Victor loses grip on reality

In the most famous horror story of all time, young Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) leaves Geneva for university, leaving behind his adopted sister (Helena Bonham Carter). Inspired by the sinister Professor Waldman, Victor becomes obsessed and reclusive as he experiments with the possibilities of man-made creation. But one night as his Creature (Robert de Niro) struggles to life, Victor realises too late the full horror of what he's done, and vainly tries to destroy his creation. Believing the Creature has perished of cholera, Victor returns home and makes plans for his marriage. Alone, despised and driven by a rage born of emotional agony, the Creature sets off to find his maker, and so begins the nightmare that will engulf Victor Frankenstein and all those he loves.