"I busied myself to think of a story which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror; one to make the reader dread to look around, to curdle the bloo🎐d, and quicken t𝔉he beatings of the heart," Mary Shelley once wrote as explanation for why she penned Frankenstein.

The mysterious fears, thrilling horror and blood-curdling dread she speaks of continues some 200 years after the novel was first publish🌟ed. Movies, TV shows and novels take inspiration from her cautionary resurrection tale. Some remain in the realm of unspeakable horror, others take different routes in exploring the ventures of a scientist who couldn't let the dead stay buried. Here's fifteen of the best.

15. Frankenhooker (1990)

The Frankenstein movie: Ever since S🌳hel🦄ley's tome hit the shelves one question has plagued literary academics and cinematic scholars: what if Frankenstein's monster went on the game? Wonder no more! Frankenhooker riffs on that very possibility.

Frank Henenlotter notched up some serious horror cred with Basket Case, and brings that same disturbed and sardonic ey𝓀e to a truly unique perspective on Frankenstein's creation: it consists of dead hookers. And that's not all! Its creator Jeffrey adds a touch of personal flair by affixing the severed head of his girlfriend, who is killed early on in a hideous lawnmower accident. Frankenhooker's subsequent rampage across New York City is sterling B-movie schlock.

Monstrous moment: Jeffrey's plan to acquire the necessary corpses takes a t𓆏urn when a group of prostitutes scarf down a bag of laced crack that causes them to explode. He still collects the🌜ir dismembered remains anyway. Waste not, want not.

14. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

The Frankenstein movie: This esoteric slice of psychosexual comedy also goes by the name Andy Warhol's Frankenstein. Like the monsters at its heart, it's a strange creature that takes the essence of the Frankenstein story and repurposes i💝t as a morality tale. Arriving at a time when the era of free love was reaching the end of its reign, director Paul Morrissey attaches many social comments to the tale. What are the consequences of freedom?

For his scientist (played by Udo ꦦKier), sexual freedom spawns an incestuous union with his sister, which itself spawns two children. Later this infects his work as he creates two monsters, one male, one female, in order for them to satisfy each other and the married siblings. It's nuttier than a fruitcake.

Monstrous moment: Sick of being bossed a🌱bout, the male creation refuses to satisfy t🃏he Baroness' sexual appetite. He chooses to kill her instead.

. Both captured the essence of Shelley's creation, turned the terrifying monster normally lumbering about into a sweet, loveable pet.

Burton takes certain iconic elements of the Frankenstein mythology and plays around with them to fit the tale of a young spirited boy named Victor. Like the original scientist Victor bring💛s his beloved dog Sparky back from the dead using the po🍃wer of an electrical storm. Unlike the majority of titles that pluck from Shelley's resurrection yarn, Sparky doesn't seek revenge on his owner.

Monstrous moment: Victor's classmates stea🥃l his reanimation formula, bringing forth a horde of pet-monsters. Mr. Whiskers becomes fused with a bat and comes to as a bloodthirsty fanged feline and Edgar transforms a dead rat into a werewolf rodent.