# The vows are sworn, the know is tied #
# The garlands thrown on the groom and bride #
# Lift up your voice and raise your wine #
# To bless the house of Frankenstein #
# Once boy and girl, now man and wife #
# We wish them long and fruitful life #
# Lift up your voice and raise your wine #
# To bless the house of Fran... #
Listen, you can still hear the bells ringing over the water.
So you can.
Many congratulations, mistress, it was a splendid day.
Thank you. Will you please get me ready for bed?
Yes, mistress.
- I want to look beautiful. - Yes, mistress.
- Perhaps then he'll... - I'm sure he will.
He never touches me, Clarice.
He never comes near.
He barely spoke to me after the service.
Well, he has always been... peculiar.
What have I done wrong?
You've done nothing, mistress!
Men, you know?
They're as nervous as we are on their wedding night.
A lot of them have no experience whatever.
- I'm not nervous. - I know you're not, mistress.
And yet, you don't know what to expect, do you?
None of us do, first time.
It can come as quite a shock.
So just remember: there's no shame in keeping your eyes shut.
Some ladies never get used to it, to be perfectly honest.
Oh, but I'm sure you will.
Here you are, mistress.
You look as pretty as a picture.
- Where is he? - He'll be along shortly, mistress,
you wait and see.
Having a glass or two, probably, if he's anything like my husband.
He'd put a bag on my head if he could.
Come along now, mistress! Let's pop you into bed.
First I must pray. That's all.
Goodnight, mistress. God bless.
- Victor! - Report!
- We patrol the roof and the terrace. - We have men down at the lake.
Good, wait for me outside, I'll join you presently.
Victor... what is going on?
The house is secure, there are guards at every door.
Why? What is going on? Tell me!
- I should've told you before. - Yes, I think you should!
It is one of my experiments, Elizabeth.
You'll find this hard to credit and there's little time to explain, but...
the simple fact is... I've built a man.
- You did what? - I've built a man,
and succeeded in animating him.
- Say that again. - I built a man!
Animating him?
Do you mean bringing him to life?
Yes, bringing him to life, my creature, I brought him to life.
Your creature?
You don't believe me.
Yes! Yes, I do.
If you say you have built a creature and brought him to life,
then I do believe you, of course.
- What is it, like a puppet? - No, a functioning man!
- A brute of a man! - But this is ridiculous!
You're telling me you've made some sort of creature
with your electric eggs, presumably, and it what?
- It does what? - Pursues me.
Victor, you have been very ill. In Scotland you had a nervous collapse!
Look, there is a thing out there and it means to destroy me!
I have lured it here and now I must act!
I must kill him before he kills me.
What do you mean you've lured it here?
I knew he would come for...
for the...
The wedding?
Did you send him an invitation?
- Victor, he wasn't on the list! - Elizabeth, this is serious!
Please, believe me!
You're asking me to believe
that you have created some sort of monster?
- Yes. - Why?
I beg your pardon?
Why? Why did you do that?
Because I had a vision.
A vision of... perfection.
I followed Nature into her lair, and I stripped her of her secrets,
I did it, Elizabeth, I've brought torrents of light
into this darkening world, I did it, Elizabeth, I did it.
I have never doubted your brilliance.
I have beaten Death!
I have done it!
- I've made a living thing! - But if you wanted to create life...
Yes, that's it, that's exactly what I wanted.
...then why not just give me a child?
We could've married years ago.
- No, no... - Because that is how we create life, Victor.
- That is the usual way. - I'm talking about science!
No.
You're talking about pride.
You've been trying God's work.
Is that what you're telling me?
And it has gone awry.
In you I found Paradise...
but the apple is eaten. I cannot go back.
You've meddled with the natural order and led us into chaos.
Because you worship the gods of electricity and gas.
What is wrong with you men?
There are guards all around the house.
I will kill this thing that I foolishly made,
- and then I'll come back to you. - Please, don't go. Hold me, please.
There's time for that when this is done.
I do love you, Elizabeth.
Dear God, watch over him.
Don't scream!
I will not hurt you. Don't scream.
I need your help.
Can you guess who I am?
But he didn't mention what I looked like, did he?
Are you curious, Elizabeth?
Don't scream.
I will release you.
Turn around, look at me.
I need your help, I have a grievance.
- Victor did this? - Do you think he is clever?
- A genius! - Yes, that is right.
What is your name?
My name...
What a luxury that would be! He didn't give me one.
Touch.
What do you feel, Elizabeth?
Heat.
And here?
A heartbeat!
Just like yours.
Now if you please. We'll have none of that.
You say you have a grievance.
Madame... your husband is a good man,
but he does not keep his word.
If you had a child and it looked like me,
would you abandon it?
I'd never abandon a child.
- You're quite sure? - I'm sure.
- No matter how repulsive? - I'm sure.
Well he did, he left me because I look like this,
because I am different.
If Victor has treated you poorly, I shall speak to him,
you may count on that.
Isn't he coming to your bed?
He must learn to take responsibility for his actions...
Surely, he desires you on your wedding night.
...and that we must always stand up for the disadvantaged.
Absolutely, give voice to the oppressed!
- Will you put my case? - What is it you want?
I did not ask to be born, but once born, I will fight to live!
All life is precious, even mine!
He promised to give me the one thing I lack,
the one thing I need to be content,
but then he...
...broke his word.
I want a friend, that is all.
I'll be your friend... if you let me.
Will you?
If you need help, let's see what we can do.
Sit with me.
I will not hurt you, I promise!
I am educated...
I know right from wrong.
Incredible.
You are quite extraordinary.
- Me? - Yes, you.
Perhaps I am a genius, too.
Perhaps you are.
What are you good at?
I am good at the art of assimilation.
I have watched and listened and learned,
at first I knew nothing, but I studied the ways of men
and slowly I learnt how to ruin...
how to hate...
how to debase...
how to humiliate.
And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills,
the skill no other creature owns.
I finally learnt how to lie.
- Lie? - Tonight I have met someone perfect.
Thank you for trying to understand, but he broke his word,
so I break mine.
I am truly sorry, Elizabeth.
What do you mean?
Victor!
No!
No, please, no, please!
Please!
Victor!
Now I am a man!
Shoot me!
Kill me!
Please!
Sir?
Pick her up! Bring her to my rooms!
- Sir, she's dead! - Carry her!
- She's gone, sir. - I can bring her back, Clarice!
I can bring her back!
Quickly, I have the equipment, I can reverse the process,
she's still warm, she's lost no blood.
- Quickly, there! - Sir, you must prevent him.
Stop this at once!
She's dead, sir.
My dear Elizabeth... gone forever.
- No, no! - Cover her.
No! I can bring her back! I have the skill!
- What do you mean? - I mean resurrect her! Trust me!
- What are you saying? - He's gone mad, sir!
I'm not mad! I have powers beyond your comprehension,
how dare you call me mad?
Victor, this is not godly, I cannot bear it!
You! Whenever you look behind you, I'll be there!
Restrain him!
First William, now Elizabeth.
- Your mind is disordered! - My mind is superb, it's superb.
Take him away!
He's monstreous...
Oh, dear God. Please, forgive me.
- Sir, be still. - What have I brought into this world?
You did your best.
I failed.
My heart is black...
It stinks!
My mind, once filled with dreams of beauty,
is a furnace of revenge!
Three years ago when I was born,
I laughed for joy at the heat of the sun, I cried at the call of the birds...
The world was a cornucopia to me.
Now...
...it is a waste of frost and snow.
The son becomes the father.
The master the slave!
I have led him across the Black Sea, through Tartary and Russia,
I have led him out past Archangel and on to the ice,
we go north, always north!
His dogs are dead, his supply's exhausted,
but we have a compact we must keep.
He lives for my destruction, I live to lead him on.
Frankenstein!
Come!
What is the matter?
Are you cold?
Do you feel forsaken?
Come, great explorer! Look! There's food!
Seal-meat! Explorer's food. Come!
You wanted power? Look at you!
Immortality? Look at you!
Why did you treat me like a criminal?
- You killed my wife! - You killed mine.
You have brought this upon yourself.
How? How? Have I? How did I? Did I ask to be created?
Did I ask you to make me from some muck in a sack?
I am different.
I know I am different.
I have tried to be the same,
but I am different.
Why can I not be who I am?
Why does humanity detest me?
The only one to show pity was Elizabeth.
Lovely Elizabeth.
I can still taste her strawberry lips,
I can still feel her warm breasts, her thighs...
I know what I have done.
Up, up we go! On, on, on to the pole!
Let's make some discoveries! Let's find the source of the magnet!
What do you say? Bring light to the darkness! Up!
Master, don't tell me you are dead already!
Master...
Don't you have more stamina than that?
Why, we have only just started!
Awake!
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me alone!
You and I, we are one!
While you live, I live! When you are gone, I must go, too.
Master, what is death?
What will it feel like?
Can I die?
Frankenstein, forgive me.
My cruelty, please, forgive me.
I cannot stop, I'm driven on, the moon draws me on.
Solitary moon...
But we can only go forward, we can never go back!
Drink, master, drink!
It is good wine. Drink, drink.
All I wanted was your love.
I would have loved you
with all my heart.
My poor creator!
Master! You do love me, you do!
I don't know what love is.
I will teach you!
Every chance I had at love I threw away.
Every shred of human warmth I cut to pieces.
Hatred is what I understand.
Only you give me purpose.
You I desire.
Go on.
Walk on.
You must be destroyed.
Good boy! That's the spirit!
Bring my miserable line to an end!
Up, up!
Come!
Scientist!
Destroy me!
Destroy your creation!
Come!