Frankenstein is a 19th-century novel written by Mary Shelley.
Frankenstein may also refer to:
The novel
Castles
- Frankenstein Castle, Hesse, a 13th-century hilltop castle near Darmstadt, Germany, speculated to be the eponym for Shelley's novel
- Frankenstein Castle, Palatinate, a 12th-century hilltop castle above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate region of Germany
Film, television, and stage
Film
- Frankenstein (1910 film), written and directed by J. Searle Dawley
- Frankenstein (1931 film), directed by James Whale and the first to star Boris Karloff as the title monster
- Flesh for Frankenstein, titled Andy Warhol's Frankenstein for American release, a 1973 film directed by Paul Morrissey
- Frankenstein (1973 film), an American made-for-television film written and produced by Dan Curtis
- ', a 1973 British made-for-television film
- Frankenstein (1992 film), a British made-for-television film
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film), a 1994 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
- Frankenstein (2004 film), directed by Marcus Nispel
- Frankenstein (2007 film), an adaptation shown on ITV
- Frankenstein (2015 film), a straight-to-video adaptation starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Danny Huston
- Frankenstein (Death Race), a central character in the film series
- Frankenstein (2025 film), directed by Guillermo del Toro
Television
Episodes
Shows
Characters
- Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, characters in the series Penny Dreadful
Theatre
Comics
Music
- "Frankenstein" (instrumental), a 1973 song by The Edgar Winter Group
- "Frankenstein", a song by Accept from the album Humanoid, 2024
- "Frankenstein", a song by Aimee Mann from the album I'm with Stupid, 1995
- "Frankenstein", a song by Clutch from the album Pure Rock Fury, 2001
- "Frankenstein", a song by Iced Earth from the album Horror Show, 2001
- "Frankenstein", a song by New York Dolls from the album New York Dolls, 1973
- Frankenstein, an opera by Mark Grey
- Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, an opera by Libby Larsen
- Frankenstrat or Frankenstein, a guitar used by Eddie Van Halen
Games
Places
People
- Frankenstein (rapper) (active 1990s â early 2000s), Canadian hip hop artist
- Frankenstein (wrestler) (1976âÂÂ2010), Mexican professional wrestler
- Alfred Frankenstein (1906âÂÂ1981), art and music critic
- Clement von Franckenstein (1944âÂÂ2019), Austrian-British actor
- Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (born 1964), American lead guitarist of Doyle (ex-Misfits)
- Jeff Frankenstein, keyboardist for Newsboys
- Karl Frankenstein (1905âÂÂ1990), Israeli professor in special education and pedagogy
- Walter Frankenstein (1924âÂÂ2025), German-Swedish Holocaust survivor
- "Frankenstein", nickname of Willi Mentz (1904âÂÂ1978), German SS officer at Treblinka extermination camp
Other uses
See also