Frankenstein Lives (eBook)

The Legacy of the World's Most Famous Monster

Paul Ruditis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
176 Seiten
Castle Books (Verlag)
978-0-7603-9685-8 (ISBN)

Infos

It's alive! Again!Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Creaturein thrilling images and captivating commentary.Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley's conception of the novel on a stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, Frankenstein Lives traces the Creature's transformation from a nameless literary monster to an international sensation, appearing in films, television shows, and commercial merchandise. The Creature has even appeared on a cereal box!Frankenstein's monster has been a hero and a villain, a star in both comedies and dramas. He has gone head-to-head with both Dracula and the Wolf Man, tap danced with Gene Wilder, joked around with Abbott and Costello, served as the butler for the Addams family, and continues to star in films today. With special attention placed on the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff staggering through the mad scientist's laboratory, the book explores the classicand often misunderstoodcharacter. This visual guide includes photos of Shelley's manuscript pages, Boris Karloff on set as the Creature in the 1931 film, and much more! Frankenstein Lives brings the history to life, including:Mary Shelley's background and inspirationFilm portrayals of Frankenstein's monster, including upcoming film adaptionsCommercial merchandizing of the monster, including costumes and video gamesProfiles of the Bride, Igor, and DraculaAnd much more!Relive the Creature's greatest pop culture moments in this visually stunning and comprehensive guide to the green monster that we can't stop loving.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.8.2025
• Zusatzinfo: color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: 1818 Text • 2025 • Abbott and Costello • Adaptation • Addams Family • all hallows' eve • all souls' day • Anniversary • Archive • Black and White • Bolts • Book • Boris Karloff • Bride • Byron • cereal • Classic • Costume • Cultural • Curse • Day of the Dead • decorations • Dracula • Emma Stone • Essays • expanded • Fall • Favor • Film • fire • franken berry • Frankenstein • Frankenweenie • Geneva • gene wilder • Genre • ghost • Gothic • Green • Guillermo del Toro • Halloween • History • home decor • Horror • how to make a monster • Igor • Inventor • It's Alive • i was a teenage frankenstein • lisa frankenstein • Literary • Literature • living dead • Lurch • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Makeup • Mary Shelley • merch • Merchandise • Modern Prometheus • Monster • monster mash • Movie • Mummy • Munsters • Narratives • Nightmare before Christmas • Novel • oppenheimer • Party • Play • Poor Things • Pop culture • progeny • reanimate • Retro • Retrospective • revenge • rocky horror picture show • Samhain • scary • Science Fiction • Scientist • Shuffle • spooky season • Summerween • Television • Theater • The Creature • Thriller • Tim Burton • Timeline • Toy • Universal Studios • Vampire • Van Helsing • Vault • Versus • Visual • Walk • wednesday • weird science • werewolf • windmill • Wolf Man • Zombie
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-9685-X / 076039685X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-9685-8 / 9780760396858