Frankenstein was published in 1818, the work of a 21-year-old genius named Mary Shelley. Hundreds of movies, adaptations, and monster masks later, its reputation remains so lively that the title has become its own word in the English language. Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, discovers the secret of reanimating the dead. After he rejects his hideous creation, not even the farthest poles of the earth will keep his bitter monster from seeking an inhuman revenge. Inspired by a uniquely Romantic view of science’s possibilities, Shelley’s masterpiece ultimately wrestles with the hidden shadows of the human mind.

若く才能あふれる科学者フランケンシュタインは、死者を甦らせることに情熱をそそぐ。しかし、その結果生み出されたものは世にも恐ろしい怪物であった。その怪物は自らの孤独と悲しみから創造者フランケンの愛する家族を次々と襲ってしまう……愛する者を怪物から守ろうとする若者の苦悩と正義、醜く造られてしまった者の不条理な孤独と絶望の運命を描いた、壮大なゴシック・ロマン。