Living historian Dean Howarth re-enacts science experiments on corpses that could have inspired Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein." (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) An audience member conveys an electrical charge ...
It has all the makings of a great monster story: an attempt to draw lightning from the sky, a scientist passionate to show that electricity held the secret of life, body parts and, of course, ...
Following in the illustrious footsteps of the likes of Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, Peter Cushing and Gene Wilder, James McAvoy plays the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein in the latest film version of ...