Spider-Man Killed Dracula! A Short History of Monsters
0Short Cuts is back, and this month Haifa al-Mansour's new biopic of Mary Shelley has Graham thinking about the history of monsters.
Dracula and Frankenstein have been horror staples since the silent era, but how true are these adaptations to the spirit of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley? And what do these changes in horror movie fashion tell us about the times they were made in?
This edition of Short Cuts explores it all, from the Edison Company to the Dark Universe - and incidentally explains how a certain friendly neighbourhood webslinger made Dracula not scary any more...
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