In Episode 3 of Our First Fears, animator and author Rob Renzetti digs with me through the very old graves of Tod Browning’s Dracula and James Whale’s Frankenstein, both from Universal Pictures in 1931. 

We revisit our introductions to these classic characters when we were kids. We examine how both films have been reinvented and their horrors possibly defanged over the past 90 years by their omnipresence in pop-culture. And we tie connections (both conscious and unconscious) to Rob’s brand new book: The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things. It’s available now from Penguin Workshop, with the second book in the trilogy arriving in January, 2024. 

(This episode can be listened to by all ages.)

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