But in one scene, Briers' character had to call De Niro, playing Frankenstein's monster, into a room.

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The recipe might be a bit of a Frankenstein's monster, but the only thing scary about these waffles is how addictive they are.

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So the monster asks his creator, Frankenstein, to make a creature like himself, someone to love.

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Now Dr. Frankenstein learns the dilemma of creation: When you've created a monster, how do you stop?

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When reading "Frankenstein", I found that I had a lot of sympathy for the "monster" - the poor thing with a loving heart, turned to evil deeds by neglect from him who should have been its protector.

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Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) dares to tamper with the essential nature of life and death by creating a monster (Karloff) out of lifeless human body parts.

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