5 best Frankenstein movies, ranked — and where you can stream them

Ever since 19-year-old Mary Shelley went on a writing holiday and dreamed up the genre-bending “Frankenstein,” audiences have been captivated by the titular mad scientist and his lonely, abandoned creation.

When cinema brought Frankenstein’s characters to life on the big screen, filmmakers wasted no time offering countless adaptations of the classic novel. Some play it straight, others lean into humor (with varying degrees of success), but all share a single goal: to give fans a fresh take on a story…