FilmRGothic Monster & Creature Body Horror

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994

Name: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Genre: Gothic, Monster & Creature, Body Horror, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1994-11-04
Rating: 6

“Be warned.”

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

6.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.3Rotten Tomatoes 42%Metacritic 49TMDB 6.4

✍ Review

On the charts

#5·Top Horror Movies of 1994

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Year

1994

Runtime

123 min

Box Office

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$112,000,000

Domestic

$22,006,296

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 nominations total

The premise

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

Horror Vault's take

Driven by grief and an obsessive hunger to conquer death itself, a brilliant young physician pushes the boundaries of science into deeply dangerous territory. Kenneth Branagh's lavish adaptation of the classic novel brings Mary Shelley's philosophical horror to vivid, visceral life, staging the birth of an infamous creature with operatic intensity. The film wrestles seriously with questions of responsibility, identity, and what it truly means to be human — making it as much a tragedy as a horror spectacle.

Content: Graphic Surgical And Anatomical Imagery, Body Horror, Scenes Of Childbirth And Death, Violence