Alternative titles: English: The Monster Of FrankensteinSynonyms: Kyofu densetsu Kaiki! Furankenshutain, Kyoufu Densetsu - Kaiki! Frankenstein, Frankensteins Monster, Horror Legend - Bizarre! FrankensteinJapanese: 恐怖伝説 怪奇！フランケンシュタイン
Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 27 Jul, 1981 to 00 00, 0000
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural
Duration: 01:51:00 per episode
Rating:
Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to life. With the help of his assistant he is successful in reanimating a man recreated from parts gathered from corpses but the creature is unpredictable and horrifying. The doctor flees back to his home in Switzerland leaving his assistant in charge of destroying the monster. But Dr Frankenstein soon finds that he cannot hide from his shameful secret forever as mysterious murders are committed around him forcing him to question if his creation really is dead and gone...
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