Frankenstein’s monster has been portrayed over 50 times in as many films. The most memorable of the monsters is Boris Karloff, who was the first to bring the monster to life in the talkies, or talking films. Boris’s monster was so horrific that during the December 1931 premier in Santa Barbara, California, audience members went screaming down the isles and suffered from fainting spells. Although audiences no longer look at Frankenstein’s monster with such horror, the monster of the most recent film still forces the audience members to look at life and death. The monsters from the 1931film, titled Frankenstein and the 1994 film, titled Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, are very different.

When we think of Frankenstein’s monster, we often think of Boris Karloff. Boris created the monster with the help of make-up artist, Jack Pierce. The costume and make-up took an astonishing five hours to put on and two to remove. Boris wore thirty-pound boots and braces on his legs that forced his now-famous lurking walk.

In great contrast to Karloff’s monster of 1931, is Robert De Niro’s 1994 portrayal of the same character. The appearance of Robert De Niro’s monster is very differ

All though the two men are portraying the same character of the monster, they are two very different characters with two very different stories to be told. Karloff tells the story of an innocent creature, who was left by his creator to fend for himself. In his murdering spree, he is not intentionally doing evil. He kills Fritz as Fritz is coming at him with fire, he kills the Professor Waldman as the professor is trying to kill him, and the death of Maria was a completely innocent accident. Karloff’s monster truly does not seem to understand why this is happening to him. In contrast, De Niro’s monster is one who is out for revenge. He is manipulative as he kills William, frames Justine and kills Elizabeth. These deaths are not to help him but to hurt Victor Frankenstein. De Niro’s monster had the benefit of literacy. He was able to read Victor Frankenstein’s journal and understands both where he came from and why he is here. Both of these characters hate what Frankenstein has done to them in abandoning them and wishing for their deaths just after he has brought them to life.

The monster in the 1994 film shows his emotions as greatly as Karloff did. De Niro shows longing for friendship and love as he befriends the blind man in his cabin and he shows his sorrow as he lies down and sobs when forced to leave the man’s s

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