History Film / TheFrankensteinTheory

* DarkerAndEdgier: This film is one of the darkest interpretations of ''Frankenstein'' ever put to film, especially since the titular monster is ''real'' in this version.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This film is one of the darkest interpretations of ''Frankenstein'' ever put to film, especially since the titular Frankenstein's monster is ''real'' in this version.

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Johann Venkenheim, the ancestor of Professor Jonathan Venkenheim and inspiration of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was working with the Illuminati to discover the secret of life, with only Johann succeeding. Unfortunately for his descendant, Johann [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup destroyed all of his notes]], though this is probably for the best in hindsight.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Venkenheim believes the monster kills in self-defense, and eventually tries to appeal to the its humanity when he encounters it. [[spoiler:It doesn't save him]].

* DwindlingParty: Seven people investigate the theory that Frankenstein's monster actually exists. None of them survive, and the footage they left behind is all that remains.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's possible that hundreds of years all alone in the Arctic have reduced the monster to nothing more than a savage beast, which may be why it's much more violent to the human race in this movie.

What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story, ''Literature/Frankenstein'' is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.

* FrankensteinsMonster: The one and only, and the inspiration for the original novel in this version.

* AdaptationalVillainy: This interpretation of Frankenstein's monster is more willing to kill than the one in the novel, and not even the offer of companionship can sway it. Justified, as the film states that [[spoiler:Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' was inspired by this monster, rather than the other way around]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: The monster is much more malevolent in this movie than in most adaptations, most likely due to centuries of isolation reducing it to nothing more than a savage animal that [[ForTheEvulz kills at whim]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: The monster is much more malevolent in this movie than in most adaptations, as if centuries of isolation have reduced it to nothing more than a savage animal who [[ForTheEvulz kills at whim]]. Considering that this is a {{Mockumentary}}, this is very likely the case in-universe.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The monster is much more malevolent in this movie than in most adaptations, as if centuries of isolation have reduced it to nothing more than a savage animal who [[ForTheEvulz kills at whim]]. Of course, this is very likely the case.

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Johann Venkenheim, the ancestor of Professor Jonathan Venkenheim and inspiration of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was working with the Illuminati to discover the secret of life, with only Johann succeeding. Unfortunately for his descendant, Johann [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup destroyed all of his notes]], though this is probably for the best.

* AdaptationalVillainy: This interpretation of Frankenstein's monster is more willing to kill than the one in the novel, and not even the offer of companionship can sway it. Justified, as Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' was inspired by this monster, rather than the other way around.
* DarkerAndEdgier: This film is one of the darkest interpretations of ''Frankenstein'' ever made, especially since the monster is ''real'' in this version.

* RealAfterAll: Unfortunately for the protagonists, the monster exists...and is royally pissed off.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The monster is much more malevolent in this movie, as if centuries of isolation have reduced it to nothing more than a savage animal.

* TookALevelOfJerkass: The monster is much more malevolent in this movie, as if centuries of isolation have reduced it to nothing more than a savage animal.

What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story, "Frankenstein," is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.

* AdaptationalVillainy: This interpretation of Frankenstein's monster is more willing to kill than the one in the novel, and not even the offer of companionship can sway it. Justified, as Mary Shelley's ''Literature/Frankenstein'' was inspired by this monster, rather than the other way around.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[It's still alive...]]]]