She and Michael Maddison provide the humor of the story. While Carson acts as the "straight man" of the duo, Michael often plays the role of her foil, his flippant personality bouncing off her very serious one. A sexual sadist, he deliberately designs the Erika models with specific "defects" (such as the "vulnerabilities" of shame, pain and strangulation), and he takes great pleasure in beating them during sex. Deucalion's disappearing coin trick also appeared in Koontz's From the Corner of His Eye. She stated that she forgave him for killing her but not for making her. At the end of the third book he was finally killed following the destruction of his farms, with most of the new race dying along with him (The reasoning behind this is that if he can't become a god, he refused to let his creations outlast their creator) with only a few remaining. Although it was originally announced that the fourth, fifth and sixth novels would form a second trilogy,[2] the cover for The Dead Town states it is the final volume. She is the caretaker of her autistic brother, Arnie, whose condition is a more significant part of the story. Because of some unknown factor, a mass grows in him throughout the first book, until he fell off a building in a gun battle with Maddison and Carson. We have two cops onto him & his creation of the New Race. The character was re-introduced in 2005 in the novel Frankenstein: Prodigal Son. In reality, he has experienced much in the two hundred years that have passed since he created a man from fragments of the corpses of criminals. With Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg. In the second installment, the reader again deals with Victor Helios, the original Dr. Frankenstein. In the film, the role of Victor Helios was played by actor Thomas Kretschmann. The mucous membranes in his sinuses produced mucus at a prodigious rate. (At the same time that the final novel's authorship was confirmed, having previously been slated as by Dean Koontz & Ed Gorman, Koontz's 'collaborators' on the earlier novels were retrospectively removed as co-authors, and all new editions of the novels are credited as by Dean Koontz alone.). Headhunter's Horror House Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Randal Six determines that the young boy holds the key to happiness, something missing from the lives of all the New Race. His only imperfection was the uncontrollable snot that would come every once in a while. Doctor Helios is actually Dr. Frankestein (originally created by Mary Shelley) still … Carson has a penchant for brute force and firepower, but it is her obvious compassion as she cares for Arnie that prompts Deucalion to come to her for aid in hunting his creator. He first appeared in the television movie, Frankenstein, which aired on the USA Network on October 10th, 2004. It was later confirmed that Helios killed her father when he came too close to the truth, although Carson dismisses Helios's claims that her father begged for his life, stating that he would have demeaned himself to save her mother but would have faced his own death with courage. A renegade member of the New Race who was implanted by Victor Helios into the police force. In this re-imagining of Mary Shelley's classic, Dr. Frankenstein is Dr. Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann), who has found the means to prolong his life into the present. The series has been adapted a couple of times, first in treatment for a TV movie and then in a comic series. To the public, Helios is a philanthropic millionaire and a beneficiary to mankind. After the failure of his first rebellious monster, he put himself through extensive bodily modifications to extend his life span and increase his physical power (the details are unknown, but it is hinted he used a method similar to that which created the monster, possibly replacing organs from healthy victims over the years). Leurs investigations vont les mener jusqu'à un mystérieux personnage nommé Deucalion, crée il y a deux siècles, par le Dr Victor Helios. In the 2004 TV movie Carson was played by Parker Posey. Additionally, he is a sexual sadist and a militant atheist, beating Erika to reinforce his own sense of power and violently certain that there is nothing supernatural in the world or anything that he cannot understand. In reality, he has experienced much in the two hundred years that have passed since he created a man from fragments of the corpses of criminals. In the second book, it appears to Erika V. (Note his name is a reference to the character in Dracula.) Michael is the more imaginative of the two; he adjusts rather quickly to Deucalion's revelation, with very little evidence, that Victor is plotting to overthrow the Old Race (the term Victor Helios has applied to all humans who have not been produced in his laboratory). He respected Hitler and was greatly grieved at the end of World War II. The character was re-introduced in 2005 in the novel Frankenstein: … In an effort to find what enabled humans to feel happiness, he became a serial killer and desecrated his victims' corpses in a futile effort to find a happiness 'gland' or other physical organ, believing that the Old Race had never identified such a gland simply because they were too inferior to recognize it as such. A devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans and Victor Helios, once known was Frankenstein, has unleashed his benighted creatures onto the streets. [3], In 2012, it was announced that TNT would create a television series which would adapt all five of the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein novels. Victor Helios appears in 2 issues View all Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Storm Surge. Escaping his prison he melted other members of the New Race into himself starting with full bodies but changing to integrate the brains only. Deucalion and his all too human partners, Carson and Michael, are determined to put an end to the madman once and for all. The new race he is making is constructed and designed from the bottom-up, and can be seen as bio androids, artificial humans made of flesh. The film Elizabeth Harvest's plot about a cloned wife has strong similarities to this story. He lives in the Luxe Theatre with the "monster", reading mystery novels and helping keep the operation running. Frankly, the idea of an updated Frankenstein -- offering a "contemporary vision" and set in New Orleans -- sounded perfectly deadly. When a detective begins investigating a series of horrific murders, she is lead to a mad doctor who has sustained his creature and himself for over 200 years through genetic experimentation. He is naturally extremely arrogant, which has resulted in a degree of carelessness and inability to realize his own failures, continuing to create his creatures with the same programmed beliefs about the nature of existence simply because he believes it, failing to recognise that his creatures 'self-destruct' because of the spiritual void in their existences and dismissing his 'failures' as just mistakes in the equipment. He desires redemption and believes it is his destiny/duty to kill his creator. The synthetic wife Helios created for two reasons: publicly, she serves to keep Victor from having to deal with the attentions of Old Race women who would try to "land" him as part of their own quest for status and power; privately, she exists for little more than Helios' sexual gratification. Opposed to his activities are a pair of homicide detectives and Frankenstein's original monster, now known as Deucalion. A la Nouvelle-Orléans, deux inspecteurs mènent l'enquête autour d'une série de meurtres, dont les victimes ont toutes subies d'atroces mutilations. Deucalion's path will lead him to cool, tough police detective Carson O'Connor and her devoted partner, Michael Maddison, who are tracking the slayer but will soon discover signs of something far more terrifying: an entire race of killers who are much more - and less - than human and, deadliest of all, their deranged, near-immortal maker: Victor Helios - once known as Frankenstein. In the 2004 TV movie Michael (renamed Michael Sloane) was played by Adam Goldberg. The role of Doctor Frankenstein has been played by such notable actors as Colin Clive, Peter Cushing, Sting, Kenneth Branagh, Alec Newman and many more. Frankenstein is a 2004 made-for-television USA Network production starring Thomas Kretschmann as Victor Helios (supposedly the man that the fictional character Victor Frankenstein was based on) and Vincent Pérez as his creature. Nearly every film within the Frankenstein franchise includes some variation of the character, and they are generally portrayed as being an obsessive visionary who creates life by way of galvanism and/or chemical processes. Deucalion’s path will lead him to cool, tough police detective Carson O’Connor and her devoted partner, Michael Maddison, who are tracking the slayer but will soon discover signs of something far more terrifying: an entire race of killers who are much more–and less–than human and, deadliest of all, their deranged, near-immortal maker: Victor Helios–once known as Frankenstein. Carson has feelings for her partner, Michael, although she hides it because she does not want their personal lives interfering with their professional lives. Victor Helios a.k.a. He experienced many physical changes, making him an even bigger setback in Victor's future plans. He first appeared in the television movie, Frankenstein, which aired on the USA Network on October 10th, 2004. In that time he has ingratiated himself with some of the most efficient tyrants that humanity has had to endure. When Helios be… While searching Randal Six's room after Randal's escape, he started to mutate at a nearly-explosive rate with no catalyst that Helios could discern. [citation needed]. In the film Erika is played by Ivana Miličević. [4], In 2010, it was announced that 1019 Entertainment would develop the series into a feature film. https://headhuntershorrorhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Helios?oldid=126438. Well, she does help. Michael pines for a less-professional relationship with Carson. Helios desires to remake the world in the image of Huxley's Brave New World, incapable of acknowledging that his creations are destroying themselves or being driven mad because they cannot cope with the inability to grow beyond their pre-programmed limits and be more than what he wants them to be. Cursed with a wide variety of mental illnesses including OCD and agoraphobia, Randal Six escapes his cell to seek out Arnie, whom he saw in a news clipping, apparently very happy. The security system would monitor every door. He performed the life-extending surgery for Stalin, which went wrong and led to the dictator's insanity and assassination by fearful underlings. He is the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort, who died of scarlet fever when Victor was young. He rarely thought of her anymore. The "Fat Man" of a circus freak-show, and one of Deucalion's few friends. Although initially sceptical, she quickly comes to accept Deucalion's story, quickly putting together the various reasons why Victor Frankenstein would be in New Orleans rather than Europe, such as the more advanced medical advances and the abundance of raw material. Carson's partner and fellow homicide detective, Michael has a habit of making wry observations about any situation: at one point, Carson considers the possibility of the Apocalypse coming because 'he [Michael] had been struck speechless twice in one hour.'. Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. A member of the New Race. Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Viktor Helios is on Facebook. He is an Italian-Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living things, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to h Victor Helios (Frankenstein) Head In The Clouds Adrien & Thomas (King Kong NYC Premiere) Dean Hess (The O.C) In the film Deucalion is played by Vincent Pérez. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Victor "Helios" Frankenstein. The series is supposedly a modern updating and sequel of the mythology of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, although the similarities are mainly superficial. It becomes an expert computer hacker with a passion for hats with bells. Deucalion it seems, like his other fictional counterparts, has a dark and murderous past. As a philanthropist, Victor Helios has placed himself at the mercy of man’s timeliest and seemingly greatest popular causes. After learning from an old friend that his creator is alive, Deucalion returns to New Orleans, where he eventually recruits assistance from Carson and, through her, Maddison. Join Facebook to connect with Viktor Helios and others you may know. Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Carson has a penchant for brute force and firepower, but it is her obvious compassion as she cares for Arnie that prompts Deucalion to come to her for aid in hunting his creator. In modern times, Helios has learned to create genetically-engineered beings, called the New Race, devoid of morality, feelings, and pain, unable to deny his command or attack him, focused on his own goals for them while lacking the ability to create or imagine anything beyond this life and their roles. Renowned scientist Victor Helios and his prototype creation, Deucalion, have existed for nearly 200 years through genetic manipulation. One of the primary characters of the series, Carson is a tough and occasionally brutal detectivewhose best friend is a fellow officer, Michael Maddison. Ordinary humans are killed, sent to a garbage dump, and their beings duplicated as one of Helios's creations in his attempt to take over the world. I can't recall all of the details, but there was some mention of a Mr. Victor Helios- formerly Frankenstein?- setting up shop in New Orleans of all places to create a master race that would, eventually, take over the world. Set in present-day New Orleans, the series follows the activities of Victor Frankenstein, now known as Victor Helios, as he continues to create new life forms for his own purposes. The character shares his name with Deucalion, a figure from Greek mythology, who was the son of Prometheus (Shelley's subtitle for her novel was "The Modern Prometheus"). 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As a result of her predecessor's book-inspired independence, Erika V is forbidden to read, but her thoughts are filled with literary allusions because various snippets were programmed into her mind because Victor felt it necessary for her to have some general "literary" knowledge for light conversation (Although these details are relatively limited, such as her knowing that Romeo and Juliet were prominent lovers in fiction without knowing how their story ended). Directed by Marcus Nispel. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (or, simply, Frankenstein for short), is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. To the public, Helios is a philanthropic millionaire and a beneficiary to mankind. This mass develops into a smaller yet mature version of himself which burst forth from his torso and escaped. 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