It is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis and stars Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, and Charles Dance.

Eventually, their experiments get them into trouble with the authorities, and Dr. Frankenstein and Igor become fugitives as they complete their goals to use science as a way to create life from death.

Impressed by the hunchback's knowledge of human anatomy, acquired from stolen books, Victor rescues him, drains the cyst on his back that causes his physical abnormality, and gives him a harness to improve his posture – he then names him "Igor Straussman" after his roommate who is not often at home.

Igor invites Lorelei to a demonstration of their experiment, which goes awry when Gordon escapes and wreaks havoc through the university.

Victor is expelled from college for his unorthodox methods but attracts the attention of his wealthy classmate Finnegan, who wants him to create an artificial humanoid creature.

Turpin is put on medical leave from Scotland Yard for having invaded Victor's home without a warrant.

Finnegan provides the scientists with the funds to build Prometheus and offers them laboratory facilities at his family's estate in Scotland.

Igor is then thrown into the Thames to drown but manages to escape and reunites with Lorelei, who nurses him back to health.

[18][19] In June 2015, the film's release date was pushed back from October 2, 2015, to November 25, 2015, which was first assigned to The Peanuts Movie and The Martian.

[4] In North America, Victor Frankenstein opened on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, alongside Creed and The Good Dinosaur, as well as the wide releases of Brooklyn, Spotlight, and Trumbo.

[23] Empire rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Aiming to do for Victor Frankenstein what Guy Ritchie did for Sherlock Holmes, set in the past but with a playful, postmodern sensibility that zaps new life into Shelley’s 200 year-old Gothic masterpiece.

"Each murky frame is bursting with grime and clutter... because everything is too busy, too loud, too determined to do what Guy Ritchie and Mark Gatiss have done for Sherlock Holmes.

"[27] In response to the low score on Rotten Tomatoes, writer Max Landis wrote that the site "breaks down entire reviews into just the word 'yes' or 'no', making criticism binary in a destructive, arbitrary way".