影片基于苏格兰作家阿拉斯代尔·格雷所著同名小说,融合现实主义、奇幻、科幻元素,将弗兰肯斯坦的故事重塑,设定在维多利亚时代晚期,逃避丈夫虐待却不幸身亡的女子贝拉(艾玛·斯通 Emma Stone 饰),在被科学家成功复活后,心智停留在孩童阶段,却也对未知世界充满渴望;她与放荡律师私奔踏上挖掘自我的冒险,试图摆脱时代对女性偏见,追求平等与性解放。
Lera is a sociology student at a small-town university. Her mother is a sleepwalker who believes in miracles, and her father just left the family for another woman. Lera has no idea how to make her life better. And one more thing: a spirit keeps visiting