

Frankenstein is a stage adaptation by Nick Dear of the novel of the same name.

Its world premiere was at the Royal National Theatre on 5 February 2011, where it officially opened on 22 February. This production is directed by Danny Boyle with a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, with the two lead actors alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Frankenstein ended its run on 2 May 2011.

Frankenstein is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Death Race franchise. Within the film universe, the character is an alias taken on by other characters who participate in the titular race.

Frankenstein (stylised as FRANKƐN5TƐ1N) is a 2015 updated adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus directed by British director Bernard Rose''.

The film is told from the monster's point of view as he is created, escapes into the modern world and learns about the dark side of humanity.