200+ years of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein novel was first published on January 1, 1818, so this year marked the 200th anniversary, even though that anniversary was back at the beginning of the year. Stil, with October being the month for horror it seems to make at least a little bit of sense to mark the anniversary in October as well, which is what TCM is doing tonight.

There are quite a few Frankenstein movies on in prime time tonight, although the 1931 Boris Karloff Frankenstein is not among them. If you've got the Encore premium channels, StarzEncore Classics will be airing that on Friday followed by the 1935 Bride of Frankenstein, at least if the listings services are accurate.

Tonight's prime-time lineup begins at 8:00 PM with a documentary called The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein that I know nothing about. I did a bit of searching on it, and the only thing I could find was this blurb from the distributor. I'd assume it's a foreign documentary that's been translated into English and that if IMDb has anything on it it might be under the original title. Still, it's only 52 minutes, so it might be worth a watch.