Frankenstein
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An early horror film that uses the Frankenstein myth to explore the terror of unchecked ambition and the violation of natural order, culminating in a tragic intrusion on domestic happiness.
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.
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