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