FRANKENSTEIN – Scientific exploration in the realm of creation of life, pushing scientific boundaries
HUMAN CENTIPEDE – Scientific exploration in the realm of creation of life, vivisection
THE TEMPEST/A TEMPEST – Colonization of an impoverished people, enforcement of idealogy upon colonized peoples
JEKYLL AND HYDE – Pushing scientific boundaries
THE ODYSSEY – “Exploration” story with discovery of strange lands containing fantastic beasts