Obsessed with creating life in a laboratory, a medical student haunts graveyards and dissecting rooms in search of the materials for his experiments.
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The first modern horror novel as well as the first science-fiction novel, Mary Shelley\'s Gothic romance has intrigued generations of readers.
Two centuries after its initial publication, Frankenstein endures as a synonym for monster.
The creature -- longing for love but shunned by all -- turns evil and exacts revenge.
But when he achieves success, he rejects his ghastly creation.
Obsessed with creating life in a laboratory, a medical student haunts graveyards and dissecting rooms in search of the materials for his experiments