Frankenstein's Monster... wtf?

Sooo... wtf is this thing? I've always just took it at face value that he was a walking Raggedy Andy with a strong hatred for being warm. But what would, say, a stuck-up scientist classify him as?

Is he a zombie? He is made of dead guys. But he was brought to life. Or was he? He could very well just be a shambling pile of animated body parts. But Frankenstein set out to make life out of death. Which he did. He made a creature that can obviously think and feel. He even shrieks that "it's ALIIIIIIVE!" Then again, Johnny 5 said he was alive too, and he's a fucking program. So take that mad screaming with a brick of salt.

Ok, so its not a zombie. Zombies are dead. Zombies don't have emotions or learn that some shit should just be stayed away from. But is he human? Well, he's made OF humans. Dead ones. Which means that he's a zombie. But he's outright called "Frankenstein's Monster." And pretty much every Halloween-related thing I've seen has used him as such. I know the point of the story was that the Monster was more human than the bloodthirsty villagers. (Turns out the most evil creature is Man. Who knew.) Besides, Wolfman and Mummies aren't considered human, even though they once were. They're fuckin' scary is what they are.

So we have a Thing that is neither man nor beast nor classic B-Movie fodder. Should we just call it a "creature" and call it a day? I think Mary Shelley would be rolling in her grave if we did that. Then again, Castlevania has been doing it for years now, so she's probably drilled her way to China at this point.