Edison's Frankenstein
1990-01-01 · 19 min · ★ 9.0
Thoroughly researched remake of the first screen version of Mary Shelley's story. Blending visual nightmare & Gothic romance, it tells this much trampled tale more as Jekyll and Hyde ghost story. A look at one man's struggle with the inadequacies of solitary creation.
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- Directors
- Robert David
- Production companies
- Mooncycle Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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