I was sitting in a library (I know horrible) and overheard an English tutor talking to a high school student about their paper on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The claim they were making was that the Mary Shelley version of Frankenstein was so culturally significant.
My view is that the book is one thing, but not what propelled the character of Frankenstein into pop culture - that was the 1931 Universal movie (probably the best of the Classic Monster series, The Bride of Frankenstein is not bad either).
So, in other words, in the US, the movie is far more culturally significant than the book. Yes, this sounds strange, but I believe it to be true. Most of the numerous parodies, sequels and references I have seen about Frankenstein reference the movie. You may see a cartoon of other representation of Frankenstein, that is based off of the movie version (I never read the book).
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