“Frankenstein” needed a woman’s touch

Hold onto your electrodes, because this may come as a surprise: “Frankenstein,” one of the most impactful and revered novels ever written, a crowning achievement in female authorship, has barely ever been adapted by another woman. The wacky 1994 film where Robert De Niro grunts his way through playing the Monster? Directed by Kenneth Branagh. The 1990 camp classic “Frankenhooker”? A guy. That obscure one you rented from a video store or found buried deep in a streaming library while really stoned?