Before I read the novel Frankenstein, I thought about what I knew of the story. All I reallly knew was from those old monster movies and I thought of the story as silly. After reading the novel and falling in love with the actual story, it occured to me that the old movie Frankenstein was very different then the original novel. In Kenneth Branagh's adaptation he sticks close to the story I know and love. Robert De Niro is fantastic as the creature, good scary fun.