The week of Feb. 22, Manual Cinema’s production of “Frankenstein” sold out every show at the Emerson Paramount Center before the five-day run started, adding an additional Sunday performance.

Director Paul McGuigan dresses Victor Frankenstein’s world in the same sooty art direction that infuses the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes flicks, and there’s a running bit of animation regarding ...

Offering a slightly skewed angle on Mary Shelley’s classic tale, Paul McGuigan’s “Victor Frankenstein” stitches together a patchwork of ideas — some new and novel, some pilfered and tired.

"You know this story," Daniel Radcliffe announces during the narration that opens "Victor Frankenstein," a largely forgettable take on the Gothic tale first conjured into existence by Mary Shelley ...

“You know this story.” The first words spoken in “Victor Frankenstein” should have served as a warning to the filmmakers, who pretty up Mary Shelley’s well-trod tale of man’s ambition ...

“You know this story,” Daniel Radcliffe announces during the narration that opens “Victor Frankenstein,” a largely forgettable take on the Gothic tale first conjured into existence by Mary ...

When, during a show, the trapeze artist he literally looks up to, Lorelei (Jessica Brown Findlay), takes a fall, he rushes to her side. ... ‘Victor. Frankenstein ...

The first words spoken in “Victor Frankenstein” should have served as a warning to the filmmakers, who pretty up Mary Shelley's well-trod tale of man’s ambition gone awry into a slick ...