London Vs Frankenstein

In the post-War atmosphere, the United Kingdom birthed a new cultural trend referred to as “Swinging London. During the late 1950s and 1960s, the Swinging London scene, turned over a new leaf in British culture. This post-war was full of fashion, music, and cinema conveyed through the idea of individualism. People steered away from conformity and individual freedom. Over a century earlier, Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel, Frankenstein, was published, depicting rebirth from the dead. and it wasn’t until Swinging London that horrific and gory adaptations of Frankenstein were created. Shelley’s novel corresponds with the emergence of the Swinging London period as these adaptations were created in order to serve as escapism to British citizens
Frankenstein says, “I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter,” (Shelley, 41) and further goes on to say, “…I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing…” (Shelley, 45). The film takes the phrase “infusing a spark” quite literally in its portrayal of Frankenstein’s lab because of the use and portrayal of electricity to keep Hans’ soul. Furthermore, the film adapts “instruments of life” into a new and eccentric way that follows the scientific advances of the time. Shelley is very vague about what this phrase means, which leaves it open to interpretation in films. In Frankenstein Created Woman, the elements or instruments of life are not thoroughly explained either, but are rather depicted and suggested to be body and soul. These two elements combined reincarnate Christina when Hans’ soul is transferred to her dead, but still intact
Denberg’s nudity and her sexual freedom with in Frankenstein Created Woman most likely influenced the youth and their sexuality in the same way that Stubbs describes above, especially because in previous Hammer adaptations of Frankenstein, none had been quite as risqué in its portrayal of women and their sexuality. In previous films prior to the late 1950s and 1960s, , a lusty and passionate kiss would have been a risk, however, movies such as Frankenstein Created Woman showed the continuous movement to push boundaries and portray society of the