Frankenstein Unbound

Dr. Buchanan unveils an energy beam designed to erase targets without environmental damage. The prototype behaves unpredictably, triggering erratic weather and rifts in space-time. On a drive home from the testing facility, he is caught in a rift and vanishes.

Buchanan and his computer-controlled car reappear in a Swiss village in 1817. He encounters Victor Frankenstein and learns that a new form of science is unfolding far from his own era.

The two scientists discuss science over dinner, and Frankenstein reveals that his young brother has been killed. A village trial is announced to determine the nanny’s guilt for the boy’s death. The atmosphere blends scientific curiosity with a sense of impending danger.

Villagers claim to have seen a monster prowling the woods, raising fear and suspicion. Buchanan attends the trial and notes a young woman taking careful notes who turns out to be Mary Shelley. The judge remains unconvinced that proof exists of a monster.

Mary Shelley lends credence to monsters in the telling, but the judge remains suspicious of such tales. The nanny is found guilty and sentenced to die on the gallows. Buchanan suspects a deeper truth behind the mystery but has no power to reveal it.

Buchanan pleads with Frankenstein to reveal what he knows, but Frankenstein refuses. He then asks Shelley to help him, admitting he is from the future and risking her own destiny. The two form an uneasy alliance as events spiral toward a dangerous revelation.

Frankenstein agrees to use electricity to resurrect his dead fiancée. Buchanan instructs the monster to run cables to a weather vane while he reroutes power to power up the prototype laser in his car. The plan hinges on synchronized energy to trigger the breakthrough.

Lightning strikes the tower as the corpse stirs and the woman is brought back to life. Simultaneously, Buchanan's energy beam reaches full charge and hums with power. The moment feels both miraculous and terrifying as the technology bends time.

Buchanan fires the energy beam, destroying the castle and triggering a new space-time rift. The landscape fractures as the past, present, and future collide, pulling the protagonists toward the unknown. The beam's success comes at a terrible cost.

The beam drags Buchanan, Frankenstein, and the two monsters into a future world. They crash-land on a snowy, desolate mountain where civilization has collapsed. The survivors encounter a stark, high-tech wasteland.

The monster and Frankenstein vie for the woman's affections, but the woman forces Frankenstein to shoot and kill herself rather than be claimed. Enraged, the monster kills Frankenstein and continues through the snowstorm. This brutal turn confirms the peril that now stalks the land.

Buchanan sets off after the monster, determined to stop him from reaching a city and spreading further destruction. He navigates the bitter landscape, moving from the mountains toward civilization. The chase underscores the bleak consequences of his weapon's ripple effects.

The monster is cornered in a cave filled with computers and machines. The cave's consoles awaken, and a chilling voice greets Buchanan: 'Welcome back, Dr. Buchanan.' The environment reveals that the city is powered by a central brain.

Buchanan battles security devices while the monster is burned to death by lasers. The victory feels hollow as the weapon's consequences ripple through the city and its systems. The ending suggests the threat of the monster may persist even in defeat.

Buchanan makes his way toward the city, though the monster's dying voice insists that he cannot truly be killed, for he is now 'unbound.' The future remains uncertain as the last echo of the monster's threat fades into the snow. This ending hints that the battle against the consequences of the weapon may not be over.