How Has Frankenstein Influenced Horror Films? (Jordan Buchanan)

Frankenstein is a very well known story. Frankenstein has been a known story since the year 1816, told by a woman named Mary Shelly. Although the monster she talks about in her book is different from the monster we imagine when we think of Frankenstein, the concept is all the same. The overall concept is to have a horror theme. Some horror films today obtain their ideas from Frankenstein. For example, Michael Jackson's short film/video of "Thriller" has a zombie or living dead theme taking place. In Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" the monster is a dead person who is brought back to life. This impact of being recreated from the dead has taken place in many horror films. Another example would be the movie "Edward Scissor Hands". This film is about a boy, (who was made from a scientist) that didn't have any hands when he was being created. The scientist later on died without ever giving Edward hands. Edward then decide to add blades, knives, and scissors to what he'd call his hands. Edward then went out to the real world, and made many people feel uncomfortable or unsafe because he was creature that was not like anyone else. He had a hard life, just like the monster Frankenstein. There are many films, books, etc that have been influenced by Frankenstein, whether it was from being created by a scientist from dead parts, or becoming a green giant figure (The Hulk) and it is still a big influence on our modern day films.