Frankenstein's Monster and the Bad Science Daddy

Our Opinions Are Correct by Annalee Newitz

Nov 13, 202553:52TV & Film

Frankenstein is back, baby. There are two new Frankenstein movies, plus tons of new fiction that plays with Frankenstein tropes. So it's time to talk about why this tale of a creature reanimated from dead body parts cont...

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