Thrilling film adaptation of Mary Shelley' s tale of a scientist who stitches together cadaver parts to create a monster that he electrifies to life! Boris Karloff gives the greatest performance of his career as the Monster, the epitome of hulking cadaverousness, wearing Jack Pierce' s masterpiece of makeup! James Whale directs with grim integrity to the subject. In 1991, FRANKENSTEIN was inducted into the Library of Congress' registry of film classics considered worthy of preservation.