Today is: Frankenstein Friday

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30 Days of Fright puts us face to face with the monster who towers above them all in 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein.
30 Days of Fright puts us face to face with the monster who towers above them all in 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein.
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Coming close to Halloween, Frankenstein Friday was created by Ryan MacCloskey of Westfield, New Jersey, in 1997, to celebrate the birth of the Frankenstein monster and its creator, Mary Shelley. He created it on a Friday because the alliteration the name makes, and because it's easier to be festive on a Friday.

Frankenstein first appeared in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus, also simply known as Frankenstein, which is seen as a paragon of Gothic horror and science fiction during the Romantic era. Shelley, along with her soon-to-be husband Percy Shelley, and other friends such as poet Lord Byron, decided to compete to see who could come up with the best horror story.

Source: Checkiday.com

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