Frankenstein in popular culture his abilities are similar and he is referred to as God's Monster after using the nail of Helena. Frankenstein's Monster appears as the Berserker class Servant of the Black Faction in the "Fate/stay night" spin-off "Fate/Apocrypha". This depiction of the monster is a young female homunculus in a wedding gown. The 2015 film "Ex Machina" is a film noir retelling of the Frankenstein story with a 21st Century femme fatale android. Frankenstein in popular culture Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus", and the famous character of Frankenstein's monster, have influenced popular culture for at least a century.
The Post-Modern Prometheus as a snake handler on the set of "The X-Files" feature film—the shooting of which overlapped that of season five—and the other worked at a Vancouver coffee shop that Carter frequented. Chris Owens played the Great Mutato, and to many, he was unrecognizable in heavy makeup. Owens had played a younger version of The Smoking Man in two episodes of season four and was later cast as the recurring character of FBI special agent Jeffrey Spender. During his audition, Owens noted, "Chris said, 'Okay, did you ever see "Elephant Man"? ... What I'm looking for is dignity. He's got dignity.