Frankenstein (disambiguation)

The German name Frankenstein commonly refers to various aspects of a 19th-century novel written by Mary Shelley, but was originally a place name. Both uses include:

The novel

• Frankenstein, the title of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, subtitled The Modern Prometheus
• Victor Frankenstein, the title character of Shelley's novel
• Frankenstein's monster, the character that is the subject of Shelley's novel

Castles

• Frankenstein Castle, Hesse, a 13th-century hilltop castle near Darmstadt, Germany, speculated to be the eponym for Shelley's novel
• Frankenstein Castle, Palatinate, a 12th-century hilltop castle above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Region of Germany

Film, TV and stage

• Frankenstein (1910 film), written and directed by J. Searle Dawley
• Frankenstein (1931 film), directed by James Whale and the first to star Boris Karloff as the title monster
• Frankenstein (play), for adaptions in stage
• The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957 British film (Hammer Films)
• Frankenstein 1970, a 1958 film directed by Howard W. Koch
• Frankenstein: The True Story, a 1973 British made-for-television film
• Young Frankenstein, a 1974 film spoof directed by Mel Brooks
• Frankenstein (Death Race), central character in the Death Race series of films
• Frankenstein (1992 film), a made-for-television film
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film), a 1994 film, directed by Kenneth Branagh
• Frankenstein (miniseries), a 2004 adaptation shown on the Hallmark Channel
• Frankenstein (2004 film), directed by Marcus Nispel
• Frankenstein (2007 film), an adaptation shown on ITV
• Frankenstein (2011 play), by Nick Dear, directed by Danny Boyle
• I, Frankenstein (2014 film), based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux, directed by Stuart Beattie
• Frankenstein (2015 film), straight-to-video adaptation starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Danny Huston
• Victor Frankenstein (film), a 2015 adaptation directed by Paul McGuigan, starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe
• Second Chance (2016 TV series), a Fox TV series originally titled Frankenstein

Comics

• Frankenstein (DC Comics), a character in DC Comics' Seven Soldiers
• Frankenstein (Dell Comics), the star of a short-lived series by Dell Comics
• Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics), a character in Marvel Comics' The Monster of Frankenstein
• Frankenstein (Prize Comics), a 1940 to 1954 version by writer-artist Dick Briefer
• Franken Stein, a character in Gangan Comics' Soul Eater
• Frankenstein., a main character in the Korean Manwha series: "Noblesse".

Music

• "Frankenstein" (instrumental), a 1973 rock song by The Edgar Winter Group
• "Frankenstein", a funk metal song by Clutch
• "Frankenstein", a power metal song by Iced Earth
• "Frankenstein", a pop-rock song by Aimee Mann
• Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, an opera by Libby Larsen
• Frankenstrat or Frankenstein, a guitar used by Eddie Van Halen
• "Frankenstein", a song from New York Dolls' album New York Dolls (album)

Games

• Frankenstein: The Monster Returns, a 1990 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
• Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster, a 1995 graphic adventure computer game
• Frankenstein (adventure game), text adventure released by CRL Group in 1987
• Frankenstein's Monster (Atari 2600), 1983 video game published by Data Age

Places

• Frankenstein, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Germany
• Frankenstein, Saxony, a municipality in Germany
• the former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie, a city in Lower Silesia Voivodeship, Poland

People

• Frankenstein (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler
• Alfred Frankenstein (1906–1981), art and music critic
• Jeff Frankenstein, keyboardist for Newsboys
• Karl Frankenstein (1905–1990), Israeli professor in special education and pedagogy
• "Frankenstein", nickname of Willi Mentz (1904–1978), German SS officer at Treblinka extermination camp

Other uses

• Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, a series of modern suspense novels

See also

• Frankenstein (comics)
• House of Franckenstein, a Franconian noble family
• Jacob August Franckenstein (1689–1733), 18th century encyclopedist