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AfascinatingexplorationofoneofthemostsignificantmomentsingothichistorythenightwhenMaryShelley,LordByronandtheircohortsgatheredtogetherinLakeGenevatotellghoststoriesThenightwhenFrankensteinandthemodernvampirewereborn Allthoseinvolvedintheeventsofthesummerof1816wroteabouttheirlifechangingstayinSwitzerlandThisdramatiseddocumentaryisbasedontheirletters,journalsanddiariesThefilmalsodrawsonBritishLibrarymanuscriptsandarchive,andbringstogetherastellarcastofgothic,horrorandsciencefictionwriters,includingNeilGaiman,CharlaineHarrisandMargaretAtwood,todiscusswhyonesinglenighthadsuchasignificantimpactonourculture
