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1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 min. 25 sec.) ; 267937038 bytes |
Summary |
This three part documentary series uncovers the historic inspiration and scientific fact behind some of the most enduring horror icons of our time, through spine-chilling dramatic reconstruction and expert interviews. In 19th century London, two decades before Mary Shelley wrote her acclaimed novel, pioneering scientific showman Professor Giovanni Aldini successfully used electricity to reanimate animals, severed human limbs and the corpses of recently beheaded criminals. But Aldini needed a whole body - a strong, male specimen, very recently killed by asphyxiation - to attempt his most ambitious experiment: a complete human reanimation. It was this true, chilling event that inspired Mary Shelley's Gothic horror story Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. (From the UK, in English) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 3) M (A,V) CC WS |
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Broadcast 2010-01-24 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Aldini, Giovanni, 1762-1834.
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Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
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Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)
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Horror tales.
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Human body -- Research.
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Italy.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Benoiton, Julien, director
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Parish, Sarah, cast
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