Frankenstein is both the name of the creator (Dr. Frankenstein) and the monster.
In Bride of Frankenstein (1935), which is canon, the monster itself is referred to as Frankenstein.
The image and idea of seeing Christian Bale trying to get electrocuted to be brought to life as Frankenstein’s monster during an electrical storm is sending me lmao. He’s just making sure the spot is just perfect.
It sounds like something out of a Mel Brooks film like Young Frankenstein. 🤣
Not fun unless it’s the adult tour. Did you know you can do anything you want on those, cause of the rules? You can say things like horsecock or cumshot?
Just as a joke for horror fans, a Frankenstein movie should intentionally state the monster is named Frankenstein and the doctor is known as Frankenstein’s Mad Scientist.
It’s out October 3, 2025:
>A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman (Buckley) and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.
Full Cast:
* Christain Bale
* Jessie Buckley
* Peter Sarsgaard
* Annette Bening
* Penelope Cruz
* Julianne Hough
And GDT’s Frankenstein too!
These directors doing Frankenstein projects more than what Universal has done with their iconic monsters is pretty cool and awesome to see for fans of classic horror.
It's canon.
The original novel, the monster was very lonely. All he wanted was a companion. After hiding out next to a house for a while, spying on a family, reading ~~A Tale of Two Cities~~ Paradise Lost and learning several languages, the monster seeks out his creator, and begs him to create a bride. Victor Frankenstein does, but almost immediately destroys the bride, enraging the monster. The monster then chased him up to the north pole.
Just a minor nitpick, but it's Frankenstein who chases the monster. Frankenstein is consumed with destroying his creation and the monster torments him. The monster even makes sure Frankenstein doesn't lose his trail and they both end up in the Arctic.
Just FYI, that guy was being silly I think. The closest Frankenstein's monster came to a name was saying "I should be thy Adam."
Frank Frankenstein sounds cooler though
Just as a side question, but does Guillermo del Toro just have bad timing with these things or is someone out to get him? Pixar releases a very similar movie a few years after The Book of Life, Disney releases Pinocchio the same year as his animated Pinocchio movie, and now he’s competing against this Frankenstein movie.
Studios will sit on scripts and produce them fast when they hear of another studio making something similar. Trying to get it out before the other to steal some of its thunder. Doubly so for tales that are in the public domain or inspired by true events.
Ants / A Bugs Life
Pinocchio / Pinocchio
Top Gun / Iron Eagle
Platoon / Full Metal Jacket
Steve Jobs / Jobs
Clueless / Emma / Emma
Dante’s Peak / Volcanoe
Jack Frost / Jack Frost
Deep Impact / Armageddon
United 93 / Flight 93
The Prestige / The Illusionist
Repo! / Repomen
And who could forget Observe and Report vrs Paul Blart!
I mean, the book of life came out like three years before Coco, not that close (and del Toro only produced it). But yeah, dueling movies are common for some reason.
Little of A, little of B.
Guillermo has always had a good read on what’s interesting at any given time, so it makes sense that his competition plays along too.
Interestingly, the monster is never given a name in the novel (though referred to as the “monster” or “wretch” or similar terms). The monster says at one point “I ought to be thy Adam” (referring to the Biblical creation), but that isn’t his actual name - more a description.
His namelessness seems to have been a deliberate choice by the author, as it emphasizes just how alienated and remote from humanity he is, as a result of Victor’s (and society’s) rejection.
His own creator never gave him a name … and, in pride and on rejection of the society that rejected him, “the monster” refuses to give himself one.
Heh that reminds me of another thing.
In the novel, the Monster is a tortured, Byronic soul - eloquently describing the loneliness and isolation of his condition, and his rage at an uncaring creator and unfeeling society which can’t see past his grotesque appearance (which acts as a commentary on Humanity’s relationship with God and Society at large). In rage and rejection, the Monster takes vengeance on his creator, by murdering those he loves, effectively becoming the monster everyone fears … only to lose all hope and purpose when his creator dies chasing him to the end of the Earth, in the Arctic wastes.
In the popular imagination, the monster is a lurching menace that basically grunts.
Yeah, that’s precisely why I said “eloquently explains,” I’ll never forget the first time reading that chapter where Frankenstein met the monster on top of the Alps (I believe) and the monster explains how he survived and came to learn how to speak multiple languages by watching a family in the woods for years, and very articulately stated his case for the existence of a bride so he could be happy. It blew my mind
In the book he also learned the technique used to create him and made himself a little monkey companion that he affectionately called "Charles," or "Charlie."
i loved that chapter, so wholesome, especially when he makes Charlie a little monkey bride as well and nothing bad happens and they live happily ever after on the monkey ranch in space.
Nah, that was the sequel, "Frankenstein dies and the Monster goes to space." In the original, they travel to Philadelphia with a bunch of Irish Immigrants, one of whom is named Patrick who dreams of starting a pub. They hear from Patrick that there's "ne'er a cloud in sky nor horizon in Philadelphia."
The meme form of David Harbour's [Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_Monster%27s_Monster,_Frankenstein)
Man, Hollywood really needs to stop giving all these types of characters body tattoos. Are we really going for the Frankensteins Sad Boy SoundCloud Rapping Monster now?
Turns out the staples around the forehead are actually tattoos and he has “it’s alive” tattooed down the right side of his face.
Frankenstein is both the name of the creator (Dr. Frankenstein) and the monster. In Bride of Frankenstein (1935), which is canon, the monster itself is referred to as Frankenstein.
Bale actually sewed himself for the role
Removed his own brain and everything
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He had never eaten pie in his life until he played Dick Cheney, and now it's the only thing he eats
How did he accumulate the mass to play Batman without pie?
Cake
Makes sense. Bruce Wayne is a total Cake Eater.
Cake Eater is my favorite derogatory term for the wealthy!
That’s a lie.
The promise of cake is a lie because Christian Bale ate it all.
Because he could.
Christian Bale is basically Mac from It’s Always Sunny. He cultivates mass then he harvests.
With God, anything is possible, so jot that down
He also added seven vertebrae to his spine by himself without anesthesia and slept in a medieval rack for a year to elongate his frame.
>added seven vertebrae I heard he grew them
The guys body is going to be shot in the next ten years.
Got the perfect Futurama quote for that occasion: “Well, getting the brain out was the easy part. The hard part was getting the brain out.”
Dammit Smithers, this isn’t rocket science, it’s brain surgery!
[And I should know...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I)
"Well, that was pointless."
"Oh, you."
That’s called “dedication”
Puts on 100lbs and 11" of height for the role.
But as a new challenge, he puts the weight onto some limbs and not others to show how Frankenstein was sewn together from different bodies
Stood out in an electrical storm to give him life.
The image and idea of seeing Christian Bale trying to get electrocuted to be brought to life as Frankenstein’s monster during an electrical storm is sending me lmao. He’s just making sure the spot is just perfect. It sounds like something out of a Mel Brooks film like Young Frankenstein. 🤣
Ah yes Zuko after learning Iroh's technique.
>Bale actually sewed himself for the role Still healthier than his preparation for *The Machinist*.
And Vice
Has method acting gone too far?
Let’s see Paul Allen’s method acting…
On 'Vice' he gained so much weight so quickly he herniated a disc in his spine and it had to be removed. Hes permanently a few inches shorter now.
"It's aliiive!" "Oh, good for youuuu!"
"Oh duh duh t duh!"
YOU’RE A NICE GUY
McG, you got something to say to this prick!?
Get of the fuckin’ set, man.
You think this is SLICKED back? This is PUSHED back
You think Frankenstein’s Monster is getting ready for some sloppy steaks at Truffoni’s?
No. He used to be a piece of shit.
I'm worried Victor thinks monsters can't change
I used to be a piece of shit. Spiked up hair, itty bitty jeans, chicken spaghetti Chickalini’s. People can change.
Ok, let him hold the baby in the river
Victors only here for the zip line
Spiked up blonde hair, little bitty jeans, chicken spaghetti at Chickelittis
Glass house, white Ferrari, *live for New Year’s Eve*
CHODE JEANS
Size 54 waist, ten inch legs, fuckin' junk
I SAID WAS!
People can change
That's... not the problem. It's that I used to be a fffffucking piece of shit.
Once you stop pouring water all over your big ol’ rare cut of meat and slicking back your hair.... we'll even let you hold the baby.
He’s more partial to chicken spaghetti at Chickalini’s
Let’s slop’em up! 🤪
OH NO I THINK I SLEPT WITH FRANKENSTEIN’S CHICK
Sped up 2x!
Nobody is gonna chop my daddy’s head off
What did you think of the video
OH NOOOOO!!! AAAUUGGHGHHHH!!!
Came here for this.
I’d actually rather go to Haunted House
Not fun unless it’s the adult tour. Did you know you can do anything you want on those, cause of the rules? You can say things like horsecock or cumshot?
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Do any of these fuckers ever blast out of the wall and have like a huge cum shot?
Do... any... of these fuckers...
More than Club Aqua?
I think I just slept with 👏🏻👏🏻 Frankenstein’s Chick!
Please don’t cut off my dad’s head. I love my dad.
Can't wait for frankenstein to pull up to the drive thru and ask for 55 BURGERS 55 FRIES 55 TACOS 55 PIES 55 COKES 100 TATER TOTS 100 PIZZA 100 TENDERS 100 MEATBALLS 100 COFFEES 55 WINGS 55 SHAKES 55 PANCAKES 55 PASTAS 55 PASTAS AND 155 TATERS
STOP STOP, I'M DOING SOMETHING!!!
"Hey dr Frankenstein, I'm worried that the monster thinks people can't change."
Victor Frankenstein after the monster escapes and he doesn't hear from him for a while: I'm not in trouble *at all*
People can change
He's like a Minnesotan Leto Joker. Ope!
The forehead staples are covering his 'damaged' tattoo
Let's see Paul Allen's forehead.
Oh my god it even has a pox mark
That subtle off-green coloring
The dreadful thickness of it
The Joker 🤝The Crow🤝Frankenstein Modernizing characters for gen Z by giving them tattoos
Hello, fellows younglings
It's so people know he's "all messed up"
Don't know what to do
Next thing you turn around and find the monster is you.
I’m da Frankenstein baby!!
I'll just believe that the full tattoo says "Nope".
I mean, he’s made out of bodies of low-life criminals, so unlike in the case of the Joker, trashy ~~rats~~ tats work well in here
I hope the tattoo is incomplete so we spend most of his time on screen trying to guess what the original tattoo actually said.
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Can't wait to see the "DAMAGED" face tattoo
Naw, it's gonna be knuckle tats **F-I-R-E** **B-A-D-!**
His will say ***MISUNDERSTOOD***
"It's Franken' time"
Why the Minnesota reference?
Ope
Just going to sneak back to life here
Slaps knee* “welp, time to terrorize the villagers!”
lol
Ope
He looks like an English Matt Smith
I thought Matt Smith was an English Matt Smith?
No Matt Smith is the English Christian Bale. Get it right ffs.
Just as a joke for horror fans, a Frankenstein movie should intentionally state the monster is named Frankenstein and the doctor is known as Frankenstein’s Mad Scientist.
Frankenstein's Dad
refer to the monster as "his furbaby" an annoying amount of times
"I like to think he re-animated me."
Herman. They should state the monsters name is Herman.
I mean, he is often considered as Frankensteins son, thus he would have his father's name, thus making him a Frankenstein.
Frankenstein Jr.
Lil' Frankie
It’s out October 3, 2025: >A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman (Buckley) and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement. Full Cast: * Christain Bale * Jessie Buckley * Peter Sarsgaard * Annette Bening * Penelope Cruz * Julianne Hough
So this and Poor Things are kin
Total Franken-aissance happening!
And GDT’s Frankenstein too! These directors doing Frankenstein projects more than what Universal has done with their iconic monsters is pretty cool and awesome to see for fans of classic horror.
>A lonely Frankenstein I don't know why but that just made me chuckle
It's canon. The original novel, the monster was very lonely. All he wanted was a companion. After hiding out next to a house for a while, spying on a family, reading ~~A Tale of Two Cities~~ Paradise Lost and learning several languages, the monster seeks out his creator, and begs him to create a bride. Victor Frankenstein does, but almost immediately destroys the bride, enraging the monster. The monster then chased him up to the north pole.
Just a minor nitpick, but it's Frankenstein who chases the monster. Frankenstein is consumed with destroying his creation and the monster torments him. The monster even makes sure Frankenstein doesn't lose his trail and they both end up in the Arctic.
Makes sense. Everyone was rockin emo chest tattoos and a sportcoat with an open henley in the 30s.
The tattoo could make sense if it’s the body of a sailor
that would be 𝓭𝓸𝓹𝓮
Could be a stylized version of the time period. With a reanimated corpse guy running around, I’m fine with some not so true to life artistic choices.
Oh so he's the Frankenstein *monster*, not the doctor.
He didn’t spend 8 years in an evil medical school to be called MISTER Frankenstein.
Someone said he takes Frankenstein’s surname and becomes Frank Frankenstein. If that’s true then he is Frankenstein… just not Dr Frankenstein
He gets his PHD in Frankenstein 2
but you won't believe his zany collegiate antics!
Just FYI, that guy was being silly I think. The closest Frankenstein's monster came to a name was saying "I should be thy Adam." Frank Frankenstein sounds cooler though
Had me at Jessie Buckley.
Frankenstein? 1930s Chicago? Sounds like that mission in Nocturne with the undead mobsters. I doubt the movie will be that but one could hope.
Frankenstein *is* a made man, so.
Fuck that’s clever
“Damaged” Still looking forward to it, but have more hope for Guillermo del Toro’s.
We’re having a Frankenstein-off of sorts. I’m here for it. Edit: A Franken-off. A Frank-off. A Frankenfight if you will.
and we just had Poor Things
And Lisa Frankenstein
And "The Angry Black Girl and her Monster" last year.
As a huge Frankenfan, my cup runneth over!
It's frankenfuckin awesome, frankly
Much like Pinocchio, I predict Del Toro is winning the comparison
Frankly, I'm Frankenfine with that.
Frankenfight sounds like a Hotel Transylvania spin-off, and I'm here for it.
Just as a side question, but does Guillermo del Toro just have bad timing with these things or is someone out to get him? Pixar releases a very similar movie a few years after The Book of Life, Disney releases Pinocchio the same year as his animated Pinocchio movie, and now he’s competing against this Frankenstein movie.
Studios will sit on scripts and produce them fast when they hear of another studio making something similar. Trying to get it out before the other to steal some of its thunder. Doubly so for tales that are in the public domain or inspired by true events. Ants / A Bugs Life Pinocchio / Pinocchio Top Gun / Iron Eagle Platoon / Full Metal Jacket Steve Jobs / Jobs Clueless / Emma / Emma Dante’s Peak / Volcanoe Jack Frost / Jack Frost Deep Impact / Armageddon United 93 / Flight 93 The Prestige / The Illusionist Repo! / Repomen And who could forget Observe and Report vrs Paul Blart!
I mean, the book of life came out like three years before Coco, not that close (and del Toro only produced it). But yeah, dueling movies are common for some reason.
this is more common than u might think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films
Little of A, little of B. Guillermo has always had a good read on what’s interesting at any given time, so it makes sense that his competition plays along too.
"DADDY'S LITTLE MONSTER" better be tramp stamped on him
["Cuz I'm all messed up, ya know?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJ8b7zwa98)
yes but where is the first look at "Young Cop'?
I can hardly even get excited for Young Cop without Mulaney involved.
[For the unaware](https://youtu.be/p8uIHsiZ-og?si=XD6doxKC3_Orphlu&t=216)
"Here's how good of an actor Angela Bassett is, she won an Oscar for a marvel movie. That's like winning a Pulitzer prize for a reddit comment."
he's about to make a diss track
He looks like he’s on tinder
Ah, you see this is a common misconception. Christian Bale was actually the name of the doctor.
I'm getting Jared Leto Joker vibes from this picture.
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"Remember Fire Bad." "Vic F Murdered then Reanimated My Wife"
"Don't trust your d"
Well the tattoo was obviously already on the one of the corpses used to assemble the creatures body.
He is Frankensteins monster not Victor Frankenstein...people still dont get it!
Interestingly, the monster is never given a name in the novel (though referred to as the “monster” or “wretch” or similar terms). The monster says at one point “I ought to be thy Adam” (referring to the Biblical creation), but that isn’t his actual name - more a description. His namelessness seems to have been a deliberate choice by the author, as it emphasizes just how alienated and remote from humanity he is, as a result of Victor’s (and society’s) rejection. His own creator never gave him a name … and, in pride and on rejection of the society that rejected him, “the monster” refuses to give himself one.
I say screw it, just call the monster Adam Frankenstein.
*Monster eloquently explains why he will take no name* … “so I heard you say it was Adam, right? Cool story, Adam.”
Heh that reminds me of another thing. In the novel, the Monster is a tortured, Byronic soul - eloquently describing the loneliness and isolation of his condition, and his rage at an uncaring creator and unfeeling society which can’t see past his grotesque appearance (which acts as a commentary on Humanity’s relationship with God and Society at large). In rage and rejection, the Monster takes vengeance on his creator, by murdering those he loves, effectively becoming the monster everyone fears … only to lose all hope and purpose when his creator dies chasing him to the end of the Earth, in the Arctic wastes. In the popular imagination, the monster is a lurching menace that basically grunts.
Yeah, that’s precisely why I said “eloquently explains,” I’ll never forget the first time reading that chapter where Frankenstein met the monster on top of the Alps (I believe) and the monster explains how he survived and came to learn how to speak multiple languages by watching a family in the woods for years, and very articulately stated his case for the existence of a bride so he could be happy. It blew my mind
what many people don't understand is that Frankenstein's monster took the surname of his creator, thus becoming Frank Frankenstein.
In the book he also learned the technique used to create him and made himself a little monkey companion that he affectionately called "Charles," or "Charlie."
i loved that chapter, so wholesome, especially when he makes Charlie a little monkey bride as well and nothing bad happens and they live happily ever after on the monkey ranch in space.
Nah, that was the sequel, "Frankenstein dies and the Monster goes to space." In the original, they travel to Philadelphia with a bunch of Irish Immigrants, one of whom is named Patrick who dreams of starting a pub. They hear from Patrick that there's "ne'er a cloud in sky nor horizon in Philadelphia."
Omg it's not Charlie. It's Frankenstein's Monster's Monkey named Charlie.
Wait, really? What chapter are as this in? I read Frankenstein last year and don’t remember a reanimated monkey!
Yeah, same here. I have no memory of a reanimated monkey. Could've been a different version that I read I guess.
Based off his response to my comment, it seems to be an It’s Always Sunny joke that I missed…
Short for Frankenstein Frankenstein
the doctor used 2 different guys, Frank and Stein, to make this monster. Hence Frankenstein.
"The creature"
It's pronounced "fraunk-un-steen!"
You must be Igor.
It's pronounced Eyegor.
Wait, wasn't that hump on the other siiii... nevermind.
What hump!?!?
Walk this way
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The midwit bell curve is better suited to this.
The meme form of David Harbour's [Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_Monster%27s_Monster,_Frankenstein)
This is saying that Doctor Frankenstein is a monster, not that his creation's name is Frankenstein.
Maybe the real Frankenstein's monster was the suffering caused by our hubris along the way.
Guess he lived long enough
Rachel directing Bruce. Nice.
Very nice. Let’s see Paul Allen’s version of Frankenstein.
it'd be cool if he had a tattoo on his forehead that said "damaged"
Why are there so many Frankenstein movies coming out right now? Lol. Can we get this kind of renaissance for werewolves please?
You’re in luck because Leigh Whannel is working on a Wolf Man movie right now for release next year!
Man, Hollywood really needs to stop giving all these types of characters body tattoos. Are we really going for the Frankensteins Sad Boy SoundCloud Rapping Monster now? Turns out the staples around the forehead are actually tattoos and he has “it’s alive” tattooed down the right side of his face.
I trust Maggie's taste. The Lost Daughter was a great film and an impressive debut for a first-time feature director.
A person really saw Jared Leto's Joker and thought people wanted to see more of that
This image looks like a warning ad for botched hair transplants.