简介：In1830'sEngland,youngmedicalstudentVictorFrankenstein(LeonardWhiting),followingthedrowningdeathofhisbelovedbrother,bitterlyrenouncesGodandvowstofindthesecrettocreatinglifehimself.HecrossespathswiththeeccentricDr.HenryClerval(DavidMcCallum)whoshareshisquestandtakestheyoungerVictorunderhiswing.Whenexperimentsinreanimatinginsectsandaseveredhumanarmsucceed,thetwopreparetobringtolifeamanwhomtheyhaveassembledfrombodypartsofvictimsofaminingaccident.Ontheeveoftheirattempt,HenrydiscoversthattheprocesswillreverseitselfanddiesfromheartfailurebeforehecansufficientlywarnVictor.Committedtocarryingonhislatefriend'swork,Victorforgesaheadandbringstolifeacreatureofincrediblebeautyandinnocence(MichaelSarrazin).Thetwodevelopaclose,affectionaterelationshipandVictorlooksforwardtopresentinghiscreationtosocietyas"thenewAdam."Inevitably,theflawinClerval'sprocedureresultsinthegrotesquedistortionoftheCreature'sappearance,causingVictortocallouslyrejecthim.TheCreatureattemptssuicidebuttohisdismayfindshecan'tbekilled.HeleapsfromtheWhiteCliffsofDover,andVictorassumeshe'sseenthelastofhisbungledhandiwork. TheCreature,stillverymuchalive,wandersthecountrysideandbefriendsanoldblindman(SirRalphRichardson).HealsodevelopsaninfatuationwithhisdaughterAgatha(JaneSeymour)whomheobservesinsecret.InatragicaccidentAgathaiskilled,andtheCreaturebringshertohisbirthplace,seekingVictor'said.Instead,hefindsthelabhasbeentakenoverbyDr.Polidori(JamesMason),aformercolleagueofHenry's. Victormeanwhilehasmovedon,returninghisattentiontohisfianceeElizabeth(NicolaPagett)andattemptingtoliveanormallife.HisplanisthwartedbyPolidori,whousestheCreaturetoforciblyenlistVictor'shelpinbringingyetanotherbodytolife,thistimefemale.TheresultisPrima(alsoJaneSeymour),astunningbeautywithanevil,coldheart.FindingnofurtheruseforVictor'screature,Polidorilockshiminhislaboratoryandsetsitablaze,whileVictorstandsbyhelplessly. PolidorigroomsPrimaandschemestousehertogainentreeintothecreamofsocietyandseatsofpoliticalpower.Prima'scoming-outpartyismemorablycutshortbythearrivaloftheuninvitedCreature.Eventscometoaheadwhensheviciouslyattackshim,incitinghisjealousyandmurderousrage. Theirlifeinashambles,VictorandElizabethcharteraboattoescapetoAmerica,unknowinglyaccompaniedbybothPolidoriandtheCreature.AfterastormandmuchviolenceonlyVictorandhisCreatureareleftontheship.Wishingtoescapehumanity,theCreaturesteerstheshiptowardtheNorthPole.VictorandtheCreatureconfronteachotherforafinaltimeintheArcticwasteland.…