Frankenstein (2004–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
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LIEUTENANT?
YOU HEARD THE CAPTAIN.
RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS.
CAPTAIN!
HYAH! MUSH!
UNH!
DEPLOY A RESCUE,
LIEUTENANT.
A RESCUE TEAM,
A RESCUE TEAM.
DOWN THERE,
ON THE ICE, CAPTAIN.
WHAT?
GOOD GOD.
HE'S ALIVE.
GET HIM ON BOARD.
NO!!
ELIZABETH, NO!
WHERE AM I?
YOU'RE ABOARD
THE PROMETHEUS,
OUT OF ARCHANGEL.
WOULD YOU HAVE
THE KINDNESS
TO TELL ME
WHERE YOU ARE BOUND?
WE'RE ON A VOYAGE
TO DISCOVER
A NORTHERN PASSAGE
TO THE EAST.
I'M ROBERT WALTON,
CAPTAIN OF
THIS EXPEDITION.
HERE, DRINK THIS SOUP.
YOU'LL BE SAFE
IN OUR CARE.
NO ONE IS SAFE.
NOT WHILE
HE IS OUT THERE.
YOU'VE SEEN HIM,
HAVEN'T YOU?
A LARGE MAN
WITH A SLEDGE.
EASY.
PLEASE.
HELP ME FIND HIM...
BEFORE HE MURDERS AGAIN.
MURDERS?
THERE ARE VERY FEW REASONS
FOR ONE TO VENTURE OUT HERE
IN SUCH
UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
I SEE...
SOMETHING DANGEROUS
IN YOUR EYES.
HEH HEH HEH! IN MY EYES?
YES.
THAT SAME AMBITION
THAT SET ME
ON MY TRAGIC COURSE.
HMPH. MY AMBITION...
IF THIS VOYAGE OF
DISCOVERY IS SUCCESSFUL,
IT WILL
CHANGE THE WORLD.
DO YOU HAVE A WIFE?
NO.
FAMILY?
NO, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
IS MY SISTER, MARGARET.
THIS IS
A LIKENESS OF HER.
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN HAPPINESS
FILLED MY LIFE, TOO...
BEFORE MISFORTUNE
UNPARALLELED
TORTURED MY MIND.
NO HUMAN BEING EVER PASSED
A HAPPIER CHILDHOOD THAN I.
I LOOK BACK UPON THOSE YEARS
WITH GREAT AFFECTION.
MY PARENTS INDULGED ME
WITH INEXHAUSTIBLE LOVE
AND SUPPORT.
IT WAS...
A SEASON MADE FOR JOY.
VICTOR! VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN,
COME ON.
I LONGED TO LEARN
ABOUT ALL THAT THE WORLD
COULD OFFER,
AND MY BELOVED FATHER
WAS A WILLING TEACHER.
HE MOST ENJOYED
THAT HIS YOUNG SON
VALUED THE IMPORTANCE
OF EDUCATION.
YET AS PROVIDENCE
WOULD HAVE IT,
SOME OF THE VITAL
LESSONS LEARNED
PROVED TO BE
MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT MY
FATHER INTENDED.
KEEP YOUR EYE
ON THAT RABBIT.
FIRE.
WELL DONE!
YOU GOT HIM,
EXCELLENT.
GOOD BOY! COME ON,
BRUNO. GOOD BOY.
GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY
GOOD BOY.!
THERE HE IS.
WELL DONE. HEH HEH!
IT WAS
THE REVELATION OF DEATH
WHICH SPARKED MY CURIOSITY.
I BECAME CONSUMED
WITH UNRAVELING
THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE,
THE SECRETS OF MAN'S SOUL.
VICTOR?
VICTOR?
STILL AWAKE?
PLENTY OF TIME
TO READ TOMORROW.
MAMA, WHEN WILL I DIE?
WELL...
WHEN YOU'RE OLD
AND GRAY, MY DARLING.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I DO?
WELL, YOUR HEART
GETS SO TIRED
THAT IT JUST STOPS BEATING,
AND THEN YOU GO TO SLEEP.
WHAT IF I WAKE UP AGAIN?
ONCE YOU DIE,
YOU CAN NEVER WAKE UP.
EVERY LIVING THING
DIES, VICTOR.
IT'S THE LAW OF NATURE.
GOD'S LAW.
WHAT IF I FIND
A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE
LIVE FOREVER SO THAT
NOBODY HAS TO DIE?
THEN YOU'D BE THE GREATEST
MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
UNTIL THEN,
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BE
MY FAVORITE LITTLE BOY.
MY DEAR MOTHER
BECAME CONCERNED
THAT A YOUNG CHILD HELD
SUCH A MORBID FASCINATION.
HER RESPONSE
WAS TO SHOW ME THE JOY
OF OPENING ONE'S HEART
BY BRINGING HOME
AN ORPHAN CHILD.
SHE'S ALL ALONE,
ALPHONSE.
NOT ANYMORE.
HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH.
I'M DELIGHTED YOUR
SON HENRY AND VICTOR
HAVE BECOME
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.
YES,
AND THAT ELIZABETH.
LOVELY GIRL.
QUITE CHRISTIAN OF YOU
TO TAKE HER IN.
ESPECIALLY WITH NO
INHERITANCE TO SPEAK OF.
IT WAS THE LEAST
WE COULD DO, CLERVAL,
GIVEN ALL
WE'RE BLESSED WITH.
I SEE.
DID YOU REALLY
CATCH THEM ALL?
EVERY ONE.
WANT TO SEE?
CAN I SEE, TOO?
HA HA!
AAH!
HA HA HA!
HEY!
SCIENCE, MAGIC,
ASTROLOGY.
CLEVER VICTOR
IS ALWAYS BURIED
IN HIS SILLY BOOKS.
THEY ARE NOT SILLY.
AND IF YOU'VE READ HALF
AS MUCH AS YOU SHOULD,
YOU WOULD REALIZE THE WORLD
NEED NOT BE A SECRET.
A SECRET?
WHAT GOOD ARE
THE SECRETS OF NATURE...
THE MYSTERIES
OF MAN'S SOUL
IF NOT TO BE DIVINED
BY US MERE MORTALS?
ARE THERE NO LIMITS
TO YOUR IMAGINATION?
ONLY THOSE
IMPOSED BY GOD.
HMPH.
COME HERE.
GIVE ME--
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
NOT BAD.
IT COULD USE
A LITTLE MORE...
IMAGINATION.
HEH HEH HEH!
STUDYING SCIENCE
AND MEDICINE
IS ONE THING, VICTOR...
THANK YOU, JUSTINE.
MAKE SURE
TO EAT SOME DUCK
BEFORE IT GETS COLD.
YES, MA'AM.
DOES ONE NEED PROOF TO KNOW
THAT OXYGEN EXISTS...
OR GOD?
WILLIAM,
STOP FEEDING BRUNO.
HE'S HUNGRY, MAMA.
VICTOR,
TELL YOUR BROTHER
NOT TO FEED THE DOG.
WILLIAM,
DO NOT FEED THE DOG.
YOU HAVE BEEN
TOLD BEFORE.
NO, NO, NO, FAITH IS
A DIFFERENT MATTER ENTIRELY.
200 YEARS AGO,
THE CHURCH ACCUSED
GALILEO OF HERESY.
NOW HIS ONCE
RADICAL THEORIES
ON PLANETARY MOTION
ARE ACCEPTED AS FACT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING AT TONIGHT?
THE GREAT BEYOND.
THE UNKNOWN.
WHO KNOWS WHAT MAN
IS CAPABLE OF?
AND WHO KNOWS
IF IT IS ALL GOOD?
EN GUARD!
STAND BACK,
YOU BLACKGUARD.
FEAR NOT,
DEAR GUINEVERE,
SIR LANCELOT SHALL
DEFEND YOUR HONOR.
I WAS NOT AWARE MY HONOR
NEEDED DEFENDING, HENRY.
ARGH!
THEN I WILL CONQUER
ARABIA FOR YOU.
I WILL ERADICATE
ALL DISEASE AND FAMINE.
I WILL REDEEM
THE HOLY SEPULCHER
FROM THE INFIDELS.
THEN I SHALL PLEDGE
YOU MY SOUL.
YOUR SOUL?
THAT'S BARELY
WORTH A PENNY.
HELLO THERE.
HYAH! HYAH!
BRUNO, COME BACK.
BRUNO! BRUNO,
STAY! BRUNO.
HEY, WATCH OUT,
BRUNO.
SHOO! AWAY! BACK!
GOD! NO!
STOP! STOP THE CARRIAGE!
BRUNO!
WE WERE DEVASTATED
BY BRUNO'S DEATH.
I LONGED
FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE...
TO CHANGE FATE.
BUT DEATH'S DRAW
WAS ULTIMATELY
TOO GREAT TO DEFEAT.
OR SO I THOUGHT.
AAH!
VICTOR! VICTOR!
VICTOR.
VICTOR!
VICTOR, COME ON!
NO, WAIT.
FATHER, WAIT.
WHAT IN HELL--
AMAZING.
SUCH A HUGE TREE.
OBLITERATED
IN AN INSTANT.
WE CAN PLANT ANOTHER ONE,
WATCH IT GROW.
IF A SINGLE CHARGE
OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
CAN CAUSE SUCH
DESTRUCTION...
IMAGINE WHAT IT
MIGHT CREATE.
GO AWAY?
TO UNIVERSITY?
WHATEVER FOR? THE LAW?
NO, FATHER. I WISH
TO DIRECT MY STUDIES
TOWARD
THE METAPHYSICAL.
THERE IS SO MUCH
THAT I DO NOT KNOW
THAT I WISH TO KNOW
ABOUT SCIENCE,
THE SECRETS
OF NATURE.
YOU WANT TO
LEAVE HERE?
ONLY TO INGOLSTADT.
IT IS NOT VERY FAR.
I SHALL WRITE OFTEN.
MAMA.
THANK YOU,
WILLIAM.
DRINK THIS.
NO.
PLEASE.
NO.
YOU MUST HEAR IT ALL
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
WHAT IS THAT?
IT'S THE SHIP,
THE ICE.
AS WITH
ANY ADOLESCENT,
I WAS BLIND TO NATURE'S
RECKLESS INDIFFERENCE
TO THOSE MOST PRECIOUS.
MY MOTHER, SO VIBRANT,
SUDDENLY,
INEXPLICABLY, FELL ILL
TO ONE OF GOD'S
UNVANQUISHED AFFLICTIONS.
WHAT IS
TAKING HIM SO LONG?
I'M AFRAID SHE HAS
SCARLET FEVER.
NO.
I WILL SEND SOMEONE
TO TEND TO HER.
NO NEED, DOCTOR,
I WILL--
ELIZABETH,
YOU CAN'T.
NONSENSE.
SHE IS MY MOTHER.
I CAN HELP, TOO.
ALL THIS JUST TO
KEEP ME FROM LEAVING?
YOU MUST GO
TO UNIVERSITY, VICTOR.
YOUR DESTINY LIES
BEYOND THESE WALLS.
YOU WILL GET WELL.
WE MUST FACE FACTS.
WE SHALL TRY
ANOTHER DOCTOR,
FIND DIFFERENT
MEDICINES.
HAVING YOU CHILDREN
HERE BESIDE ME
IS ALL THE MEDICINE
I NEED.
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
I HAVE SEEN THE WAY YOU BOTH
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER,
LIKE YOUR SOULS
ARE CONNECTED.
YOU MUST PROMISE ME
ONE THING.
ANYTHING.
THAT YOU TWO ARE MARRIED
AND BE AS HAPPY AS YOUR
FATHER AND I HAVE BEEN.
IN SURE
AND CERTAIN HOPE
OF THE RESURRECTION
TO ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH OUR LORD,
JESUS CHRIST,
WE COMMEND
TO ALMIGHTY GOD
OUR SISTER CAROLINE.
AND WE COMMIT HER BODY
TO ITS FINAL
RESTING PLACE.
EARTH TO EARTH,
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST TO DUST.
THE LORD PRAISE HER
AND THE LORD BLESS HER.
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE
TO SHINE UPON HER
AND GRANT HER PEACE.
AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
DESPITE
THE DEPTHS OF MY SORROW,
I KEPT THE PROMISE I MADE TO
MY MOTHER BEFORE HER DEATH.
BON VOYAGE, SON.
MAKE YOUR FAMILY PROUD.
I WILL, FATHER.
I'LL BE BACK SOON.
DO WONDERFUL THINGS,
VICTOR.
HA HA HA!
WRITE TO ME EVERY DAY.
EVERY HOUR.
HYAH!
VICTOR! VICTOR!
DRIVER, DRIVER!
HENRY, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
I'M COMING WITH YOU.
TO UNIVERSITY?
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR FATHER?
TO HELL WITH THAT
NARROW-MINDED VULGARIAN.
I AM GETTING A LIBERAL
EDUCATION. DRIVE ON!
HA HA HA!
AND SO
I BEGAN MY JOURNEY,
WIDE-EYED, HOPEFUL,
NEVER ONCE THINKING
ANYTHING COULD POSSIBLY
GO WRONG.
CAPTAIN!
HE IS OUT THERE.
HE IS DEAD.
GOOD GOD.
DID YOU SEE HIM?
NO. THE FOG'S
TOO THICK.
SET OUT AN EXTRA WATCH.
MAKE SURE ALL THE CREW
ARE ARMED.
NO ONE IS TO
LEAVE THE SHIP,
NOT FOR ANY REASON.
IF IT IS NOT A MAN,
WHAT IS IT?
TELL ME.
WE ARE HERE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
WE ARE
ACTUALLY HERE.
NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
EMBRACE OUR
DESTINY, HENRY.
MARVELOUS.
HEH!
PERFECT.
FOURTH FLOOR,
FIFTH FLOOR.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
AND SO, IN CONCLUSION,
THE ANCIENT TEACHERS
OF THIS SCIENCE
PROMISED IMPOSSIBILITIES--
ALCHEMY, THE FOUNTAIN
OF YOUTH,
AND THEY
PERFORMED... NOTHING.
THE MODERN MASTERS
OF SCIENCE
PROMISE VERY LITTLE,
BUT THESE PHILOSOPHERS,
WHOSE EYES SEEM MADE ONLY
TO PORE OVER MICROSCOPES
AND CRUCIBLES,
HAVE INDEED PERFORMED...
MIRACLES.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT
IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.
PERHAPS SOMEONE SITTING
IN THIS ROOM.
YOU ARE...
FORTUNATE TO BE YOUNG
IN THIS TIME.
I WISH YOU ALL
A GOOD DAY.
IT'S FASCINATING.
IT REALLY...
PROFESSOR.
PROFESSOR WALDMAN,
SIR,
I AM VICTOR
FRANKENSTEIN.
YOU WERE LATE.
YES, I KNOW.
I AM SORRY.
IT WAS MY FIRST DAY
AND--
HOPEFULLY NOT YOUR LAST.
REGARDING THAT, SIR,
I WANTED TO SAY
HOW INSPIRING
YOUR COMMENTS WERE.
GOOD.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED
SCIENCE TO BE
THE DOORWAY
TO THE UNKNOWN,
THE KEY TO UNLOCKING
THE SECRETS
OF NATURE.
AND I'VE
ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT I POSSESS A NATURAL
TALENT FOR IT.
HEH HEH HEH!
ANYWAY,
I WAS WONDERING...
HOPING REALLY...
THAT YOU MIGHT AGREE
TO BE MY ADVISOR.
WELL, I'M HONORED TO HAVE
SUCH AN ENTHUSIASTIC
DISCIPLE.
THAT IS, ASSUMING
THAT YOUR ENTHUSIASM
EQUALS YOUR EFFORT
AND ABILITY.
YES, SIR, OF COURSE.
I WISH TO KNOW
EVERYTHING
ABOUT PHYSICS
AND CHEMISTRY,
TO--TO FOCUS MY STUDIES
ON PURE SCIENCE.
A MAN WOULD MAKE A VERY
SUPERFICIAL SCIENTIST
IF HE ATTENDED
TO THOSE
DEPARTMENTS ALONE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE
A MAN OF SCIENCE
AND NOT MERELY
A PETTY EXPERIMENTALIST,
I SHOULD ADVISE YOU...
TO APPLY TO EVERY BRANCH
OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
INCLUDING MATHEMATICS.
THERE'S MORE TO LEARN,
FRANKENSTEIN,
THERE'S MUCH...
MORE.
LOOK. MORE.
THANK YOU.
JUST THINK, HENRY,
IN MOST STUDIES
ONE GOES AS FAR AS OTHERS
HAVE GONE BEFORE
AND THERE IS NOTHING
NEW TO LEARN,
BUT SCIENCE...
IS ALL ABOUT DISCOVERY.
AND WHAT WILL YOU DO
WITH ALL THIS
NEWFOUND DISCOVERY?
PIONEER A NEW WAY.
REVEAL THE DEEPEST
MYSTERIES OF CREATION.
MORNING. 3 LETTERS
FROM ELIZABETH
AND 2 FROM MY FATHER
THREATENING
TO DISINHERIT ME.
"IF YOU INSIST
ON CARRYING ON
WITH THIS RIDICULOUS
ESCAPADE."
"ESCAPADE"
IS A BIG WORD.
BURN.
DO NOT TELL ME
YOU STAYED UP ALL NIGHT
READING AGAIN.
I HAVE MADE
A DECISION, HENRY.
TO LET ME FINISH
ALL THE STRUDEL?
TO DEVOTE MYSELF
TO CHEMISTRY.
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ELIZABETH
YOU WERE DEVOTED TO.
ELIZABETH?
GIVE. GIVE!
DEAREST VICTOR,
LITTLE HAS CHANGED
SINCE YOU LEFT,
AND YET SO MUCH.
FATHER BUSIES HIMSELF WITH
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENTS.
WHILE JUSTINE AND I MANAGE
TO KEEP THE HOUSE RUNNING
AND EVERYONE FED.
WILLIAM, HOWEVER,
HAS THE DEVIL IN HIM.
FLYING KITES,
CLIMBING TREES,
KEEPING US ENDLESSLY
ENTERTAINED,
DOING EVERYTHING
BUT HIS LESSONS.
I MISS YOU SO.
IT SCARES ME.
OF ALL OF THE ORGANS
IN THE HUMAN BODY,
WHICH...
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT?
FREDERICK?
CLEARLY THE HEART
SINCE IT
PUMPS THE BLOOD.
HERR FRANKENSTEIN?
ACTUALLY THE BRAIN
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT,
PROFESSOR.
AND WHY IS THAT?
WELL, IT'S THE CENTER
OF OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM,
COMPRISED OF MILLIONS
OF TINY NERVE FIBERS
CONNECTING EVERY ORGAN
IN OUR BODY,
WHICH CAUSES
NERVE ACTION.
WE HAVE 2 METHODS
OF RETAINING
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARGE.
ONE IS ON THIS SIDE,
THE OTHER IS WORKING AWAY.
YOU SEE THESE 2 METHODS?
I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN AND
CALL BACK TO YOUR PARTNER
WHAT YOU THINK
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MATERIALS ARE
THAT CONTAIN THE CHARGE.
CALL OUT AS
FAST AS YOU CAN.
COILED TIGHTLY TOGETHER
TO MAXIMIZE...
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE DIFFERENCE IS
BETWEEN THIS CHARGE
AND THIS ONE?
AND ALSO
THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE TIME IT TOOK
TO GET THIS CHARGE.
THE SMOKE IS COMING
BECAUSE...
AMUSING FOR
A CARNIVAL SHOW MAYBE,
BUT EXACTLY OF
WHAT SCIENTIFIC USE...
THERE'S 2 ACIDS--
ONE SULFURIC
AND ONE HYDROCHLORIC
ON THE OTHER SIDE,
AND THEY CAN INTERCHANGE
DEPENDING
ON THEIR INTENSITY.
IN 4 OF THESE EXPERIMENTS,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THE HEAT CATALYST.
IN THE FIFTH ONE,
IT'S SPONTANEOUS...
...CREATES A COMPLEX
SOLUTION OF WHAT,
HERR FRANKENSTEIN?
NICKEL-AMMONIA CHLORATE.
IS IT POSSIBLE
TO CREATE,
FOR EXAMPLE,
ELECTRICITY?
ELECTRICITY.
...IS, IN PRINCIPLE,
HOW TO CONVERT
ENERGY RELEASED
IN A CHEMICAL EQUATION
THE SAME WAY THAT THE
ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARGE IS...
...CHEMICAL REACTION
ENTIRELY DEPENDENT
ON THE--THE HEAT FACTOR,
OR WOULD IT WORK...
IT'S STILL
A MYSTERY TO KNOW THAT.
WHAT'S IN THERE, ANYWAY?
YOU WILL SEE.
WELCOME
TO MY LABORATORY.
YOU SET ALL THIS UP?
YES.
WELL, WITH PROFESSOR
WALDMAN'S GUIDANCE.
I ACQUIRED
MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT
FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
THIS IS A BODY.
WHAT?
NO, NOT A REAL ONE, OF COURSE.
IT'S A DETAILED MODEL
OF THE HUMAN BODY,
MADE ENTIRELY OF WAX.
CHEERY THING.
WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING
ON DOING WITH IT?
HENRY, PLEASE.
THIS WILL HELP ME LEARN
ALL THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT ANATOMY,
ABOUT THE WAY
OUR BODY FUNCTIONS.
THINK I'LL STICK
WITH HISTORY.
THAT IS NOT FUNNY,
HENRY.
SORRY.
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE IS NERVOUS RESPONSE,
INVOLUNTARY REACTION.
IF A SINGLE CHARGE
OF ELECTRICITY
CAN INDUCE SUCH
A REACTION IN A MUSCLE,
THEN WHY NOT A HEART?
OR AN ENTIRE BODY,
FOR THAT MATTER?
YOU ARE JUMPING
TO CONCLUSIONS.
IS THAT NOT THE JOB
OF A SCIENTIST--
TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE?
YOU SAID YOURSELF THE BRAIN
SENDS NERVE IMPULSES
THROUGHOUT OUR BODIES
WHICH CAUSES REACTIONS.
IMPULSES, YES,
ELECTRICITY, NO.
YES, BUT WHAT IF THAT WHICH
WE CALL OUR LIFE FORCE
IS NOTHING
BUT ELECTRICAL ENERGY?
VICTOR, VICTOR...
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE LIFE.
IF AN ARTIST CAN CREATE BEAUTY
WITH PAINT AND BRUSHES,
THEN WHY CANNOT A SCIENTIST
CREATE LIFE WITH FLESH AND BONE?
YOU ARE TALKING
SACRILEGE
CONTRARY TO
THE LAWS OF NATURE.
AM I? IS IT AGAINST
THOSE LAWS
TO INOCULATE MANKIND
AGAINST SMALLPOX?
OR TO USE BIFOCALS
TO HELP ONE TO READ,
OR TO SET A BONE
THAT IS BROKEN?
THAT IS ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT.
WHY?
SHOULD WE ALLOW
PEOPLE TO DIE
WHEN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
CAN SAVE THEM?
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
DEMANDS EXPERIMENTATION.
BRUNO.
BRUNO.
GET AWAY!
GET BACK, BRUNO.
GET AWAY.
BRUNO!
COME ON.
COME ON. WALK.
WALK.
WALK.
YOU WERE ALIVE.
YOU WERE ALIVE.
HEY.
JUST ONE MORE
TO GO.
COME ON. WE DO IT
AT NIGHT AS WELL.
HEAVY ONE, ISN'T HE?
WELL, YEAH, HE IS.
COME ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?
NOTHING. I GOT LOST.
STRANGE PLACE
TO BE WANDERING.
I'M A SCIENTIFIC STUDENT
FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
SO WHAT'S THE GOING RATE
FOR A RIPE ONE?
I WOULD NOT KNOW.
YOU THINK
I AM ROBBING GRAVES.
NOW, WHY ON EARTH
WOULD WE THINK THAT?
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT CURIOSITY?
IF WE EVER SEE YOUR FACE
AGAIN, PRETTY BOY,
IT'LL BE YOUR BODY
FOR SALE.
THAT'S SHOWING HIM.
COME ON.
BACK TO WORK.
VICTOR...
DEAR GOD, WHAT'S HAPPENED
TO YOU?
PROFESSOR, SIR,
I NEED YOUR HELP.
WHY ALL THE MYSTERY?
AT LEAST TELL ME WHERE WE
ARE GOING AT THIS LATE HOUR.
WHY THIS PLACE?
TO FATHOM LIFE, ONE MUST
UNDERSTAND DEATH.
VICTOR, WHY HAVE
YOU BROUGHT ME HERE?
TO HELP ME CHOOSE
A BODY.
TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU RECALL MY EXPERIMENTS
WITH ELECTRICITY?
THE FROG, YES.
WELL, I WENT FURTHER,
MUCH FURTHER
THAN I TOLD YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
A DOG.
IT WAS DEAD...
UNTIL...
YOU SHOCKED HIM...
BACK TO LIFE?
ONLY FOR A MOMENT.
MOST DEFINITELY ALIVE.
AND THAT IS
WHEN IT STRUCK ME.
IF IT IS POSSIBLE
TO REANIMATE A DOG
WITH A MODERATE
ELECTRICAL CURRENT,
THEN WHY NOT A HUMAN?
NO!
NO--WHAT IF I INFUSE
A HUMAN BODY
WITH AN ELECTRICAL FORCE SO
POWERFUL THAT IT BRINGS LIFE?
MY GOD,
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
NOTHING LESS THAN
INSPIRE ME, PROFESSOR,
LIKE NO ONE ELSE,
TO BELIEVE IN
KNOWLEDGE, IMPOSSIBILITIES.
THIS IS WRONG, VICTOR.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS WRONG.
YOU MUST STOP BEFORE
IT IS TOO LATE.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE.
KNOWLEDGE IS NOT... EVIL.
NO, KNOWLEDGE
MAY NOT BE.
IT'S WHAT ONE
DOES WITH IT.
IT'S THE UNINTENDED
RAMIFICATIONS,
CONSEQUENCES.
I THOUGHT YOU BELIEVED
IN PROGRESS,
AND SCIENCE
AND ACHIEVEMENT.
DABBLING WITH ELECTRICITY
IS ONE THING, BUT THIS?
I INSIST THAT
YOU COME WITH ME NOW.
IMMEDIATELY.
I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT I AM DOING.
NO.
NO.
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE LIFE.
YOU MUST COME BACK
DOWN BELOW, SIR,
OUT OF THE COLD.
MY MEN WILL KEEP WATCH.
TELL ME, CAPTAIN.
HAVE YOU EVER CRAVED
KNOWLEDGE SO DESPERATELY,
STROVE TO UNRAVEL
A SECRET SO DARK
THAT YOU WERE WILLING
TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING,
EVEN YOUR SOUL?
YOU SHOULD ASK
MY WRETCHED CREW.
MAN'S PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
IS AT THE HEART OF
HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND EVILEST.
PARADISE LOST.
I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING,
EXCEPT THE WILL
TO CARRY OUT MY FATE.
YOUR FATE?
TO DESTROY HIM...
AND ALL EVIDENCE
THAT HE EVER LIVED.
3 MONTHS.
3 MONTHS WITHOUT
A WORD.
EVEN HENRY IS WORRIED.
YOU KNOW HOW IMMERSED VICTOR
GETS IN HIS STUDIES.
THE WORLD
COULD COME TO AN END,
AND HE WOULD NOT
BE THE WISER.
VICTOR, IT IS HENRY.
OPEN THE DOOR.
VICTOR, ANSWER ME.
ARE YOU ILL?
I AM FINE.
HENRY, I'M WORKING.
THERE IS A LETTER
FROM ELIZABETH.
SLIP IT UNDER THE DOOR.
YES.
COME ON!
YES.
YES.
YES. MAKE IT LIVE.
MAKE IT LIVE.
LIVE! LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
NO.
NO.
...ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH
OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.
...THE UNKNOWN.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THE DEAD CAN BE RESURRECTED?
IT'S WHAT ONE
DOES WITH IT.
IT'S THE UNINTENDED
RAMIFICATIONS, CONSEQUENCES.
AAH!
ARE YOU ILL, MY SON?
VICTOR,
LOOK AT THE JEWEL I'VE
FOUND WANDERING THE STREETS.
MY GOD, VICTOR,
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
VICTOR?
VICTOR.
STOP. WHAT IS WRONG?
MY JOURNAL.
IT LOOKS LIKE
I ARRIVED IN TIME.
WHAT IS SO FUNNY?
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
VICTOR.
VICTOR.
STOP IT.
YOU'RE MAKING ME--
OOHHH.
STOP.
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
VICTOR. VICTOR.
STAY AWAY FROM HER!
RUN! ELIZABETH, RUN!
RUN!
VICTOR, STOP!
VICTOR, STOP IT!
IT IS HENRY!
STOP IT!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
AAH!
SHH.
VICTOR, SHH.
HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW
THAT IT WAS ME.
MY GOD, HENRY,
HE IS BURNING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING,
PROFESSOR.
WE DID NOT KNOW
WHO ELSE TO CALL.
WELL, IT'S PNEUMONIA.
PNEUMONIA?
YOU ARE SURE?
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WAS INEVITABLE.
HE'S BEEN WORKING
OBSESSIVELY FOR MONTHS.
THANK GOD YOU CAME.
BUT HE WILL RECOVER,
WILL HE NOT?
IF HE'S QUIET AND RESTS.
SEND A REAL DOCTOR.
I'LL COME BACK AND SEE HIM
MYSELF IN A FEW DAYS.
WATCH OVER HIM. CLOSELY.
BYE.
HE'S BEEN
SO DISTANT LATELY...
WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK...
UP THERE IN THAT
LAB OF HIS.
I CAUTIONED HIM,
BUT HE WOULD NOT
LISTEN.
WORKING ON WHAT?
YOU THIEF!
NO!
NO! NO! NO!
AAH! THIEF!
DIRTY THIEF!
HEY, WHO'S THAT?
THIEF! GET HIM!
NO! NO!
GET HIM!
GET THAT THIEF!
WHERE YOU GOING?!
NO!
STAY AWAY!
SHH, I'M HERE.
VICTOR, YOU'RE SAFE.
EVERYONE IS SAFE.
SHH, SHH.
I HAVE TO
FIND HIM.
NO, YOU WERE DREAMING.
SHH!
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
AGATHA, I'M SORRY,
BUT THAT'S ALL THE WOOD
I'VE CHOPPED TODAY.
FATHER,
IT'S TIME TO EAT.
WE'LL MANAGE,
SWEETHEART.
I'LL HELP YOU CHOP
MORE TOMORROW.
AS IF YOU HADN'T ENOUGH
TO DO ALREADY.
ME, TOO, DADDY.
CAN I HELP CHOP WOOD?
YOU CAN HELP ME
ALL YOU WANT, EVA.
NOW THEN,
YOU SIT THERE,
SIT UP STRAIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
DOESN'T THIS LOOK
WONDERFUL HERE?
NOW EAT UP.
COME ON, EVA.
THANK YOU, DARLING.
MAMA?
WHERE DO VEGETABLES
COME FROM?
THE GROUND.
FROM THE SEEDS WE PLANT.
HOW DO THEY GROW?
GOD NOURISHES
EVERY LIVING THING.
HE CREATED THEM ALL.
DO I COME
FROM THE GROUND, TOO?
NO, SILLY,
FROM MY BELLY.
IS THAT WHERE
ALL BABIES COME FROM?
YES.
FROM THEIR MOTHERS.
EVERY LAST ONE.
EVEN THE FISHES
AND THE TREES?
EVEN THE BIRDS AND
THE BEES, EVERYTHING.
WHERE IS GOD NOW?
UP THERE,
IN HEAVEN.
CAN HE SEE US?
GOD SEES EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS.
THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
GOD.
YOU'RE SAFE.
THANK GOD.
REST.
I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT IS REAL.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
THIRSTY.
I HAVE HAD
THE MOST DREADFUL DREAMS.
IT IS ALL OVER NOW.
ALL OF THIS TIME
YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
THEN YOU ARE NOT ANGRY
WITH ME FOR INTRUDING?
NO.
YOU RESCUED ME.
FROM WHAT?
THE PLACE
WAS SUCH A MESS.
I HOPE YOU DO NOT MIND
ME CLEANING UP.
NO, OF COURSE NOT.
THANK YOU.
ELIZABETH,
YOU DID NOT HAPPEN
TO SEE MY JOURNAL?
NO, BUT I CAN LOOK
FOR IT IF YOU LIKE.
NO, IT WILL TURN UP.
SUCH A LOVELY DAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO
FOR A WALK?
YES.
FELIX.
FELIX!
AGATHA?
WHAT IS IT, MY LOVE?
YOU SNEAK.
WHEN DID YOU
CHOP ALL THIS?
I DIDN'T.
WELL...
HOW STRANGE.
IT'S A MIRACLE.
IT WILL KEEP YOU WARM.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
I'LL PAY THE RENT!
NICE TO BE BACK
AMONG THE LIVING.
VICTOR,
WHEN YOU WERE ILL,
WHO WAS IT
YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU WERE HALLUCINATING THAT
SOMEONE WAS IN THE ROOM,
SOMEONE WHO WAS
TRYING TO HARM YOU.
WELL, FEVER AFFECTS
THE BRAIN IN STRANGE WAYS.
TELL ME,
WHAT SHOULD
WE HAVE FOR DINNER?
WELL HOW ABOUT
SOME LAMB?
LAMB WOULD BE LOVELY.
EXCUSE ME,
GENTLEMEN.
THIS MAY SOUND
A LITTLE ODD, BUT...
HAVE YOU HAD
ANY STRANGE REPORTS
OR SIGHTINGS
OF A GIANT CREATURE?
HA HA HA!
WHAT A PRANKSTER!
PARADISE LOST.
ANOTHER TOAST.
AND WHAT ARE WE
CELEBRATING NOW?
TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
GIRL IN EUROPE.
GARCON, ANOTHER BOTTLE!
I THINK YOU'VE HAD
QUITE ENOUGH.
OF YOU?
NEVER.
"OF MAN'S FIRST DIS--
DISOBEDIENCE
"AND THE FRUIT OF
THAT FORBIDDEN TREE
"WHOSE MORTAL TASTE
BROUGHT DEATH
INTO THE WORLD."
I WISH WE COULD STAY
LIKE THIS FOREVER,
NEVER GO BACK.
PERHAPS WE CAN.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR STUDIES,
ALL YOUR DREAMS
OF MAN'S LIMITLESS
POSSIBILITIES?
PERHAPS THERE
SHOULD BE LIMITS.
PERHAPS THERE ARE SECRETS
THAT ARE BETTER LEFT
UNDISCOVERED.
WHAT SECRETS?
OF LIFE AND DEATH.
IT ALL SEEMS
SO RIDICULOUS NOW...
WHEN EVERYTHING I WANT
IS RIGHT HERE BESIDE ME.
WHAT ARE YOU
SAYING, VICTOR?
THAT I LOVE YOU
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
AND I WANT US
TO BE MARRIED...
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE CREATED ME.
I DO HAVE A FATHER.
WE'LL BE BACK
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
I LEFT FOOD
ON THE TABLE.
WE'LL BE FINE.
BYE, EVA.
BE GOOD.
BE BACK SOON!
1, 2, 3, 4.
1, 2, 3,
4, 5...
6, 7.
1, 2, 3--
HELLO.
HELLO, EVA.
DO YOU LIKE BABY DUCKLINGS?
YES.
WHO'S THERE?
IT'S A MAN, GRANDFATHER.
COME IN, SIR.
I CAN'T SEE YOU.
I AM BLIND.
YOU ARE ALONE?
YES, I AM ALONE.
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.
YES.
YES, I AM
VERY, VERY HUNGRY.
THEN SIT DOWN, PLEASE.
EVA, BRING THE GENTLEMAN
SOME CHEESE?
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
NOBODY HAS EVER BEEN...
SO KIND TO ME BEFORE.
YOU HAVE A FAMILY?
I HAVE A FATHER.
DO YOU SEE HIM MUCH?
NO.
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER?
I DON'T--
I DON'T HAVE A MOTHER.
EVERY CHILD HAS A MOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT MY MAMA SAYS.
YOU ARE SURE YOU DO
NOT WANT ME TO STAY,
SO WE COULD
GO BACK TOGETHER?
AND LEAVE ALL THE WEDDING
PREPARATIONS WITH FATHER?
YOU KNOW HE WOULD BE
LOST WITHOUT YOU.
BESIDES, I NEED
A FEW WEEKS TO PACK
AND GET MY AFFAIRS
IN ORDER.
YES.
NOT TO WORRY.
I WILL MAKE SURE
OUR FRIEND
GETS HOME
IN ONE PIECE.
DEAREST HENRY,
WHAT WOULD WE DO
WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP?
I'M SURE YOU WOULD
BE JUST FINE.
HO!
GOODBYE!
SAFE JOURNEY!
PAPA'S PLAYING.
STOP!
WHO ARE YOU?
FELIX, WHAT'S WRONG?
PLEASE, DON'T HURT MY BABY.
I WOULDN'T HURT YOU.
KEEP AWAY, YOU MONSTER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
STAY OUT
OF THIS, FATHER!
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
I KNOW--
I KNOW YOU ARE A CARING MAN.
HOW DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT US?
HAVE YOU
BEEN WATCHING?
NO.
SPY!
NO, NO, THE WOOD.
THE WOOD, SIR.
I--
I BROUGHT YOU THE WOOD.
STAY HERE!
STAY AWAY FROM HERE,
YOU ANIMAL!
AND, THEREFORE,
THE LARGER THE MASS,
THE SMALLER THE ACCELERATION,
WHICH LEADS US TO NEWTON'S
THIRD LAW OF MOTION
WHICH STATES--
THAT FOR EVERY ACTION
THERE IS AN EQUAL
AND OPPOSITE REACTION.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
UP AND AROUND.
I WAS QUITE WORRIED.
I HAVE ELIZABETH TO THANK
FOR MY REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
SHE'S A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
YES, I AM
QUITE FORTUNATE.
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
YOUR FEVER HAS PASSED,
I MUST TELL YOU
THAT YOUR OBSERVATIONS
IN THE AREA OF NERVE IMPULSE
WERE VERY INTRIGUING.
I'M LEAVING
THE UNIVERSITY.
GOODBYE, PROFESSOR.
GOD...
WHO WOULD MAKE ME
THIS WAY?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
"FOR MY SON, VICTOR,
FROM ALPHONSE FRANKENSTEIN."
FRANKENSTEIN.
IS THAT
A MAGIC PICTURE?
NO, BUT IT IS
A VERY SPECIAL ONE.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER
GAVE IT TO ME.
I REMEMBER HER
SINGING TO ME.
YES, SHE LOVED TO SING.
WOULD YOU LIKE
TO WEAR IT FOR A WHILE?
YES, PLEASE.
THERE, SEE?
LOOK, ELIZABETH!
LOOK HOW WELL IT FLIES!
SLOW DOWN, WILLIAM.
NO!
COME BACK!
COME BACK!
COME BACK!
WILLIAM FRANKENSTEIN,
COME OUT HERE NOW.
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WHOA, WHOA.
THERE YOU GO, SIR.
VICTOR, MY BOY!
VICTOR, YOU DEVIL.
WE WERE NOT EXPECTING YOU
UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
AND MISS
YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW?
WILLIAM, ENOUGH GAMES.
SHOW YOURSELF.
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM.
FATHER--
FATHER, WILLIAM!
FATHER!
...NEW SYSTEM OF
INSTRUMENTATION.
FATHER!
FATHER!
VICTOR, PLEASE!
WILLIAM, HE WAS THERE
AND THEN HE WAS GONE
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS!
ELIZABETH, CALM DOWN.
I'M SURE--
I'M SURE HE'S HIDING
IN THE WOODS, ELIZABETH.
COME INSIDE.
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
VICTOR!
NO!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM.
NO!
WILLIAM!
MY POOR SWEET BOY.
WILLIAM, WHO--
WHO COULD BE SO CRUEL?
IT WAS--
ME.
IT'S ALL MY FAULT
FOR LETTING HIM
RUN OFF LIKE THAT.
STUCK HERE.
NOTHING'S CHANGED.
GET ON WITH YOUR WORK.
LIEUTENANT?
YOU HEARD THE CAPTAIN.
RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS.
CAPTAIN!
HYAH! MUSH!
UNH!
DEPLOY A RESCUE,
LIEUTENANT.
A RESCUE TEAM,
A RESCUE TEAM.
DOWN THERE,
ON THE ICE, CAPTAIN.
WHAT?
GOOD GOD.
HE'S ALIVE.
GET HIM ON BOARD.
NO!!
ELIZABETH, NO!
WHERE AM I?
YOU'RE ABOARD
THE PROMETHEUS,
OUT OF ARCHANGEL.
WOULD YOU HAVE
THE KINDNESS
TO TELL ME
WHERE YOU ARE BOUND?
WE'RE ON A VOYAGE
TO DISCOVER
A NORTHERN PASSAGE
TO THE EAST.
I'M ROBERT WALTON,
CAPTAIN OF
THIS EXPEDITION.
HERE, DRINK THIS SOUP.
YOU'LL BE SAFE
IN OUR CARE.
NO ONE IS SAFE.
NOT WHILE
HE IS OUT THERE.
YOU'VE SEEN HIM,
HAVEN'T YOU?
A LARGE MAN
WITH A SLEDGE.
EASY.
PLEASE.
HELP ME FIND HIM...
BEFORE HE MURDERS AGAIN.
MURDERS?
THERE ARE VERY FEW REASONS
FOR ONE TO VENTURE OUT HERE
IN SUCH
UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
I SEE...
SOMETHING DANGEROUS
IN YOUR EYES.
HEH HEH HEH! IN MY EYES?
YES.
THAT SAME AMBITION
THAT SET ME
ON MY TRAGIC COURSE.
HMPH. MY AMBITION...
IF THIS VOYAGE OF
DISCOVERY IS SUCCESSFUL,
IT WILL
CHANGE THE WORLD.
DO YOU HAVE A WIFE?
NO.
FAMILY?
NO, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
IS MY SISTER, MARGARET.
THIS IS
A LIKENESS OF HER.
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN HAPPINESS
FILLED MY LIFE, TOO...
BEFORE MISFORTUNE
UNPARALLELED
TORTURED MY MIND.
NO HUMAN BEING EVER PASSED
A HAPPIER CHILDHOOD THAN I.
I LOOK BACK UPON THOSE YEARS
WITH GREAT AFFECTION.
MY PARENTS INDULGED ME
WITH INEXHAUSTIBLE LOVE
AND SUPPORT.
IT WAS...
A SEASON MADE FOR JOY.
VICTOR! VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN,
COME ON.
I LONGED TO LEARN
ABOUT ALL THAT THE WORLD
COULD OFFER,
AND MY BELOVED FATHER
WAS A WILLING TEACHER.
HE MOST ENJOYED
THAT HIS YOUNG SON
VALUED THE IMPORTANCE
OF EDUCATION.
YET AS PROVIDENCE
WOULD HAVE IT,
SOME OF THE VITAL
LESSONS LEARNED
PROVED TO BE
MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT MY
FATHER INTENDED.
KEEP YOUR EYE
ON THAT RABBIT.
FIRE.
WELL DONE!
YOU GOT HIM,
EXCELLENT.
GOOD BOY! COME ON,
BRUNO. GOOD BOY.
GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY
GOOD BOY.!
THERE HE IS.
WELL DONE. HEH HEH!
IT WAS
THE REVELATION OF DEATH
WHICH SPARKED MY CURIOSITY.
I BECAME CONSUMED
WITH UNRAVELING
THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE,
THE SECRETS OF MAN'S SOUL.
VICTOR?
VICTOR?
STILL AWAKE?
PLENTY OF TIME
TO READ TOMORROW.
MAMA, WHEN WILL I DIE?
WELL...
WHEN YOU'RE OLD
AND GRAY, MY DARLING.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I DO?
WELL, YOUR HEART
GETS SO TIRED
THAT IT JUST STOPS BEATING,
AND THEN YOU GO TO SLEEP.
WHAT IF I WAKE UP AGAIN?
ONCE YOU DIE,
YOU CAN NEVER WAKE UP.
EVERY LIVING THING
DIES, VICTOR.
IT'S THE LAW OF NATURE.
GOD'S LAW.
WHAT IF I FIND
A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE
LIVE FOREVER SO THAT
NOBODY HAS TO DIE?
THEN YOU'D BE THE GREATEST
MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
UNTIL THEN,
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BE
MY FAVORITE LITTLE BOY.
MY DEAR MOTHER
BECAME CONCERNED
THAT A YOUNG CHILD HELD
SUCH A MORBID FASCINATION.
HER RESPONSE
WAS TO SHOW ME THE JOY
OF OPENING ONE'S HEART
BY BRINGING HOME
AN ORPHAN CHILD.
SHE'S ALL ALONE,
ALPHONSE.
NOT ANYMORE.
HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH.
I'M DELIGHTED YOUR
SON HENRY AND VICTOR
HAVE BECOME
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.
YES,
AND THAT ELIZABETH.
LOVELY GIRL.
QUITE CHRISTIAN OF YOU
TO TAKE HER IN.
ESPECIALLY WITH NO
INHERITANCE TO SPEAK OF.
IT WAS THE LEAST
WE COULD DO, CLERVAL,
GIVEN ALL
WE'RE BLESSED WITH.
I SEE.
DID YOU REALLY
CATCH THEM ALL?
EVERY ONE.
WANT TO SEE?
CAN I SEE, TOO?
HA HA!
AAH!
HA HA HA!
HEY!
SCIENCE, MAGIC,
ASTROLOGY.
CLEVER VICTOR
IS ALWAYS BURIED
IN HIS SILLY BOOKS.
THEY ARE NOT SILLY.
AND IF YOU'VE READ HALF
AS MUCH AS YOU SHOULD,
YOU WOULD REALIZE THE WORLD
NEED NOT BE A SECRET.
A SECRET?
WHAT GOOD ARE
THE SECRETS OF NATURE...
THE MYSTERIES
OF MAN'S SOUL
IF NOT TO BE DIVINED
BY US MERE MORTALS?
ARE THERE NO LIMITS
TO YOUR IMAGINATION?
ONLY THOSE
IMPOSED BY GOD.
HMPH.
COME HERE.
GIVE ME--
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
NOT BAD.
IT COULD USE
A LITTLE MORE...
IMAGINATION.
HEH HEH HEH!
STUDYING SCIENCE
AND MEDICINE
IS ONE THING, VICTOR...
THANK YOU, JUSTINE.
MAKE SURE
TO EAT SOME DUCK
BEFORE IT GETS COLD.
YES, MA'AM.
DOES ONE NEED PROOF TO KNOW
THAT OXYGEN EXISTS...
OR GOD?
WILLIAM,
STOP FEEDING BRUNO.
HE'S HUNGRY, MAMA.
VICTOR,
TELL YOUR BROTHER
NOT TO FEED THE DOG.
WILLIAM,
DO NOT FEED THE DOG.
YOU HAVE BEEN
TOLD BEFORE.
NO, NO, NO, FAITH IS
A DIFFERENT MATTER ENTIRELY.
200 YEARS AGO,
THE CHURCH ACCUSED
GALILEO OF HERESY.
NOW HIS ONCE
RADICAL THEORIES
ON PLANETARY MOTION
ARE ACCEPTED AS FACT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING AT TONIGHT?
THE GREAT BEYOND.
THE UNKNOWN.
WHO KNOWS WHAT MAN
IS CAPABLE OF?
AND WHO KNOWS
IF IT IS ALL GOOD?
EN GUARD!
STAND BACK,
YOU BLACKGUARD.
FEAR NOT,
DEAR GUINEVERE,
SIR LANCELOT SHALL
DEFEND YOUR HONOR.
I WAS NOT AWARE MY HONOR
NEEDED DEFENDING, HENRY.
ARGH!
THEN I WILL CONQUER
ARABIA FOR YOU.
I WILL ERADICATE
ALL DISEASE AND FAMINE.
I WILL REDEEM
THE HOLY SEPULCHER
FROM THE INFIDELS.
THEN I SHALL PLEDGE
YOU MY SOUL.
YOUR SOUL?
THAT'S BARELY
WORTH A PENNY.
HELLO THERE.
HYAH! HYAH!
BRUNO, COME BACK.
BRUNO! BRUNO,
STAY! BRUNO.
HEY, WATCH OUT,
BRUNO.
SHOO! AWAY! BACK!
GOD! NO!
STOP! STOP THE CARRIAGE!
BRUNO!
WE WERE DEVASTATED
BY BRUNO'S DEATH.
I LONGED
FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE...
TO CHANGE FATE.
BUT DEATH'S DRAW
WAS ULTIMATELY
TOO GREAT TO DEFEAT.
OR SO I THOUGHT.
AAH!
VICTOR! VICTOR!
VICTOR.
VICTOR!
VICTOR, COME ON!
NO, WAIT.
FATHER, WAIT.
WHAT IN HELL--
AMAZING.
SUCH A HUGE TREE.
OBLITERATED
IN AN INSTANT.
WE CAN PLANT ANOTHER ONE,
WATCH IT GROW.
IF A SINGLE CHARGE
OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
CAN CAUSE SUCH
DESTRUCTION...
IMAGINE WHAT IT
MIGHT CREATE.
GO AWAY?
TO UNIVERSITY?
WHATEVER FOR? THE LAW?
NO, FATHER. I WISH
TO DIRECT MY STUDIES
TOWARD
THE METAPHYSICAL.
THERE IS SO MUCH
THAT I DO NOT KNOW
THAT I WISH TO KNOW
ABOUT SCIENCE,
THE SECRETS
OF NATURE.
YOU WANT TO
LEAVE HERE?
ONLY TO INGOLSTADT.
IT IS NOT VERY FAR.
I SHALL WRITE OFTEN.
MAMA.
THANK YOU,
WILLIAM.
DRINK THIS.
NO.
PLEASE.
NO.
YOU MUST HEAR IT ALL
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
WHAT IS THAT?
IT'S THE SHIP,
THE ICE.
AS WITH
ANY ADOLESCENT,
I WAS BLIND TO NATURE'S
RECKLESS INDIFFERENCE
TO THOSE MOST PRECIOUS.
MY MOTHER, SO VIBRANT,
SUDDENLY,
INEXPLICABLY, FELL ILL
TO ONE OF GOD'S
UNVANQUISHED AFFLICTIONS.
WHAT IS
TAKING HIM SO LONG?
I'M AFRAID SHE HAS
SCARLET FEVER.
NO.
I WILL SEND SOMEONE
TO TEND TO HER.
NO NEED, DOCTOR,
I WILL--
ELIZABETH,
YOU CAN'T.
NONSENSE.
SHE IS MY MOTHER.
I CAN HELP, TOO.
ALL THIS JUST TO
KEEP ME FROM LEAVING?
YOU MUST GO
TO UNIVERSITY, VICTOR.
YOUR DESTINY LIES
BEYOND THESE WALLS.
YOU WILL GET WELL.
WE MUST FACE FACTS.
WE SHALL TRY
ANOTHER DOCTOR,
FIND DIFFERENT
MEDICINES.
HAVING YOU CHILDREN
HERE BESIDE ME
IS ALL THE MEDICINE
I NEED.
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
I HAVE SEEN THE WAY YOU BOTH
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER,
LIKE YOUR SOULS
ARE CONNECTED.
YOU MUST PROMISE ME
ONE THING.
ANYTHING.
THAT YOU TWO ARE MARRIED
AND BE AS HAPPY AS YOUR
FATHER AND I HAVE BEEN.
IN SURE
AND CERTAIN HOPE
OF THE RESURRECTION
TO ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH OUR LORD,
JESUS CHRIST,
WE COMMEND
TO ALMIGHTY GOD
OUR SISTER CAROLINE.
AND WE COMMIT HER BODY
TO ITS FINAL
RESTING PLACE.
EARTH TO EARTH,
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST TO DUST.
THE LORD PRAISE HER
AND THE LORD BLESS HER.
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE
TO SHINE UPON HER
AND GRANT HER PEACE.
AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
DESPITE
THE DEPTHS OF MY SORROW,
I KEPT THE PROMISE I MADE TO
MY MOTHER BEFORE HER DEATH.
BON VOYAGE, SON.
MAKE YOUR FAMILY PROUD.
I WILL, FATHER.
I'LL BE BACK SOON.
DO WONDERFUL THINGS,
VICTOR.
HA HA HA!
WRITE TO ME EVERY DAY.
EVERY HOUR.
HYAH!
VICTOR! VICTOR!
DRIVER, DRIVER!
HENRY, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
I'M COMING WITH YOU.
TO UNIVERSITY?
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR FATHER?
TO HELL WITH THAT
NARROW-MINDED VULGARIAN.
I AM GETTING A LIBERAL
EDUCATION. DRIVE ON!
HA HA HA!
AND SO
I BEGAN MY JOURNEY,
WIDE-EYED, HOPEFUL,
NEVER ONCE THINKING
ANYTHING COULD POSSIBLY
GO WRONG.
CAPTAIN!
HE IS OUT THERE.
HE IS DEAD.
GOOD GOD.
DID YOU SEE HIM?
NO. THE FOG'S
TOO THICK.
SET OUT AN EXTRA WATCH.
MAKE SURE ALL THE CREW
ARE ARMED.
NO ONE IS TO
LEAVE THE SHIP,
NOT FOR ANY REASON.
IF IT IS NOT A MAN,
WHAT IS IT?
TELL ME.
WE ARE HERE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
WE ARE
ACTUALLY HERE.
NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
EMBRACE OUR
DESTINY, HENRY.
MARVELOUS.
HEH!
PERFECT.
FOURTH FLOOR,
FIFTH FLOOR.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
AND SO, IN CONCLUSION,
THE ANCIENT TEACHERS
OF THIS SCIENCE
PROMISED IMPOSSIBILITIES--
ALCHEMY, THE FOUNTAIN
OF YOUTH,
AND THEY
PERFORMED... NOTHING.
THE MODERN MASTERS
OF SCIENCE
PROMISE VERY LITTLE,
BUT THESE PHILOSOPHERS,
WHOSE EYES SEEM MADE ONLY
TO PORE OVER MICROSCOPES
AND CRUCIBLES,
HAVE INDEED PERFORMED...
MIRACLES.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT
IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.
PERHAPS SOMEONE SITTING
IN THIS ROOM.
YOU ARE...
FORTUNATE TO BE YOUNG
IN THIS TIME.
I WISH YOU ALL
A GOOD DAY.
IT'S FASCINATING.
IT REALLY...
PROFESSOR.
PROFESSOR WALDMAN,
SIR,
I AM VICTOR
FRANKENSTEIN.
YOU WERE LATE.
YES, I KNOW.
I AM SORRY.
IT WAS MY FIRST DAY
AND--
HOPEFULLY NOT YOUR LAST.
REGARDING THAT, SIR,
I WANTED TO SAY
HOW INSPIRING
YOUR COMMENTS WERE.
GOOD.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED
SCIENCE TO BE
THE DOORWAY
TO THE UNKNOWN,
THE KEY TO UNLOCKING
THE SECRETS
OF NATURE.
AND I'VE
ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT I POSSESS A NATURAL
TALENT FOR IT.
HEH HEH HEH!
ANYWAY,
I WAS WONDERING...
HOPING REALLY...
THAT YOU MIGHT AGREE
TO BE MY ADVISOR.
WELL, I'M HONORED TO HAVE
SUCH AN ENTHUSIASTIC
DISCIPLE.
THAT IS, ASSUMING
THAT YOUR ENTHUSIASM
EQUALS YOUR EFFORT
AND ABILITY.
YES, SIR, OF COURSE.
I WISH TO KNOW
EVERYTHING
ABOUT PHYSICS
AND CHEMISTRY,
TO--TO FOCUS MY STUDIES
ON PURE SCIENCE.
A MAN WOULD MAKE A VERY
SUPERFICIAL SCIENTIST
IF HE ATTENDED
TO THOSE
DEPARTMENTS ALONE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE
A MAN OF SCIENCE
AND NOT MERELY
A PETTY EXPERIMENTALIST,
I SHOULD ADVISE YOU...
TO APPLY TO EVERY BRANCH
OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
INCLUDING MATHEMATICS.
THERE'S MORE TO LEARN,
FRANKENSTEIN,
THERE'S MUCH...
MORE.
LOOK. MORE.
THANK YOU.
JUST THINK, HENRY,
IN MOST STUDIES
ONE GOES AS FAR AS OTHERS
HAVE GONE BEFORE
AND THERE IS NOTHING
NEW TO LEARN,
BUT SCIENCE...
IS ALL ABOUT DISCOVERY.
AND WHAT WILL YOU DO
WITH ALL THIS
NEWFOUND DISCOVERY?
PIONEER A NEW WAY.
REVEAL THE DEEPEST
MYSTERIES OF CREATION.
MORNING. 3 LETTERS
FROM ELIZABETH
AND 2 FROM MY FATHER
THREATENING
TO DISINHERIT ME.
"IF YOU INSIST
ON CARRYING ON
WITH THIS RIDICULOUS
ESCAPADE."
"ESCAPADE"
IS A BIG WORD.
BURN.
DO NOT TELL ME
YOU STAYED UP ALL NIGHT
READING AGAIN.
I HAVE MADE
A DECISION, HENRY.
TO LET ME FINISH
ALL THE STRUDEL?
TO DEVOTE MYSELF
TO CHEMISTRY.
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ELIZABETH
YOU WERE DEVOTED TO.
ELIZABETH?
GIVE. GIVE!
DEAREST VICTOR,
LITTLE HAS CHANGED
SINCE YOU LEFT,
AND YET SO MUCH.
FATHER BUSIES HIMSELF WITH
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENTS.
WHILE JUSTINE AND I MANAGE
TO KEEP THE HOUSE RUNNING
AND EVERYONE FED.
WILLIAM, HOWEVER,
HAS THE DEVIL IN HIM.
FLYING KITES,
CLIMBING TREES,
KEEPING US ENDLESSLY
ENTERTAINED,
DOING EVERYTHING
BUT HIS LESSONS.
I MISS YOU SO.
IT SCARES ME.
OF ALL OF THE ORGANS
IN THE HUMAN BODY,
WHICH...
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT?
FREDERICK?
CLEARLY THE HEART
SINCE IT
PUMPS THE BLOOD.
HERR FRANKENSTEIN?
ACTUALLY THE BRAIN
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT,
PROFESSOR.
AND WHY IS THAT?
WELL, IT'S THE CENTER
OF OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM,
COMPRISED OF MILLIONS
OF TINY NERVE FIBERS
CONNECTING EVERY ORGAN
IN OUR BODY,
WHICH CAUSES
NERVE ACTION.
WE HAVE 2 METHODS
OF RETAINING
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARGE.
ONE IS ON THIS SIDE,
THE OTHER IS WORKING AWAY.
YOU SEE THESE 2 METHODS?
I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN AND
CALL BACK TO YOUR PARTNER
WHAT YOU THINK
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MATERIALS ARE
THAT CONTAIN THE CHARGE.
CALL OUT AS
FAST AS YOU CAN.
COILED TIGHTLY TOGETHER
TO MAXIMIZE...
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE DIFFERENCE IS
BETWEEN THIS CHARGE
AND THIS ONE?
AND ALSO
THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE TIME IT TOOK
TO GET THIS CHARGE.
THE SMOKE IS COMING
BECAUSE...
AMUSING FOR
A CARNIVAL SHOW MAYBE,
BUT EXACTLY OF
WHAT SCIENTIFIC USE...
THERE'S 2 ACIDS--
ONE SULFURIC
AND ONE HYDROCHLORIC
ON THE OTHER SIDE,
AND THEY CAN INTERCHANGE
DEPENDING
ON THEIR INTENSITY.
IN 4 OF THESE EXPERIMENTS,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THE HEAT CATALYST.
IN THE FIFTH ONE,
IT'S SPONTANEOUS...
...CREATES A COMPLEX
SOLUTION OF WHAT,
HERR FRANKENSTEIN?
NICKEL-AMMONIA CHLORATE.
IS IT POSSIBLE
TO CREATE,
FOR EXAMPLE,
ELECTRICITY?
ELECTRICITY.
...IS, IN PRINCIPLE,
HOW TO CONVERT
ENERGY RELEASED
IN A CHEMICAL EQUATION
THE SAME WAY THAT THE
ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARGE IS...
...CHEMICAL REACTION
ENTIRELY DEPENDENT
ON THE--THE HEAT FACTOR,
OR WOULD IT WORK...
IT'S STILL
A MYSTERY TO KNOW THAT.
WHAT'S IN THERE, ANYWAY?
YOU WILL SEE.
WELCOME
TO MY LABORATORY.
YOU SET ALL THIS UP?
YES.
WELL, WITH PROFESSOR
WALDMAN'S GUIDANCE.
I ACQUIRED
MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT
FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
THIS IS A BODY.
WHAT?
NO, NOT A REAL ONE, OF COURSE.
IT'S A DETAILED MODEL
OF THE HUMAN BODY,
MADE ENTIRELY OF WAX.
CHEERY THING.
WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING
ON DOING WITH IT?
HENRY, PLEASE.
THIS WILL HELP ME LEARN
ALL THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT ANATOMY,
ABOUT THE WAY
OUR BODY FUNCTIONS.
THINK I'LL STICK
WITH HISTORY.
THAT IS NOT FUNNY,
HENRY.
SORRY.
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE IS NERVOUS RESPONSE,
INVOLUNTARY REACTION.
IF A SINGLE CHARGE
OF ELECTRICITY
CAN INDUCE SUCH
A REACTION IN A MUSCLE,
THEN WHY NOT A HEART?
OR AN ENTIRE BODY,
FOR THAT MATTER?
YOU ARE JUMPING
TO CONCLUSIONS.
IS THAT NOT THE JOB
OF A SCIENTIST--
TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE?
YOU SAID YOURSELF THE BRAIN
SENDS NERVE IMPULSES
THROUGHOUT OUR BODIES
WHICH CAUSES REACTIONS.
IMPULSES, YES,
ELECTRICITY, NO.
YES, BUT WHAT IF THAT WHICH
WE CALL OUR LIFE FORCE
IS NOTHING
BUT ELECTRICAL ENERGY?
VICTOR, VICTOR...
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE LIFE.
IF AN ARTIST CAN CREATE BEAUTY
WITH PAINT AND BRUSHES,
THEN WHY CANNOT A SCIENTIST
CREATE LIFE WITH FLESH AND BONE?
YOU ARE TALKING
SACRILEGE
CONTRARY TO
THE LAWS OF NATURE.
AM I? IS IT AGAINST
THOSE LAWS
TO INOCULATE MANKIND
AGAINST SMALLPOX?
OR TO USE BIFOCALS
TO HELP ONE TO READ,
OR TO SET A BONE
THAT IS BROKEN?
THAT IS ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT.
WHY?
SHOULD WE ALLOW
PEOPLE TO DIE
WHEN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
CAN SAVE THEM?
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
DEMANDS EXPERIMENTATION.
BRUNO.
BRUNO.
GET AWAY!
GET BACK, BRUNO.
GET AWAY.
BRUNO!
COME ON.
COME ON. WALK.
WALK.
WALK.
YOU WERE ALIVE.
YOU WERE ALIVE.
HEY.
JUST ONE MORE
TO GO.
COME ON. WE DO IT
AT NIGHT AS WELL.
HEAVY ONE, ISN'T HE?
WELL, YEAH, HE IS.
COME ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?
NOTHING. I GOT LOST.
STRANGE PLACE
TO BE WANDERING.
I'M A SCIENTIFIC STUDENT
FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
SO WHAT'S THE GOING RATE
FOR A RIPE ONE?
I WOULD NOT KNOW.
YOU THINK
I AM ROBBING GRAVES.
NOW, WHY ON EARTH
WOULD WE THINK THAT?
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT CURIOSITY?
IF WE EVER SEE YOUR FACE
AGAIN, PRETTY BOY,
IT'LL BE YOUR BODY
FOR SALE.
THAT'S SHOWING HIM.
COME ON.
BACK TO WORK.
VICTOR...
DEAR GOD, WHAT'S HAPPENED
TO YOU?
PROFESSOR, SIR,
I NEED YOUR HELP.
WHY ALL THE MYSTERY?
AT LEAST TELL ME WHERE WE
ARE GOING AT THIS LATE HOUR.
WHY THIS PLACE?
TO FATHOM LIFE, ONE MUST
UNDERSTAND DEATH.
VICTOR, WHY HAVE
YOU BROUGHT ME HERE?
TO HELP ME CHOOSE
A BODY.
TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU RECALL MY EXPERIMENTS
WITH ELECTRICITY?
THE FROG, YES.
WELL, I WENT FURTHER,
MUCH FURTHER
THAN I TOLD YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
A DOG.
IT WAS DEAD...
UNTIL...
YOU SHOCKED HIM...
BACK TO LIFE?
ONLY FOR A MOMENT.
MOST DEFINITELY ALIVE.
AND THAT IS
WHEN IT STRUCK ME.
IF IT IS POSSIBLE
TO REANIMATE A DOG
WITH A MODERATE
ELECTRICAL CURRENT,
THEN WHY NOT A HUMAN?
NO!
NO--WHAT IF I INFUSE
A HUMAN BODY
WITH AN ELECTRICAL FORCE SO
POWERFUL THAT IT BRINGS LIFE?
MY GOD,
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
NOTHING LESS THAN
INSPIRE ME, PROFESSOR,
LIKE NO ONE ELSE,
TO BELIEVE IN
KNOWLEDGE, IMPOSSIBILITIES.
THIS IS WRONG, VICTOR.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS WRONG.
YOU MUST STOP BEFORE
IT IS TOO LATE.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE.
KNOWLEDGE IS NOT... EVIL.
NO, KNOWLEDGE
MAY NOT BE.
IT'S WHAT ONE
DOES WITH IT.
IT'S THE UNINTENDED
RAMIFICATIONS,
CONSEQUENCES.
I THOUGHT YOU BELIEVED
IN PROGRESS,
AND SCIENCE
AND ACHIEVEMENT.
DABBLING WITH ELECTRICITY
IS ONE THING, BUT THIS?
I INSIST THAT
YOU COME WITH ME NOW.
IMMEDIATELY.
I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT I AM DOING.
NO.
NO.
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE LIFE.
YOU MUST COME BACK
DOWN BELOW, SIR,
OUT OF THE COLD.
MY MEN WILL KEEP WATCH.
TELL ME, CAPTAIN.
HAVE YOU EVER CRAVED
KNOWLEDGE SO DESPERATELY,
STROVE TO UNRAVEL
A SECRET SO DARK
THAT YOU WERE WILLING
TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING,
EVEN YOUR SOUL?
YOU SHOULD ASK
MY WRETCHED CREW.
MAN'S PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
IS AT THE HEART OF
HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND EVILEST.
PARADISE LOST.
I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING,
EXCEPT THE WILL
TO CARRY OUT MY FATE.
YOUR FATE?
TO DESTROY HIM...
AND ALL EVIDENCE
THAT HE EVER LIVED.
3 MONTHS.
3 MONTHS WITHOUT
A WORD.
EVEN HENRY IS WORRIED.
YOU KNOW HOW IMMERSED VICTOR
GETS IN HIS STUDIES.
THE WORLD
COULD COME TO AN END,
AND HE WOULD NOT
BE THE WISER.
VICTOR, IT IS HENRY.
OPEN THE DOOR.
VICTOR, ANSWER ME.
ARE YOU ILL?
I AM FINE.
HENRY, I'M WORKING.
THERE IS A LETTER
FROM ELIZABETH.
SLIP IT UNDER THE DOOR.
YES.
COME ON!
YES.
YES.
YES. MAKE IT LIVE.
MAKE IT LIVE.
LIVE! LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
LIVE!
NO.
NO.
...ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH
OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.
...THE UNKNOWN.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THE DEAD CAN BE RESURRECTED?
IT'S WHAT ONE
DOES WITH IT.
IT'S THE UNINTENDED
RAMIFICATIONS, CONSEQUENCES.
AAH!
ARE YOU ILL, MY SON?
VICTOR,
LOOK AT THE JEWEL I'VE
FOUND WANDERING THE STREETS.
MY GOD, VICTOR,
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
VICTOR?
VICTOR.
STOP. WHAT IS WRONG?
MY JOURNAL.
IT LOOKS LIKE
I ARRIVED IN TIME.
WHAT IS SO FUNNY?
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
VICTOR.
VICTOR.
STOP IT.
YOU'RE MAKING ME--
OOHHH.
STOP.
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
VICTOR. VICTOR.
STAY AWAY FROM HER!
RUN! ELIZABETH, RUN!
RUN!
VICTOR, STOP!
VICTOR, STOP IT!
IT IS HENRY!
STOP IT!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
AAH!
SHH.
VICTOR, SHH.
HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW
THAT IT WAS ME.
MY GOD, HENRY,
HE IS BURNING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING,
PROFESSOR.
WE DID NOT KNOW
WHO ELSE TO CALL.
WELL, IT'S PNEUMONIA.
PNEUMONIA?
YOU ARE SURE?
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WAS INEVITABLE.
HE'S BEEN WORKING
OBSESSIVELY FOR MONTHS.
THANK GOD YOU CAME.
BUT HE WILL RECOVER,
WILL HE NOT?
IF HE'S QUIET AND RESTS.
SEND A REAL DOCTOR.
I'LL COME BACK AND SEE HIM
MYSELF IN A FEW DAYS.
WATCH OVER HIM. CLOSELY.
BYE.
HE'S BEEN
SO DISTANT LATELY...
WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK...
UP THERE IN THAT
LAB OF HIS.
I CAUTIONED HIM,
BUT HE WOULD NOT
LISTEN.
WORKING ON WHAT?
YOU THIEF!
NO!
NO! NO! NO!
AAH! THIEF!
DIRTY THIEF!
HEY, WHO'S THAT?
THIEF! GET HIM!
NO! NO!
GET HIM!
GET THAT THIEF!
WHERE YOU GOING?!
NO!
STAY AWAY!
SHH, I'M HERE.
VICTOR, YOU'RE SAFE.
EVERYONE IS SAFE.
SHH, SHH.
I HAVE TO
FIND HIM.
NO, YOU WERE DREAMING.
SHH!
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
AGATHA, I'M SORRY,
BUT THAT'S ALL THE WOOD
I'VE CHOPPED TODAY.
FATHER,
IT'S TIME TO EAT.
WE'LL MANAGE,
SWEETHEART.
I'LL HELP YOU CHOP
MORE TOMORROW.
AS IF YOU HADN'T ENOUGH
TO DO ALREADY.
ME, TOO, DADDY.
CAN I HELP CHOP WOOD?
YOU CAN HELP ME
ALL YOU WANT, EVA.
NOW THEN,
YOU SIT THERE,
SIT UP STRAIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
DOESN'T THIS LOOK
WONDERFUL HERE?
NOW EAT UP.
COME ON, EVA.
THANK YOU, DARLING.
MAMA?
WHERE DO VEGETABLES
COME FROM?
THE GROUND.
FROM THE SEEDS WE PLANT.
HOW DO THEY GROW?
GOD NOURISHES
EVERY LIVING THING.
HE CREATED THEM ALL.
DO I COME
FROM THE GROUND, TOO?
NO, SILLY,
FROM MY BELLY.
IS THAT WHERE
ALL BABIES COME FROM?
YES.
FROM THEIR MOTHERS.
EVERY LAST ONE.
EVEN THE FISHES
AND THE TREES?
EVEN THE BIRDS AND
THE BEES, EVERYTHING.
WHERE IS GOD NOW?
UP THERE,
IN HEAVEN.
CAN HE SEE US?
GOD SEES EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS.
THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
GOD.
YOU'RE SAFE.
THANK GOD.
REST.
I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT IS REAL.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
THIRSTY.
I HAVE HAD
THE MOST DREADFUL DREAMS.
IT IS ALL OVER NOW.
ALL OF THIS TIME
YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
THEN YOU ARE NOT ANGRY
WITH ME FOR INTRUDING?
NO.
YOU RESCUED ME.
FROM WHAT?
THE PLACE
WAS SUCH A MESS.
I HOPE YOU DO NOT MIND
ME CLEANING UP.
NO, OF COURSE NOT.
THANK YOU.
ELIZABETH,
YOU DID NOT HAPPEN
TO SEE MY JOURNAL?
NO, BUT I CAN LOOK
FOR IT IF YOU LIKE.
NO, IT WILL TURN UP.
SUCH A LOVELY DAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO
FOR A WALK?
YES.
FELIX.
FELIX!
AGATHA?
WHAT IS IT, MY LOVE?
YOU SNEAK.
WHEN DID YOU
CHOP ALL THIS?
I DIDN'T.
WELL...
HOW STRANGE.
IT'S A MIRACLE.
IT WILL KEEP YOU WARM.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
YOU MUST PAY
THE RENT!
I CAN'T PAY
THE RENT.
I'LL PAY THE RENT!
NICE TO BE BACK
AMONG THE LIVING.
VICTOR,
WHEN YOU WERE ILL,
WHO WAS IT
YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU WERE HALLUCINATING THAT
SOMEONE WAS IN THE ROOM,
SOMEONE WHO WAS
TRYING TO HARM YOU.
WELL, FEVER AFFECTS
THE BRAIN IN STRANGE WAYS.
TELL ME,
WHAT SHOULD
WE HAVE FOR DINNER?
WELL HOW ABOUT
SOME LAMB?
LAMB WOULD BE LOVELY.
EXCUSE ME,
GENTLEMEN.
THIS MAY SOUND
A LITTLE ODD, BUT...
HAVE YOU HAD
ANY STRANGE REPORTS
OR SIGHTINGS
OF A GIANT CREATURE?
HA HA HA!
WHAT A PRANKSTER!
PARADISE LOST.
ANOTHER TOAST.
AND WHAT ARE WE
CELEBRATING NOW?
TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
GIRL IN EUROPE.
GARCON, ANOTHER BOTTLE!
I THINK YOU'VE HAD
QUITE ENOUGH.
OF YOU?
NEVER.
"OF MAN'S FIRST DIS--
DISOBEDIENCE
"AND THE FRUIT OF
THAT FORBIDDEN TREE
"WHOSE MORTAL TASTE
BROUGHT DEATH
INTO THE WORLD."
I WISH WE COULD STAY
LIKE THIS FOREVER,
NEVER GO BACK.
PERHAPS WE CAN.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR STUDIES,
ALL YOUR DREAMS
OF MAN'S LIMITLESS
POSSIBILITIES?
PERHAPS THERE
SHOULD BE LIMITS.
PERHAPS THERE ARE SECRETS
THAT ARE BETTER LEFT
UNDISCOVERED.
WHAT SECRETS?
OF LIFE AND DEATH.
IT ALL SEEMS
SO RIDICULOUS NOW...
WHEN EVERYTHING I WANT
IS RIGHT HERE BESIDE ME.
WHAT ARE YOU
SAYING, VICTOR?
THAT I LOVE YOU
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
AND I WANT US
TO BE MARRIED...
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE CREATED ME.
I DO HAVE A FATHER.
WE'LL BE BACK
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
I LEFT FOOD
ON THE TABLE.
WE'LL BE FINE.
BYE, EVA.
BE GOOD.
BE BACK SOON!
1, 2, 3, 4.
1, 2, 3,
4, 5...
6, 7.
1, 2, 3--
HELLO.
HELLO, EVA.
DO YOU LIKE BABY DUCKLINGS?
YES.
WHO'S THERE?
IT'S A MAN, GRANDFATHER.
COME IN, SIR.
I CAN'T SEE YOU.
I AM BLIND.
YOU ARE ALONE?
YES, I AM ALONE.
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.
YES.
YES, I AM
VERY, VERY HUNGRY.
THEN SIT DOWN, PLEASE.
EVA, BRING THE GENTLEMAN
SOME CHEESE?
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
NOBODY HAS EVER BEEN...
SO KIND TO ME BEFORE.
YOU HAVE A FAMILY?
I HAVE A FATHER.
DO YOU SEE HIM MUCH?
NO.
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER?
I DON'T--
I DON'T HAVE A MOTHER.
EVERY CHILD HAS A MOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT MY MAMA SAYS.
YOU ARE SURE YOU DO
NOT WANT ME TO STAY,
SO WE COULD
GO BACK TOGETHER?
AND LEAVE ALL THE WEDDING
PREPARATIONS WITH FATHER?
YOU KNOW HE WOULD BE
LOST WITHOUT YOU.
BESIDES, I NEED
A FEW WEEKS TO PACK
AND GET MY AFFAIRS
IN ORDER.
YES.
NOT TO WORRY.
I WILL MAKE SURE
OUR FRIEND
GETS HOME
IN ONE PIECE.
DEAREST HENRY,
WHAT WOULD WE DO
WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP?
I'M SURE YOU WOULD
BE JUST FINE.
HO!
GOODBYE!
SAFE JOURNEY!
PAPA'S PLAYING.
STOP!
WHO ARE YOU?
FELIX, WHAT'S WRONG?
PLEASE, DON'T HURT MY BABY.
I WOULDN'T HURT YOU.
KEEP AWAY, YOU MONSTER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
STAY OUT
OF THIS, FATHER!
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
I KNOW--
I KNOW YOU ARE A CARING MAN.
HOW DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT US?
HAVE YOU
BEEN WATCHING?
NO.
SPY!
NO, NO, THE WOOD.
THE WOOD, SIR.
I--
I BROUGHT YOU THE WOOD.
STAY HERE!
STAY AWAY FROM HERE,
YOU ANIMAL!
AND, THEREFORE,
THE LARGER THE MASS,
THE SMALLER THE ACCELERATION,
WHICH LEADS US TO NEWTON'S
THIRD LAW OF MOTION
WHICH STATES--
THAT FOR EVERY ACTION
THERE IS AN EQUAL
AND OPPOSITE REACTION.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
UP AND AROUND.
I WAS QUITE WORRIED.
I HAVE ELIZABETH TO THANK
FOR MY REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
SHE'S A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
YES, I AM
QUITE FORTUNATE.
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
YOUR FEVER HAS PASSED,
I MUST TELL YOU
THAT YOUR OBSERVATIONS
IN THE AREA OF NERVE IMPULSE
WERE VERY INTRIGUING.
I'M LEAVING
THE UNIVERSITY.
GOODBYE, PROFESSOR.
GOD...
WHO WOULD MAKE ME
THIS WAY?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
"FOR MY SON, VICTOR,
FROM ALPHONSE FRANKENSTEIN."
FRANKENSTEIN.
IS THAT
A MAGIC PICTURE?
NO, BUT IT IS
A VERY SPECIAL ONE.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER
GAVE IT TO ME.
I REMEMBER HER
SINGING TO ME.
YES, SHE LOVED TO SING.
WOULD YOU LIKE
TO WEAR IT FOR A WHILE?
YES, PLEASE.
THERE, SEE?
LOOK, ELIZABETH!
LOOK HOW WELL IT FLIES!
SLOW DOWN, WILLIAM.
NO!
COME BACK!
COME BACK!
COME BACK!
WILLIAM FRANKENSTEIN,
COME OUT HERE NOW.
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WHOA, WHOA.
THERE YOU GO, SIR.
VICTOR, MY BOY!
VICTOR, YOU DEVIL.
WE WERE NOT EXPECTING YOU
UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
AND MISS
YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW?
WILLIAM, ENOUGH GAMES.
SHOW YOURSELF.
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM.
FATHER--
FATHER, WILLIAM!
FATHER!
...NEW SYSTEM OF
INSTRUMENTATION.
FATHER!
FATHER!
VICTOR, PLEASE!
WILLIAM, HE WAS THERE
AND THEN HE WAS GONE
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS!
ELIZABETH, CALM DOWN.
I'M SURE--
I'M SURE HE'S HIDING
IN THE WOODS, ELIZABETH.
COME INSIDE.
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM!
VICTOR!
NO!
WILLIAM!
WILLIAM.
NO!
WILLIAM!
MY POOR SWEET BOY.
WILLIAM, WHO--
WHO COULD BE SO CRUEL?
IT WAS--
ME.
IT'S ALL MY FAULT
FOR LETTING HIM
RUN OFF LIKE THAT.