Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley when she was 19 and it was 1818. In 1931 horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of Mary Shelley. The film stars Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles and Boris Karloff, and features Dwight Frye and Edward van Sloan. This iconic poster measures 24x36 inches.