# Frankenstein (disambiguation)

The German name Frankenstein most commonly refers to various aspects of a 19th-century novel written by Mary Shelley, but was originally a place name.
Frankenstein may also refer to:

## The novel

* Frankenstein, the title of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, subtitled The Modern Prometheus
* Victor Frankenstein, the title character of Shelley's novel
* Frankenstein's monster, the character that is the subject of Shelley's novel

## Castles

* Frankenstein Castle, Hesse, a 13th-century hilltop castle near Darmstadt, Germany, speculated to be the eponym for Shelley's novel
* Frankenstein Castle, Palatinate, a 12th-century hilltop castle above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Region of Germany

## Film, TV and stage
### Film

* Frankenstein (1910 film), written and directed by J. Searle Dawley
* Frankenstein (1931 film), directed by James Whale and the first to star Boris Karloff as the title monster
* Bride of Frankenstein, a 1935 sequel to the James Whale movie
* Son of Frankenstein, 1939, the second sequel to the James Whale movie (directed by Rowland V. Lee instead of Whale)
* Frankenstein 1970, a 1958 film directed by Howard W. Koch
* Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, a 1965 film directed by Robert Gaffney
* Flesh for Frankenstein, titled "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" for U.S. release, a 1973 film directed by Paul Morrissey
* Frankenstein (1973 film), a 1973 American made-for-television film written and produced by Dan Curtis
* Frankenstein: The True Story, a 1973 British made-for-television film
* Young Frankenstein, a 1974 film spoof directed by Mel Brooks
* Frankenstein (1992 film), a made-for-television film
* Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film), a 1994 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
* Frankenstein (2004 film), directed by Marcus Nispel
* Frankenstein (2007 film), an adaptation shown on ITV
* I, Frankenstein, a 2014 film based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux, directed by Stuart Beattie
* Frankenstein (2015 film), a straight-to-video adaptation starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Danny Huston
* Victor Frankenstein (film), a 2015 adaptation directed by Paul McGuigan, starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe
* Frankenstein (Death Race), a central character in the Death Race series of films

### Television
#### Episodes

* "Frankenstein", Astro Boy (1963) episode 2 (1963)
* "Frankenstein", Astro Boy (1980) episode 6 (1980)
* "Frankenstein", NBC Matinee Theater season 2, episode 99 (1957)
* "Frankenstein", Tales of Tomorrow season 1, episode 16 (1952)
* "Frankenstein", The Letdown series 1, episode 2 (2017)
* "Frankenstein: The True Story", The True Story episode 6 (2007)

#### Shows

* Frankenstein (miniseries), a 2004 adaptation shown on the Hallmark Channel
* Second Chance (2016 TV series), a Fox television series originally titled Frankenstein
* The Frankenstein Chronicles, a 2015 British television period crime drama series
* Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein, a 2019 Netflix release, is a comedic mockumentary directed by Daniel Gray Longino and starring David Harbour

### Theatre

* Frankenstein (play), for various adaptions in stage
* Frankenstein (2011 play), by Nick Dear, directed by Danny Boyle

## Comics

* Frankenstein (DC Comics), a character in DC Comics' Seven Soldiers
* Frankenstein (Dell Comics), the star of a short-lived series by Dell Comics
* Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics), a character in Marvel Comics' The Monster of Frankenstein
* Frankenstein (Prize Comics), a 1940 to 1954 version by writer-artist Dick Briefer
* Franken Stein, a character in Gangan Comics' Soul Eater
* Franken Stein, a character from Blood Lad
* Frankenstein, a main character in the Korean manhwa series: Noblesse

## Music

* "Frankenstein" (instrumental), a 1973 rock instrumental by The Edgar Winter Group
* "Frankenstein", a funk metal song by Clutch
* "Frankenstein", a power metal song by Iced Earth
* "Frankenstein", a pop-rock song by Aimee Mann
* Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, an opera by Libby Larsen
* Frankenstrat or Frankenstein, a guitar used by Eddie Van Halen
* "Frankenstein", a song from the New York Dolls' self-titled debut album
* "Frankenstein", an upcoming opera by Mark Grey
* Gorgeous Frankenstein, an American horror punk/heavy metal band featuring Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
* "Frankenstein and the Brain Surgeons," a rock and roll band formed by Eddie Carmel

## Games

* Frankenstein: The Monster Returns, a 1990 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
* Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster, a 1995 graphic adventure computer game
* Frankenstein (video game), a 1987 text adventure by CRL Group
* Frankenstein's Monster (video game), a 1983 video game published by Data Age
* Frank N. Stein, a character from the video game Decap Attack

## Places

* Frankenstein, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Germany
* Frankenstein, Saxony, a municipality in Germany
* the former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie, a city in Lower Silesia Voivodeship, Poland

## People

* Frankenstein (rapper), Canadian hip hop artist
* Frankenstein (wrestler) (1976-2010), Mexican professional wrestler
* Alfred Frankenstein (1906–1981), art and music critic
* Clement von Franckenstein (1944-2019), Austrian-British actor
* Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (born 1964), American lead guitarist of Doyle (ex-Misfits)
* Jeff Frankenstein, keyboardist for Newsboys
* Karl Frankenstein (1905–1990), Israeli professor in special education and pedagogy
* "Frankenstein", nickname of Willi Mentz (1904–1978), German SS officer at Treblinka extermination camp

## Other uses

* Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, a series of modern suspense novels