In this episode, Lisa and Ross talk about Chapter 3 of Frankenstein and watch and discuss the famous 1931 film version.

In this chapter Victor becomes obsessed with his studies, neglecting his social life and his family. He spends two years studying anatomy and death and decay, and he eventually masters all that his professors have to teach him. He then begins to assemble a body from various parts, and he successfully animates it after months of work. However, when he sees the creature, he is horrified by its appearance and flees.

The 1931 film Frankenstein is a classic science fiction horror film directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. The film is based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.

The film is a landmark in the history of horror cinema. It was the first major film to feature the monster as a sympathetic character, and it helped to establish the conventions of the horror genre. The film was also a critical and commercial success, and it is considered to be one of the greatest horror films ever made.

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