Frankenstein

WE ARE STUCK HERE.

NOTHING'S CHANGED.

GET ON WITH YOUR WORK.

LIEUTENANT?

YOU HEARD THE CAPTAIN. RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS.

CAPTAIN!

HYAH! MUSH!

UNH!

DEPLOY A RESCUE, LIEUTENANT.

A RESCUE TEAM, A RESCUE TEAM.

DOWN THERE,

ON THE ICE, CAPTAIN.

WHAT?

GOOD GOD.

HE'S ALIVE. GET HIM ON BOARD.

NO!!

ELIZABETH, NO!

WHERE AM I?

YOU'RE ABOARD THE PROMETHEUS,

OUT OF ARCHANGEL.

WOULD YOU HAVE THE KINDNESS

TO TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE BOUND?

WE'RE ON A VOYAGE TO DISCOVER

A NORTHERN PASSAGE TO THE EAST.

I'M ROBERT WALTON,

CAPTAIN OF THIS EXPEDITION.

HERE, DRINK THIS SOUP.

YOU'LL BE SAFE IN OUR CARE.

NO ONE IS SAFE.

NOT WHILE HE IS OUT THERE.

YOU'VE SEEN HIM, HAVEN'T YOU?

A LARGE MAN WITH A SLEDGE.

EASY.

PLEASE.

HELP ME FIND HIM...

BEFORE HE MURDERS AGAIN.

MURDERS?

THERE ARE VERY FEW REASONS FOR ONE TO VENTURE OUT HERE

IN SUCH UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

I SEE...

SOMETHING DANGEROUS IN YOUR EYES.

HEH HEH HEH! IN MY EYES?

YES.

THAT SAME AMBITION

THAT SET ME ON MY TRAGIC COURSE.

HMPH. MY AMBITION...

IF THIS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY IS SUCCESSFUL,

IT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.

DO YOU HAVE A WIFE?

NO.

FAMILY?

NO, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

IS MY SISTER, MARGARET.

THIS IS A LIKENESS OF HER.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HAPPINESS

FILLED MY LIFE, TOO...

BEFORE MISFORTUNE UNPARALLELED

TORTURED MY MIND.

NO HUMAN BEING EVER PASSED

A HAPPIER CHILDHOOD THAN I.

I LOOK BACK UPON THOSE YEARS WITH GREAT AFFECTION.

MY PARENTS INDULGED ME

WITH INEXHAUSTIBLE LOVE AND SUPPORT.

IT WAS...

A SEASON MADE FOR JOY.

VICTOR! VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, COME ON.

I LONGED TO LEARN

ABOUT ALL THAT THE WORLD COULD OFFER,

AND MY BELOVED FATHER WAS A WILLING TEACHER.

HE MOST ENJOYED THAT HIS YOUNG SON

VALUED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.

YET AS PROVIDENCE WOULD HAVE IT,

SOME OF THE VITAL LESSONS LEARNED

PROVED TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT

THAN WHAT MY FATHER INTENDED.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THAT RABBIT.

FIRE.

WELL DONE!

YOU GOT HIM, EXCELLENT.

GOOD BOY! COME ON, BRUNO. GOOD BOY.

GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY GOOD BOY.!

THERE HE IS.

WELL DONE. HEH HEH!

IT WAS THE REVELATION OF DEATH

WHICH SPARKED MY CURIOSITY.

I BECAME CONSUMED

WITH UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE,

THE SECRETS OF MAN'S SOUL.

VICTOR?

VICTOR?

STILL AWAKE?

PLENTY OF TIME TO READ TOMORROW.

MAMA, WHEN WILL I DIE?

WELL...

WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND GRAY, MY DARLING.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DO?

WELL, YOUR HEART GETS SO TIRED

THAT IT JUST STOPS BEATING, AND THEN YOU GO TO SLEEP.

WHAT IF I WAKE UP AGAIN?

ONCE YOU DIE, YOU CAN NEVER WAKE UP.

EVERY LIVING THING DIES, VICTOR.

IT'S THE LAW OF NATURE.

GOD'S LAW.

WHAT IF I FIND A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE

LIVE FOREVER SO THAT NOBODY HAS TO DIE?

THEN YOU'D BE THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.

UNTIL THEN, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BE

MY FAVORITE LITTLE BOY.

MY DEAR MOTHER BECAME CONCERNED

THAT A YOUNG CHILD HELD SUCH A MORBID FASCINATION.

HER RESPONSE WAS TO SHOW ME THE JOY

OF OPENING ONE'S HEART

BY BRINGING HOME AN ORPHAN CHILD.

SHE'S ALL ALONE, ALPHONSE.

NOT ANYMORE.

HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH.

I'M DELIGHTED YOUR SON HENRY AND VICTOR

HAVE BECOME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.

YES, AND THAT ELIZABETH.

LOVELY GIRL.

QUITE CHRISTIAN OF YOU TO TAKE HER IN.

ESPECIALLY WITH NO INHERITANCE TO SPEAK OF.

IT WAS THE LEAST WE COULD DO, CLERVAL,

GIVEN ALL WE'RE BLESSED WITH.

I SEE.

DID YOU REALLY CATCH THEM ALL?

EVERY ONE. WANT TO SEE?

CAN I SEE, TOO?

HA HA! AAH!

HA HA HA!

HEY!

SCIENCE, MAGIC, ASTROLOGY.

CLEVER VICTOR IS ALWAYS BURIED

IN HIS SILLY BOOKS.

THEY ARE NOT SILLY.

AND IF YOU'VE READ HALF AS MUCH AS YOU SHOULD,

YOU WOULD REALIZE THE WORLD NEED NOT BE A SECRET.

A SECRET?

WHAT GOOD ARE THE SECRETS OF NATURE...

THE MYSTERIES OF MAN'S SOUL

IF NOT TO BE DIVINED BY US MERE MORTALS?

ARE THERE NO LIMITS TO YOUR IMAGINATION?

ONLY THOSE IMPOSED BY GOD.

HMPH.

COME HERE.

GIVE ME--

PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

NOT BAD.

IT COULD USE A LITTLE MORE...

IMAGINATION.

HEH HEH HEH!

STUDYING SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

IS ONE THING, VICTOR...

THANK YOU, JUSTINE. MAKE SURE

TO EAT SOME DUCK BEFORE IT GETS COLD.

YES, MA'AM.

DOES ONE NEED PROOF TO KNOW THAT OXYGEN EXISTS...

OR GOD?

WILLIAM, STOP FEEDING BRUNO.

HE'S HUNGRY, MAMA.

VICTOR, TELL YOUR BROTHER

NOT TO FEED THE DOG.

WILLIAM, DO NOT FEED THE DOG.

YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD BEFORE.

NO, NO, NO, FAITH IS A DIFFERENT MATTER ENTIRELY.

200 YEARS AGO, THE CHURCH ACCUSED

GALILEO OF HERESY.

NOW HIS ONCE RADICAL THEORIES

ON PLANETARY MOTION ARE ACCEPTED AS FACT.

THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT TONIGHT?

THE GREAT BEYOND.

THE UNKNOWN.

WHO KNOWS WHAT MAN IS CAPABLE OF?

AND WHO KNOWS IF IT IS ALL GOOD?

EN GUARD!

STAND BACK, YOU BLACKGUARD.

FEAR NOT, DEAR GUINEVERE,

SIR LANCELOT SHALL DEFEND YOUR HONOR.

I WAS NOT AWARE MY HONOR NEEDED DEFENDING, HENRY.

ARGH!

THEN I WILL CONQUER ARABIA FOR YOU.

I WILL ERADICATE ALL DISEASE AND FAMINE.

I WILL REDEEM THE HOLY SEPULCHER

FROM THE INFIDELS.

THEN I SHALL PLEDGE YOU MY SOUL.

YOUR SOUL?

THAT'S BARELY WORTH A PENNY.

HELLO THERE.

HYAH! HYAH!

BRUNO, COME BACK.

BRUNO! BRUNO, STAY! BRUNO.

HEY, WATCH OUT, BRUNO.

SHOO! AWAY! BACK!

GOD! NO!

STOP! STOP THE CARRIAGE!

BRUNO!

WE WERE DEVASTATED BY BRUNO'S DEATH.