Frankenstein

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Films including The Mummy, The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula became global box-office hits, starring actors including Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

At 47, Star Wars and Frankenstein actor Isaac, who has previously starred with Mulligan in Drive and Inside Llewyn Davis, qualifies as Gen X.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The Mexican filmmaker, whose "Frankenstein" is competing this year for the best picture Oscar, in 2022 said animation created by AI is an "insult to life itself."

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has Dr. Frankenstein bicker with his creature about her potential existence before deciding against it in fear that “she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

There was going to be a battle something like if Godzilla met King Kong, or if Frankenstein met Dracula, or like when champion wresder Bobo Brazil meets the Sheik!

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis