There’s something alarming in “Victor Frankenstein” but it isn’t the reanimated bits of corpse that make up a monster. It’s James McAvoy’s acting: It’s like he’s been locked in a castle with a lot of ...
NEW YORK — In “Victor Frankenstein” (opening Wednesday), Daniel Radcliffe’s Igor is no longer the hunchback drudge immortalized in the classic 1931 Boris Karloff film. That Igor never appeared in Mary ...
It's alive: The tale of Frankenstein is making a comeback. The trailer for "Victor Frankenstein" was released on Tuesday. James McAvoy stars as the namesake in the scary flick and Daniel Radcliffe ...
The name still has mileage: Toss Frankenstein into a title and you’re promising a modicum of chills, plus at least one creation scene in a laboratory. But ever since Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” ...
More than once, incensed characters accuse the mad doctor of being the true "monster" in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" - not to be confused with Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," even though this ...
Mary Shelley probably isn’t rolling in her grave over “Victor Frankenstein,” but she’s definitely rolling her eyes. The latest familiar property to get the origin story/preboot/prequel treatment isn’t ...
The world of Victor Frankenstein — red brick and gray skies, clanking gears and straining pulleys, exploding dials and jury-rigged gizmos — is utterly steampunk. But the latest resurrection of Mary ...
Victor Frankenstein is an American sci-fi horror drama film. Directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Paul Landis, the plot focuses on a scientist and his brilliant proteges’ noble cause of helping ...