Frankenstein’s Monster literally got the exact opposite of what I like to call “The Fandom treatment.” Instead of having a horrifying and/or not-normally attractive and inhuman creature being turned into a beautiful and/or sexy human by fans, a considerably attractive and goth prince who was pretty much MADE of human has been turned into a slobbering, grotesque, and ugly monster by the media
to give you visual aid to what i mean, here is what he is usually depicted as by the media:
and this is what he is actually meant to look like as described in the book:
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” (5.2)
Reblogging to add that the second image is from the 2004 Hallmark production.
It won an Emmy, has an 89% approval rating on Amazon, and is to date the singular most faithful adaptation of the book ever made.
It was finally released on Blu-Ray a few years ago due to fans rallying and you can also watch it on starz or pick up the old DVD for a few bucks online.
