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Why were there three separate movies from 1986 to 1988 dealing with the summer of 1816 at the Villa Diodati that produced Frankenstein (1818) and The Vampyre (1819)? Did anything happen circa 1986 to put the event in the public consciousness? A well-publicized 170th anniversary commemoration?

by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians

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