The Frankenstein Theory (2013) movie poster

The Frankenstein Theory

2013 ·1h 27m · ★ 4.4 (84)

When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story, "Frankenstein," is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
14
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
14
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
0
Survival
66
Found Footage

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

faux documentaryfrankensteinhorrorhybrid found footagepseudo-documentaryscience fiction

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