A legend has died with the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein. Grandson Friederich is the sole heir, but actually wants nothing to do with the legacy of his infamous family. To quickly settle matters, he travels to Transylvania to his grandfather's castle and before he knows it, he finds himself in the middle of his grandfather's experiments. With the help of the hunchbacked servant Igor, the lab assistant Inga and the fearsome Frau Blücher, he actually creates human life. Following in his grandfather's footsteps, will he repeat his grandfather's mistakes or will he succeed in the impossible?
