Dr. Frankenstein flung a power switch, blue streamers of static electricity cracked about the table the creature gave a grunt and opened smoldering eyes.
I think the semicolon is required because each is a sentence by itself.
Dr. Frankenstein flung a power switch; blue streamers of static electricity cracked about the table; the creature gave a grunt and opened smoldering eyes.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon
The creture sat upright and tugged at the shackles binding his ankles, Frankenstein uttered a piercing scream.