Light up some candles and pretend they are torches, today is the birthday of Mary Shelley—author of gothic novel Frankenstein. Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, in 1797, with the maiden name ...

Born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on August 30, 1797, in London, England, Shelley was the daughter of two famous philosophers and writers: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote The ...

In Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Poor Things, Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a curious Victorian creature with an unorthodox past. Though she appears as a full-grown adult, Bella is a child-woman, the ...

Unlike the iconic monster we have come to know through various movies, Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" is more faithful to Mary Shelley's original novel. For more than two centuries, Mary ...

Even if you’ve never read Mary Shelley’s classic novel, you know That Moment. By some infernal alchemy involving Hollywood, Halloween and Mel Brooks, it’s become the most famous creation scene in ...

At a party that appears like a dreamland, revelers have clearly been making merry for some time, with assortments of libations, fruits and each other’s company. That last has already brewed conflict: ...