About this episode

Host Nate Lane explores the 1991 telefilm 'Frankenstein: The College Years' and its attempt to adapt a classic horror story into a comedy.

Our very first Minisode in Season 3! Host Nate Lane goes all in on the 1991 telefilm and failed pilot, Frankenstein: The College Years. Nate breaks down how this bizarre comedy tried to turn Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece into a campus party animal. He tracks the era's unique obsession with serving horror-themed media to kids, wrapped in a deeply personal story about a VHS tape that changed his childhood.

People in this episode

Host: Nate Lane

Topics covered

• telefilm
• comedy
• horror
• nostalgia
• VHS
• 1990s

Keywords

• Frankenstein
• college years
• telefilm
• Nate Lane
• 1991
• horror comedy
• VHS tape
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frankenstein: The College Years, Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece

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