10 Sci-Fi Movies Where The Humans Are The Bad Guys

Everyone knows about Frankenstein's monster, from its gaunt features to its disturbingly flat head to its trademark neck bolts. And as fun as it is to dress up as the groaning galoot for Halloween, perhaps we should instead be dressing up as Frankenstein himself.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with creating a living body - so much so that he is willing to repurpose the stolen body parts of the recently deceased to do so. Stitching the parts together, complete with a human brain, the monster springs to life thanks to a chance lightning storm.

But he's not a monster, as his childlike behaviour clearly shows. He didn't ask to be made, and the aggression he shows throughout the film is purely out of fear. Even with an angry mob chasing him with torches and pitchforks, all he wants to do is be left alone... either to put an end to his wretched existence, or to live out whatever semblance of life he has in peace.

Like Jurassic Park's John Hammond, Frankenstein's biggest evil is his naïvety. How he didn't expect his playing God to end in tragedy is nothing short of staggering. Who's really the monster here?