Frankenstein and its story of the monster created by Victor Frankenstein has been adapted and reinterpreted across many forms of media over generations. The adaptations often reflect the interests of their own time period. Possible reasons for the enduring appeal of the story include its exploration of scientific progress and humanity's relationship with creation and the created. It has been adapted as plays, movies, TV shows, books, graphic novels, music, toys, and more spanning from the 1830s to present day.

1. Frankenstein
Adaptations & Book Covers

2. The monster has a life of its own…
• Subject of plays, movies and
television shows, action figures,
graphic novels, comic books,
music, and is even featured on a
cereal box.
• Reinterpreted and retold across a
wide range of media and across
generations.
• Adaptations often interpret the
tale and reflect in some way the
interests of their own time period.
• What might account for the
enduring appeal of the story?

4. 1831 Frankenstein
First illustration of the creature

5. CreateSpace (2010)

6. Oxford World’s Classics (2008)

7. Title page (1818 edition)

8. Gallery of Bernie Wrightson’s
illustrated Frankenstein (1983)
Gallery of Wrightson's illustrations

10. Film adaptations—Edison Studios
(1910)
Full-Length Movie

11. James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931)
• Directed by James Whale
• Boris Karloff as monster
• Colin Clive as Victor
• Moment of Creation

12. Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein (1994)
• Produced by Francis Ford
Coppola
• Directed by Kenneth Branagh
(who plays Victor)
• Robert De Niro as the monster
• Trailer

13. Mel Brooks’sYoung Frankenstein (1974)
• Peter Boyle as monster

14. Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein
Frankenstein Official Trailer