089 - A Man for Nefarious Purposes - Frankenstein (1931)

We're going old school on today's episode with FRANKENSTEIN (1931)! It's a classic about a man and the monster who created him. Along the way, hear our thoughts on the new Addams Family movie, Little Shop of Horrors in Pasadena, and our upcoming screening of BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) We get into some strange territory with artificial wombs and the queerness of Frankenstein's Monster. FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR Recommended Reading: The Strange and Twisted Life of “Frankenstein" By Jill Lepore The Queer and the Creepy: Homosexual Desire in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Elizabeth Goldhammer Why Frankenstein’s Monster Haunts Queer Art by Charlie Fox Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices