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Iconic Movie Monsters: Frankenstein
It was the summer that wasn't.
In 1816, a volcanic eruption on the other side of the world choked the skies with ash and drowned Europe in cold, ceaseless rain. Holed up on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron challenged his houseguests to each write a ghost story. Mary Shelley's became Frankenstein.
This week, Shane and Duncan dig into how Hollywood took Shelley's articulate, vengeful creature and rebuilt it into something unrecognizable, and in the process created one of the most iconic monsters in film history.
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