  Ahh yes... the infamous Frankenstein monster. We all remember the mumbling clod with the super strength and the fear of fire but ol Frankie didn't start out that way. In fact the Doctors name was frankenstein and the Monster's actual name was "Adam". Once the movie hit theaters people all assumed the movie was named for the monster and from then on he has always been called Frankenstein. Oh well I guess thats a better name then "monster"....
Anyway, lets get started with our short tour of the history of Frankenstein shall we?
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein; , The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. First published in London in 1818 (but more often read in the revised third edition of 1831), it is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution. (The novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, alludes to the over-reaching and punishment of the character from Greek mythology.) The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. Many distinguished authors claim that it is the very first science fiction novel.
The Movies
The first film adaptation of the tale, Frankenstein, was done by Edison Studios in 1910.
Life Without Soul was released around this time as well. This movie has not been seen for many many years and is considered "lost".
Universal studios famous version starring Boris Karloff was released in 1931 and is by far the most famous adaptation yet. It was followed by numerous sequels including bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein and Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein.
Hey abbot!!!!
In Britain Hammer movie studios released a slew of frankenstein movies as well from the late fifties through the mid seventies.
Here is a listing of some of the Frankenstein movies released over the years:
Frankenstein - Edison Studios 1910,
Life Without Soul Silent film (lost)
Frankenstein (1931 - Boris Karloff)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935 - Karloff)
Son of Frankenstein (1939 - Karloff)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942 - Lon Chaney Jr.)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943 - Bela Lugosi )
House of Frankenstein (1944 - Glenn Strange)
House of Dracula (1945 - Strange)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948 - Strange).
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957 - Christopher Lee)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958 - two Monsters: Michael Gwynn and Peter Cushing)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964 - Kiwi Kingston)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967 - Susan Denberg)
Frankenstein Must be Destroyed (1969 - Freddie Jones)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970 - David Prowse)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974 - Prowse)
Frankenstein 1970 1958
Frankenstein Conquers the World 1968
War of the Gargantuas 1966
Young Frankenstein 1974
Victor Frankenstein (The Terror of Frankenstein,) 1976
Kyofu densetsu: Kaiki! Furankenshutain 1981
The Bride 1985
Frankenstein Unbound 1990
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1995
Van Helsing 2004
Frankenclones
 
Herman Munster- big lovable goofball who kinda looks like John Kerry
Mmmmm.. Frankenberry
Franken Berry is a member of the line of monster-themed high-sugar breakfast cereals produced by General Mills. It contains strawberry-flavoured corn cereal bits and marshmallows and is one of Big D's all time favorite cereals.
Victor from Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers is a fighting game series created by Capcom, where various mythical and fantastic monsters (as well as from horror fiction) fight each other. It has also spawned Animated movies and a TV show in Japan.
Franken facts:
The original makeup and costume worn by boris Karloff weighed over 40 pounds!
Mel Brooks' 1974 comedy Young frankenstein was filmed in the same castle as the 1931 Universal classic and used the same props as the original movie!
Bela Lugosi (Dracula) was originally cast to play the monster in the 1931 but backed out after realizing the monster had no speaking lines
After bringing the monster to life, Dr. Frankenstein uttered the famous line, "Now I know what it's like to BE God!" The movie was originally released with this line of dialogue, but when it was re-released in the late '30s, censors demanded it be removed on the grounds that it was blasphemy. A loud clap of thunder was substituted on the soundtrack.
Boris Karloff offered to remove his partial bridgework as part of the monster make-up process to create the sunken cheek look.
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