Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein could possibly be the most adapted novel in horror history. Starting with a silent version in 1910, the tale has been told countless times on the screen. Some are classics, like the iconic 1931 Universal adaptation that made Boris Karloff a star. Others are looser retellings, such as the more recent Victor […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Gothic’ – Ken Russell’s Account Of The Night Frankenstein Was Born
It’s common knowledge that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was the result of a friendly writing competition between herself, her future husband Percy Shelley, the poet Lord Byron, and author/physician John Polidori. While stuck indoors during the unseasonably rainy summer of 1816, the four writers took turns trying to scare each other with […]