The legacy of Frankenstein.

Now that Halloween is just around the corner, I would like to talk obout one of the most influential horror stories ever, Frankesntein.
Frankenstein is a novel by british author Mary Shelley, this novel tells the story of an ambitious scientist who creates a living being, this story has had a great influence in different media, including adaptations and retellings of the story.

The original story of the book, tells us about a young an named Victor Farnkenstein who lives with a loving family and is in love with his step-sister, when he starts studying medicine he starts to be overtaken by the ambition of creating life, leading him to create a human being using corpse parts.

When he creates this being, he isntantky regrets creating him and becomes terrified of him, after this point, Frankenstein starts to decent into sorrow and paranoia when his creation, who has deprived of love by other humans, including the man who created him, becomes evil and eventually leads to Frankenstein's death while trying to hunt down his abominable monster. Even though it is esentially a horror story, the original novel goes beyond that and becomes a human drama of sorts, with Frankesntein debating with himself about the life he has created and how the monster turns violent due the reject of human beings.

 This story has had a lot of different adaptations, including the famous film from the 1930s, which

starred Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster himself.

                                              Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster.

From here on, there would be many cinematic sequels to the 1930 adaptation of Frankenstein that had nothing to do with Mary Shelley's novel, films such as Bride of Frankenstein or Frankenstein vs. The Wolfman, these alongside the 1930s film would turn Frankestein's monster in the pop culture icon he's today.

Aside from adaptations and spinoffs there would also be parodies of the Frankesntein story, the most well-known one being Young Frankenstein (1974) starring Gene Wilder.

Gene Wilder (Frankenstein) and Peter Boyle (The monster).

The Frankenstein story has also influenced other media, there's a manga daptation by the celebrated horror author Junji Ito, simply titled Frankenstein, rock and metal acts such as Alice Cooper and Helloween have also written songs based on the myth of Frankesntein and the very well-known comic book brands Marvel and DC have both made their own takes on Frankenstein.

In conclusion, Mary Shelley's horror tale has influenced many creations and popular culture but we should not forget what the original story was at its core, a human drama about how ambition can destroy ones life.