Frankenstein is a 2004 American science fiction horror television film produced and directed by Marcus Nispel and written by John Shiban. Loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and stars Parker Posey as a police detective on the trail of a serial killer, played by Thomas Kretschmann, in present-day New Orleans. The detective is aided in her search by one of the killer's creations, played by Vincent Perez. Adam Goldberg, Ivana Miličević and Michael Madsen co-star.