Frankenstein film review: Jacob Elordi is a beautiful Creature, but the rest feels crudely sewn together
Director Guillermo del Toro’s innovations and invented characters feel crudely grafted on to the source material
Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro: ‘Mary Shelley was a Protestant girl. I’m a Catholic boy. Big difference’
The director’s quest to adapt Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has spanned more than 30 years, marked by false dawns and studio politics
Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster – Modern horrors presented as thrilling gig theatre
Who can think of a previous play where the Gate Theatre’s audiences danced at their seats?
From Atlantis to Frankenstein, volcanoes have long shaped European culture
One of the most dramatic effects of large eruptions is their ability to affect life on the other side of the world
Greek myths, fairy tales and now TikTok: our enduring love affair with horror
Halloween horror taps into cultural roots going back to ancient Greece via the Romantics
RL Stine has sold 400 million books: ‘And people say kids don’t read’
The Goosebumps author on his rules for writing and the new Fear Street films on Netflix
Code that formed basis of worldwide web for sale as non-fungible token
Proceeds of sale by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, to go to charity
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
Never mind the Bridgertons, meet England’s first feminist
Unthinkable: Mary Wollstonecraft’s time in Ireland seemed to influence her world view
Can the Covid-19 pandemic help us fix our technology problem?
The history of innovation has plenty of lessons on how to fight the coronavirus crisis and transform our future
Book quiz: ‘A plague on both your houses’ is from which Shakespeare play?
Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge
Put down The Plague, a novel by De Maistre is more hopeful
In lockdown for 42 days in 1794, author finds pleasure ‘in travelling round one’s room’
The Perfect Candidate: Mila Al Zahrani’s acting rescues a film slight on plot
Review: Haifaa al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia for a study of the pressures put upon women
Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
The ‘My Left Foot’ child actor does not only act - he’s now a writer and film-maker too
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