History Series / Frankenstein2004

* TruerToTheText: This version is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the story, even more so than 1994's Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein by Kenneth Branagh, right down to giving the Creature long hair.

Not to be confused with ''Film/Frankenstein2004'', a film that is also from 2004, but takes a looser interpretation of the source material.

** Professor Waldman’s role is expanded, for here he is made aware of Victor’s reanimation experiments, so he tries to persuade Victor to stop such endeavors.

Not to be confused with ''Film/Frankenstein2004'' film which takes a looser interpretation of the work.

** A new scene establishing that Victor’s dog had died being trampled by horses. This serves as a source of inspiration for Victor to reanimate the dead.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Victor is aware that the Creature will try to kill Elizabeth on their wedding night, so Victor goes to extreme lengths to hide Elizabeth and himself (even telling his father not to tell anyone where they are going). In the novel, Victor expects himself to be killed.

* AdaptationExpansion: The adaptation adds some new scenes. Notably:

''Frankenstein'' is a television adaptation of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' made in 2004 by The Creator/HallmarkChannel, starring Creator/AlecNewman as Victor Frankenstein and Luke Gross as the Creature.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Creature kills William by accident in this adaptation. William also does not hurl any insults at the Creature.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Creature kills William by accident in this adaptation. William also does not hurl any insults to the Creature.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Creature kills William by accident in this adaptation.

The production was aired on television as a two-episode miniseries, but there are home video releases that remove the end credits of the first episode to make one long film.

** Henry’s words play a large role in Victor’s decision to abort his creation of the Creature’s bride, whereas in the novel it was a decision Victor came to on his own.

* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Here, Elizabeth is an orphan girl who Victor’s parents adopted. In the novel, Elizabeth and Victor were cousins.

The production was aired on television as a two-episode miniseries, but there are home video releases that remove the end credits of the first episode to make one long video.

* TruerToTheText: This version is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the story, even more so than 1994’s Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein by Kenneth Branagh film, right down to giving the Creature long hair.

* TruerToTheText: This version is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the story, even more so than 1994’s MaryShelleysFrankenstein by Kenneth Branagh film, right down to giving the Creature long hair.

* TruerToTheText: This version is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the story, even more so than the [[MaryShelleysFrankenstein|1994 Kenneth Branagh film]], right down to giving the Creature long hair.

* AdaptationExpansion: The film adds scenes conveying Victor’s pursuit of The Creature, which includes Victor entering a village that the Creature had terrorized and murdered a child in.
** Before he begins his pursuit, there is a new scene of Victor going back to his university and speaking with Professor Waldman, who apologizes for inspiring Victor to take his studies too far.

* TruerToTheText: This version is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the story, even more so than the [[1994 Kenneth Branagh film|MaryShelleysFrankenstein]], right down to giving the Creature long hair.