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40 Years Ago, Wes Craven Put His Own Bizarre Twist On 'Frankenstein'

Inverse revisits the director behind Nightmare on Elm Street and his odd take on Mary Shelley's classic; the monster remains stitched together.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on The Weekend Shift
Published 2:00 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: Karoly Grosz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Photo: Karoly Grosz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Frankenstein (1931 film) — Photo: Karoly Grosz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by Inverse: “40 Years Ago, Wes Craven Put His Own Bizarre Twist On 'Frankenstein'”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:00 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.

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Inverse40 Years Ago, Wes Craven Put His Own Bizarre Twist On 'Frankenstein'

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWelcome back, everybody. Inverse looks at Wes Craven's Frankenstein twist, forty years on.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCraven, of Nightmare on Elm Street fame, made a stranger version of the classic.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty years. Feels like yesterday. Nineteen eighty-six was grim.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSpiritually Florida. A monster stitched from spare parts, living by a swamp.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThere's no swamp in it, Chip.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNot yet. The monster is clearly a retiree, and the lab is a condo board.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStill ahead, which scary movie is Hollywood copying now? And I'm not answering the app. Something's calling from inside it.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFlorida Man Rating: two alligators. Needs more gators.

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