When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts...
本片首次将“性虐待(SM)”这一话题搬上银幕,造成巨大的轰动。很多国家予以禁止上映。
影片根据十九世纪奥地利作家萨克尔·马索的半自传体小说改编,“SM”这一词汇就由其恋人Sade(S),以及其本人Masoch(M)而来。