Cold body parts stolen from graves are brought together in the dim light of the laboratory for a single purpose. James Whale invites the audience into the black-and-white world of this classic film, to the point where science and hubris intersect. Bones gathered from beneath the earth and pieces of flesh sewn together begin to breathe as a result of a sickening ambition. Yet the being behind this artificial skin is far from the perfect triumph its creator envisioned. When this dark fairy tale spills out from a hellish laboratory into the outside world, fear and alienation spread through the streets. Frankenstein whispers the deep tragedy at the heart of the horror genre—man’s trial by the monster of his own making.