The film’s most striking feature is its stark black-and-white cinematography. This aesthetic choice does more than just mimic the 1931 Frankenstein film; it creates a world of high contrast and shadows that mirrors the Gothic sensibilities of Mary Shelley’s original novel. The character designs, often skeletal or bug-eyed, pay tribute to classic cinema icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price, rooting the story in the history of "the misunderstood monster."