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His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.

Beautiful! – Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriance's only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.

There has always existed a fascination in such subjects as immortality and reanimating the deceased. Which many people will tell you that bringing the dead back to life would be considered by most an abomination against God. And yet the very thought of such an act would likewise be considered horrific and terrifying to even contemplate.

But for young Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel "Frankenstein", I believe inspired from an actual nightmare she experienced, and one which was suggested had came about after a night of high society sexual debauchery, did such a horrific and yes, pitiful creation begin stalking its way purposely through the imaginations of many generations to come.

Frankenstein had also been responsible for launching the Hollywood career of Boris Karloff after the role had been refused by actor Bela Lugosi who honestly just couldn't get the role of Dracula out of his blood.