Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Written by

Mary Shelley, Frank Darabont, Steph Lady

Produced by

Francis Ford Coppola, James V. Hart, John Veitch

Composer

Patrick Doyle

Cinematographer

Roger Pratt

Editor

Andrew Marcus

Makeup FX

Mark Coulier, Chris Lyons

Studios

American Zoetrope, TriStar Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions

Origin countries

United Kingdom, United States

Production countries

United States, Japan

Runtime

2h 3m

Language

en

Rating

R

TMDB

6.4/10 (1,368 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

42% Rotten

Metacritic

49/100

IMDb

6.3/10 (63,458 votes)

• NominatedAcademy Award— Best Makeup and Hairstyling(1995)
• NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Wide Release Film(1995)
• NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1995)