ABSTRACT: This undergraduate dissertation seeks to explore and reveal the way in which the dysfunctionality of the family in the film Mary Shelley Frankenstein’s (Branagh 1994) conforms a breeding ground for the creation of a monster in psychological terms. The analysis was conducted considering the most relevant patterns and mechanisms that Victor Frankenstein instinctively follows that lead into the creation of the creature’s monstrosity. In order to carry out the analysis, two theories were chosen: the General Strain Theory (GST) and the Family Emotional System Theory (FEST), they gather and provide and explanation for all these patterns. The analysis of the film is divided into three parts. The two first sections (Societal Rejection a...