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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.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
14
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

faux documentaryfrankensteinhorrorhybrid found footagepseudo-documentaryscience fiction

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