Vampire and Frankenstein Monsters
Vampire and Frankenstein Monsters
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Vampire and Frankenstein Monsters
Vampire and Frankenstein are among the famous traditional monsters who had contemplative nature. They are brought into reality by the physiological and cultural forces which made them thought-provoking and enthralling characters since the early decades. Today they are hypothesized in the form of fictions in horror movies and other terrifying games which are resonant to peoples’ lives. In many instances, the monsters invoke the audience’s fear of the science, fear of appropriating the role of Supernatural being in creating life as well as the fear of sexual intimacy and impurity. Vampires are folktales in the form of human corpses which are believed a return from the grave to harm the living by feeding on their blood. Frankenstein monster was a Victor Frankenstein’s creation through assembling peculiar chemicals and old body parts animated by an enigmatic spark. In this paper, monster films will be put in consideration regarding their characters drawn from Vampire and Frankenstein’s monster, the aspects of the modern life they call into question and the reasons behind monster being enjoyable and resonant with the audience will be elucidated into a profound extent.
Since the past era, monsters hold the promise of immortality and gluttony to the people. They at most time contradict the religious beliefs and the powers of the supernatural beings creating lots of fear and sometimes derision to the society. In modern life, many authors and film producers have made proper exploited the vehemence in the art field as a source of employment and entertainment. The art is produced in the form of vampire horror movies which are arousing and commemorative of the western cultures during the early eras. Among the monster, genres to be put in consideration in this essay are the “30 Days of Night” and Frankenstein’s monster movies (Fernández, page 193). The “30 Days of Night” is a horror genre written by Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson, and Ben Templesmith. It about a small town named Alaska as the people are preparing for the yearly bitter night, a period which lasts for a month during the disappearance of the sun from the horizon. However, astoundingly a group of vampires appears with the intention of feeding on the residents’ blood during the long festive night.
The Frankenstein’s monster movie is a genre by Mary Shelley whose main character is Frankenstein who was brought into being eight feet tall and extraordinarily robust but with the mind of a newborn. Being forsaken by his creator Victor Frankenstein, he put efforts to be accepted in the society but was turned away from worldwide. It was disgusting and to seek revenge against for being created in such awful way he killed Victor’s younger brother. Victor’s action of destroying the female monster which was meant to reduce Frankenstein’s loneliness, the monster avenged by massacring Victor’s new wife and his closest friend. Despite the monster’s physical grotesqueness and acts of revenge, he showed humane by helped a peasant girl from drowning. However, due to his appalling appearance, he is remunerated with revulsion and beatings by the civilians. The monster showed sensitivity to humanity and tried to prove that he was not evil. He was sorrowful even after Victor’s death because he was the only one who had some relationship with as the creator, even though he had caused lots of suffering in his life (Perry, page 137).
Both the monster films illustrated above draw their characters from the Vampire and Frankenstein’s monster. The “30 Days of Night” is a clear reflection of Vampire monsters as the bloodsuckers would use all the applicable techniques to seduce the resident so that they can feed on them. There is the application of affection among many other tricks such as monsters changing into invisible and other unfamiliar forms. The Frankenstein’s monster has the sturdy and traumatizing outfit but has humane that he felt the repercussions of the evil done to him as an average person. He even goes to an extent being of help to the society even though his monster outlook had corrupted the public’s mind and they could think Frankenstein’s intention was just harming them. Both the films are a reflection of the monster’s features and the cultural beliefs regarding them since the early centuries.
The uniqueness and plot of the movies attract one attention and would want to watch time and another. They create a clear picture of the Halloween life especially with the horror film involving vampires who attacked the town at the long night. The films tend to question the modern aspect of life where people believe in superstitions and give blood sacrifices for self and material gains. It to some extent signifies that the traditional monsters are still in existence. It is only that the modern technology and intelligence of human has blinded such beliefs and adopted the digital way of living where people be sure of that all things are scientifically invented.
The monsters were objects of fear and awe. The vampires were a significant threat to the people’s lives as their act of feeding on blood left the victims dead. All the time’s people in such a community that had an experience of vampires would live in fears and could at not instance trust strangers as they can among the monsters. Considering the case of Frankenstein’s monster, people had the anxiety of monsters even if they take part in constructive deeds in the society. Frankenstein’s monster saved a peasant girls life, and he was unveiled and unprovoked through disgust by the civilians. Nevertheless, Frankenstein’s monster having a sense of humanity and self-drive he did not have any companion because the society had the mentality that monsters are wicked creatures and hazardous to human well-being (Hunter, page 15).
The authors of these monsters handled their creature this way to bring a clear picture of the western traditions and cultural believes of the monsters. Since the old decade, the monsters had been viewed as an object of terror and threat to the community. Therefore, the authors would like to pass the information to the coming generation and inform the expected features of such creatures. Mary Shelley, in her film Frankenstein’s monster however to some extent, has a more comprehensive perspective regarding monsters as creatures whom can be productive to the society. In her genre, she reflects the monster as a creature with emotion and sense of belonging who wants to be associated with other people in the community. However, all the monsters efforts to be one with others in the society bears no fruits due to publics’ perspective towards monsters. The case is different from other genres which gives the creatures inhumane characters and at the end all results in loss of lives.
The monsters even from the bygone era remain enjoyable and resonant with audiences. It is because the today’s fiction is produced in a compelling way that reflects the clear picture of the past decades where these creatures were in existence. For instance, the horror movies are so moving, and soul is touching the when watching the movie one feels as if it is, in reality, are one is actually in the Halloween (Day, page 21). The fear and tremor felt are to a greater extent but also the same makes the monsters productions have a wide range of fans. Many people give incidences of dreaming with the same horror films they had at an instance watch, this signifying the effectiveness and creativity of the authors and producers of the movies. In the entertainment sector, the monster productions still do well, and they tend to be better with the advancement in technology.
Furthermore, various authors have different claims and views regarding their work. As mentioned above Marry Shelley have a different perspective from others from the beginning of her genre up to its conclusion. There are no reasons to object her work in consideration of Frankenstein’s monster film as it is unique and among the best showing positivity towards the supernatural creatures. Shelley has concluded her film in style not the same as many other playwrights. The Frankenstein’s monster at the end all shows emotions, sense of belonging and the meaning of his creators live as he considers Victor as the only person whom he had a relationship with. In the other works, the monsters leave their beloved ones suffering or dead and are at all instances seeking opportunities to make many people agonize.
According to the above discussion, monsters folktales have been resounding up to date, and they are an appropriate reflection of the historical things that happens in the traditional western culture. The monster productions including films, novels, games and other television programs can be of significant role in shaping moral values of the present and coming generation. Additionally, it can be a convenient source of income the entertainment industry and employment to the young people in the society.
References
Day, William Patrick. Vampire legends in contemporary American culture: What becomes a legend most. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Fernández, Rodrigo Pardo. “Borderline hyperviolence in the mirror of violence in the comic «Juarez» 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales.” Brumal. Revista de investigación sobre lo Fantástico 5.1 (2017): 191-211.
Hunter, Russ. “‘I have a picture of the Monster!’: Il mostro di Frankenstein and the search for Italian horror cinema.” Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies 5.2 (2017): 159-172.
Perry, Dennis R. “The Recombinant Mystery of Frankenstein.” The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies (2017): 137.
