Young Victor Frankenstein – a devoted student of science – becomes obsessed with the idea of conjuring life out of 'lifeless matter'. Using his formidable skills in chemistry and other sciences, Victor begins to assemble a being from scavenged and stolen body parts.

Once he has fathered a son created by his own science, Victor rejects the hideous creature. Eventually, the creature mounts a campaign of revenge against his creator, and so begins the battle between the creator and the created...