Frankenstein Created Woman begins with a young boy, Hans, witnessing the execution of his father, an accused murderer. The film’s plot progresses to when Hans is much older and is working as a lab assistant for Baron Frankenstein. Helping the other assistant revive the frozen Frankenstein back to life, Hans and Dr. Hertz complete the reanimation of life according to Frankenstein’s detailed instructions. Discovering that the soul doesn’t leave the body immediately after death, Frankenstein becomes inspired to continue his experiments in harboring souls with his own force field invention.