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How Frankenstein Has Evolved Over 100 Years

2025-12-03 Entertainment
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This video essay analyzes how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has been adapted to film for over 100 years and how those cinematic renditions of the story evolve and borrow from one another over time. This is Frankenstein's book adaptation explained but also How Frankenstein itself has evolved with our culture since 1910. This video cites examples like Frankenstein (1910), Frankenstein (1931), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Young Frankenstein (1974), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), I Frankenstein (2014), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), starring Jacob Elordi, which has been influenced by all of its predecessors. FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyright material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is made available under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for the purposes such as criticism, comment, review, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that otherwise might be infringing. All rights belong to its owners. Music Used: Blue Danube by Strauss (YouTube Audio Library) Ice Cream by Joey Pecoraro (YouTube Audio Library) Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven (YouTube Audio Library) 'I Walk With Ghosts' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Sanctuary' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Last and First Light' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'The Long Dark' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au & "The Snow Queen" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ & "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Timestamps: 0:00 Frankenstein 1910 1:54 Frankenstein 1931 4:20 The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 6:35 Young Frankenstein 1974 8:20 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 12:18 I, Frankenstein 2014 13:00 Victor Frankenstein 2015 15:04 Frankenstein 2025 #frankenstein #maryshelley #guillermodeltoro

Top Comments (10)

@LeoSeasoning 2025-12-04

Isnt it wild that a spooky story written by a teenage girl in the 1800s still holds such a significant space in our collective imagination?

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@callumcoutts2081 2025-12-03

This could definitely be a series. Its a fascinating idea to compare the different tellings of the same story.

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@guyinc0gnito 2025-12-03

Never thought the whole “frankenstein’s monster giving eloquent monologues” thing would ever work in a movie, but GDT is a hell of a filmmaker

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@TheEtherny 2025-12-03

I loved Del Toros version cause he knows the story and all its versions too well but wanted to give his spin on it too which ended up being like a gothic tale rather than a horror flick

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@JustanObservation 2025-12-03

Next week: South Park

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@AFO_AnalyRics 2025-12-08

Del Toro's version did something no other version of the story (movie or novel) has ever done: show that we are all very capable of Victor's oversight/mistake.

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@BytchcraftHeauxtry 2025-12-03

The entry for "I, Frankenstein" being just a blip on the list and the narrator narrating with confusion in his voice is so freaking funny 😭💀

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@stephanhaggy5998 2025-12-03

For the algo, love your analysis, thank you!

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@gabrielarredondo3825 2025-12-07

The ending of the Del Toro movie where the creature walks off in the sunrise being unable to die and having no choice but to keep on living was my interpretation for the book’s ending when I first read it. Because while in the book, the creature walks off and swears to kill himself by burning himself alive, I always thought to myself, “What if he fails? What if he can’t do it? Because he was created through unnatural means. He wasn’t created through natural means like us humans. So what if natural means can’t kill him? So when he walks off, he’s doomed to walk the earth forever”. That was the way I always interpreted the ending and that’s my headcanon of what happens after the book ends. So it was great to see the Del Toro version have that ending that I always imagined and for that reason, the Del Toro Frankenstein is my favorite adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel.

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@annemichelle6842 2025-12-11

The 2011 stage performance with Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch was very compelling

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