Frankenstein
noun
Fran·ken·stein
ˈfraŋ-kən-ˌstīn 
also -ˌstēn
1
a
: the title character in Mary W. Shelley's novel Frankenstein who creates a monster that ruins his life
b
: a monster in the shape of a man especially in popularized versions of the Frankenstein story
2
: a monstrous creation
especially
: a work or agency that ruins its originator
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
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Its living exhibits show moments from mankind’s relationship with technology: Mary Shelley (Sieh) mourns a child while giving Frankenstein’s monster life; a lonely nineteen-seventies roboticist (Ryan Spahn) calls his creation fondly by name; humans lose the robot war.
—The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
Stuber is also a producer on Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein for Netflix, as well as 20th Century’s Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Scott Cooper-directed Bruce Springsteen drama that stars The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment will boast more than a dozen animatronic figures in an adventure that’s set beneath Frankenstein Manor.
Tick, tick, tickets
Tickets are now on sale for Epic Universe, but there are limited options so far.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Its living exhibits show moments from mankind’s relationship with technology: Mary Shelley (Sieh) mourns a child while giving Frankenstein’s monster life; a lonely nineteen-seventies roboticist (Ryan Spahn) calls his creation fondly by name; humans lose the robot war.
—The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
Stuber is also a producer on Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein for Netflix, as well as 20th Century’s Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Scott Cooper-directed Bruce Springsteen drama that stars The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Frankenstein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Frankenstein. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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