: The paper "The Monster in the Media: Assessing the Monstrous in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Stuart Beattie's I, Frankenstein" examines how definitions of "monster" shift based on a society's specific anxieties. It compares the 19th-century focus on scientific ambition to the film's contemporary focus on moral selflessness versus selfishness.
: The film renames the creature "Adam," explicitly referencing the biblical first man. Researchers look at how this identity shift moves the character from a "rejected son" to a "divine weapon". Yo, Frankenstein (2014)
: Scholars often group the film with the Underworld series (also created by Kevin Grevioux) to study the "action-horror" subgenre. These critiques often focus on how the film replaces the novel's philosophical depth with a "turf war" between supernatural factions like gargoyles and demons. Core Elements Analyzed in Research : The paper "The Monster in the Media: