简介：Afascinatingexplorationofoneofthemostsignificantmomentsingothichistory-thenightwhenMaryShelley,LordByronandtheircohortsgatheredtogetherinLakeGenevatotellghoststories.ThenightwhenFrankensteinandthemodernvampirewereborn. Allthoseinvolvedintheeventsofthesummerof1816wroteabouttheirlife-changingstayinSwitzerland.Thisdramatiseddocumentaryisbasedontheirletters,journalsanddiaries.ThefilmalsodrawsonBritishLibrarymanuscriptsandarchive,andbringstogetherastellarcastofgothic,horrorandsciencefictionwriters,includingNeilGaiman,CharlaineHarrisandMargaretAtwood,todiscusswhyonesinglenighthadsuchasignificantimpactonourculture.