BECOMING FRANKENSTEIN (2022)

Have you heard the story about the genius scientist who sought to bring the dead back to life? A shy young lad bullied too; his complex childhood culminating in a brilliant yet distraught mind. Saved too late from such nightmares and fueled by darkness, grave deeds would be committed on his behalf, ones he chose not to escape, becoming and even more daring in his arrogance. Becoming Frankenstein was not easy, and it's even worse for those who stood in his path. Herein lies the stories of those who suffered and died, with their corpses dissected to help make Victor Frankenstein's dream come true.

With the town of Ingolstadt growing ever so prosperous, politics and power become a central concern. A riverside tavern proves eventful for clandestine deals to be made but gossip overheard forces a local baron of ill repute to cover his tracks; and these misdeeds sending the town into a mutinous uproar. Already in the baron's debt, Victor Frankenstein narrowly avoids a trail of blood lying all too chilling close, only for a previous chance meeting with a sailor to ultimately prove to his advantage - god strong sea legs provide the perfect foundation for his monster as Victor seeks to reanimate the dead!

Old wounds that won't heal are recalled but lost flames rekindled too as events pass hazardously in Ingolstadt. While the baron seeks to curry more favors, the University closes its doors to any knowledge concerning Victor Frankenstein's strange macabre experiments. Meanwhile, an old gypsy returns from her travels with a prophecy, and with talk of vampires and werewolves roaming the night, Professor Krempe falls victim to an unknown assailant. Is Frankenstein already too far damned to take up this opportunity presented?

Beside himself, his experiments adrift and failing, Victor Frankenstein drives himself relentlessly towards the edge of insanity creating his monster, while hopelessly seeking solace in the comforting arms of his betrothed, Elizabeth. Meanwhile, rumors start to take hold, even as lessons are learned from the past. Now sides must be chosen, and while some must flee to escape capture amidst it all the Illuminati position themselves to begin uniting Germany.

Even as Victor and Elizabeth marry in Geneva, nefarious plots are afoot with threats and blackmail made behind his back. Seeking to unify the Germanic states against the threat of Napoleon's forces, the Illuminati endeavor to influence the baron. Returning to Ingolstadt, Frankenstein is newly committed to his great work, and yet when the baron learns the true depths of this utter depravity there can only be one outcome.

We find Henry Clerval returning from exile only to find Ingolstadt up in arms. With so many prominent townsfolk now either dead or vanished, the superstitious point a finger towards Victor Frankenstein... Like Prometheus, he has stolen fire from the gods, and his corpse-flesh of many now walks the earth as something resembling man. Frankenstein refuses to see his great achievement destroyed, and is prepared to lose all he held dear in his maddening pursuit of science... With chaotic twists and turns, this tale of love, friendships, betrayals, murder, and medicine most macabre reaches its bitter climax.