Who was a model for Mary Shelley’s protagonist? Candidates include a 17th-century alchemist and Charles Darwin’s grandfather.

Gothic is a psychosexual thriller that gives audiences an insight into the events surrounding Frankenstein ’s invention and ...

Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron was born in London in 1788, and died in Greece in 1824, aged just 36. His was a restless, itinerant life. Like lots of great writers (and quite a lot of bad ones ...

Chapter V is devoted to veneration of the Blessed Mother of Our Lord. Throughout the document reference is made to devotions pertaining to Mary such as liturgies, processions, hymns, the Marian months ...

Romulus. The First Omen. Immaculate. These films have thrilled general audiences and fright flick fans alike, ranking among the ... Read More ...

Hot off the heels of Robert Egger’s Nosferatu featuring an unsettlingly sexy Bill Skarsgård as vampire Count Orlok, Netflix has released a new teaser for its upcoming Frankenstein reboot starring man ...

as Mary Shelley (Sieh) and the very pregnant Claire Clairmont (Workman) lounge about with Percy Shelley (Aria Shahghasemi) and Lord Byron (Marchánt Davis), the latter Clair’s lover and father ...

Mary Shelley, often overlooked in sci-fi history, was the first-ever science fiction writer. Inspired by cutting-edge debates on life and electricity, her novel asked questions we still grapple with ...

It has always been part of humanity’s most-lasting literature, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein ... huddled over a constantly burning fire. Lord Byron suggested they all ...