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WE ARE 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.