Frankenstein Friday

Yes, today is Frankenstein Friday, celebrated just a week before Halloween!

What do you think about when you think of Frankenstein??

Can you picture what he looks like?  Is he scary?

Is he pale or is he a green hue?  Does he have scars and bolts in his head?

Did you have a Frankenstein Halloween costume as a child?

Mary Shelley wrote the first draft of her book back in 1816.  She was in Switzerland with her husband, Lord Byron and a physician named John Polidorin and the weather was terrible, with days upon days of thunder and rain.

Lord Byron challenged them to see who could write the best ghost story to pass the time and Mary’s Frankenstein was the blockbuster book.  

When her book was published in 1818 it was published anonymously and it wasn’t until the second edition in 1821 when Mary was listed as the author and the rest is history.

Frankenstein has been in movies, comics and cartoons.  The movies go back to a silent movie in 1910 with the latest versions in 2021.  There have been countless Frankenstein costumes and we are sure you will see him this year out trick or treating too.

Frankenstein is immortal thanks to Mary Shelley.

Private Home Health Care especially enjoys the Mel Brooks’ movie version of Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein.  If you want to laugh rather than be scared watch this treasure of a story this Halloween.