Mary Shelley Video & Audio

Frankenstein 1910

The first movie version of Shelley's book, in its entirety.

It's Alive!

The scene where the monster comes to life in the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The 1994 movie by Kenneth Branaugh. This is Part I, but you can watch the whole thing on YouTube.

Gothic

An imagining of the ghost story party that gave rise to Frankenstein.

Vindication 2005

A fictional re-enactment of the meeting of Shelley's parents Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin.

Puttin' on the Ritz!

A scene from Young Frankenstein that never happens in Shelley's book. We just wish it did.