Science on Screen: Frankenstein + Presentation from AC Grayling

Would genetically modified people be Frankenstein monsters? With advances in medical technology, it has already become possible to make in vitro interventions on human embryos - prompting the thought that human beings could be engineered genetically. Many are afraid of this possibility: why? What are the possibilities, the potentials, the risks? Will future humanity be a genetically engineered one? Philosopher AC Grayling explores James Whale’s iconic horror Frankenstein.

Obsessed with creating human life, Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his assistant Fritz (Dwight Fyre) construct a creature with body parts stolen from graves. Boris Karloff stars in his legendary role as the sensitive and confused creature who escapes to wreak havoc on the local townspeople.