Robert De Niro stars as the monster in this version of the classic horror tale based on Mary Shelley's novel. As a medical student obsessed with defeating death, Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, who also directs) successfully creates a live "man" from a patchwork of body parts. But after abandoning the creature, Frankenstein lives to regret playing God. This atmospheric Gothic chiller received a Best Makeup Oscar nomination.