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Recent Examples of Frankenstein
From the tender romance of Her to the cat-and-mouse game of Ex Machina, this tradition can be traced back to seminal works such as Frankenstein and Pinocchio.
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Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Unique is now a Frankenstein’s Monster of his former self, physically scarred and mentally volatile because of his traumatic brain injury.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Other credits include Lisa Frankenstein, the Oscar winning The Society and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Blockers.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Hackman's talents spanned multiple genres, from gritty dramas like The French Connection to comedy roles in Young Frankenstein.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Unique is now a Frankenstein’s Monster of his former self, physically scarred and mentally volatile because of his traumatic brain injury.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Other credits include Lisa Frankenstein, the Oscar winning The Society and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Blockers.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Hackman's talents spanned multiple genres, from gritty dramas like The French Connection to comedy roles in Young Frankenstein.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Frankenstein
Noun
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Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, has to battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount, who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, must battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount (Waititi), who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But what looks like a generic action series takes an immediate and delightful turn to the paranormal: Hub dies and is brought back by the devil himself, who enlists him as a bounty hunter to bring demons back to hell.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other and their own personal demons on the path to salvation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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Objects are often askew and out of frame, and everyday sounds like a toilet flush or blinds being pulled assume a low, staticky growl, as though frights fueled by childish imagination.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a second Instagram Stories post, the singer offered another look at the cake, featuring a large bust of a clicker, the fungal zombie-esque frights from the Last of Us video game franchise and HBO series of the same name.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Keynes, the seminal advocate of government intervention in times of economic unrest, was a longtime bogeyman for small-government conservatives.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
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Fracking is not the bogeyman that has been pushed and misrepresented by zealous groups of anti-frackers.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
27 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The Shrek franchise launched with the Oscar-winning 2001 feature that centered on an ogre named Shrek, who falls for Fiona, the princess of Far Far Away who has been cursed, trapped in the body of an ogre.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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The franchise kicked off with the 2001 film that introduced viewers to Shrek, an ogre embarking on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (Diaz).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.—
Time,
Time,
28 Dec. 2022
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As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.—
Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
13 June 2022
Noun
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Does that explain why the Banshee label doesn’t depict an actual banshee?—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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Zoom in: The Boston team's name gives a nod to the banshees described in Celtic folklore.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Frankenstein.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Frankenstein. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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