Frankenstein
noun
Fran·ken·stein
ˈfraŋ-kən-ˌstīn 
also -ˌstēn
1
a
: the title character in Mary W. Shelley's novel Frankenstein who creates a monster that ruins his life
b
: a monster in the shape of a man especially in popularized versions of the Frankenstein story
2
: a monstrous creation
especially
: a work or agency that ruins its originator
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Those who want to see what's on Guillermo del Toro's slab will have to wait till later in the year for a new take on Mary Shelley's classic with Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his creature.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Pee-wee as Himself, the two-part, three-and-a-half-hour doc on both Reubens and the Frankenstein-monster manchild who eclipsed him, is nothing if not a portrait of the artist as a control freak.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
With Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley leading as Frankenstein’s monster and his eponymous Bride, the film is a family affair with Gyllenhaal’s husband, Peter Sarsgaard, her brother Jake Gyllenhaal also featured, as well as Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening, and Julianne Hough.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 Jan. 2025
Those subsequent films — Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein — were mash-up movies, pitting the Wolf Man against other Universal Monsters.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Pee-wee as Himself, the two-part, three-and-a-half-hour doc on both Reubens and the Frankenstein-monster manchild who eclipsed him, is nothing if not a portrait of the artist as a control freak.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
With Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley leading as Frankenstein’s monster and his eponymous Bride, the film is a family affair with Gyllenhaal’s husband, Peter Sarsgaard, her brother Jake Gyllenhaal also featured, as well as Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening, and Julianne Hough.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 Jan. 2025
Those subsequent films — Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein — were mash-up movies, pitting the Wolf Man against other Universal Monsters.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Frankenstein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Frankenstein. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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