by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Made for British television, this adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is doggedly faithful to its source. Dr. Frankenstein's synthetic monster speaks, aspires to intellectual achievements, and begins descending into insanity and murder against his will. As in the Shelley original, both Frankenstein and his creation are left to die on an Arctic ice flow, a fitting punishment for dabbling in God's domain. Robert Powell, Carrie Fisher, David Warner, and Sir John Gielgud are seen in the principal roles. Originally telecast in 1982, Frankenstein made the American cable-TV circuit two years later.
characteristics
- Frankenstein
- Mad-scientist
- Insanity
- Berserk
- Monster
- Reanimation
- Rampage
- Technology Run Amok
- Human-body [anatomy]
- Cadaver
- Body
- Experiment
- Corpse
- Disfigurement
- Vendetta
