Abbott and costello meet frankenstein featured a cavalcade of movie monsters the creature, dracula, the mummy, the wolfman, but perhaps the most unconventional is dracula vs. This 1971 al adamson disaster is so bad that its good. It was produced and directed by jimmy sangster, starring ralph bates, kate omara, veronica carlson and david prowse as the monster. Dr durea is in fact a descendant of the frankenstein family and is. Frankenstein is a 1971 american horror film directed by al adamson. However, the completed film was not to the liking of producercowriter samuel m. Frankenstein 1971 film en streaming vf, dracula vs. Released to video under the title the revenge of dracula, this horror spoof finds the infamous count dracula joining up with dr. Frankenstein 1971 usc cinematic arts university of. The movie was released in 1971, and directed by the late al adamson, who was considered the ed wood of the 60s and 70s.
After removing the other arm, dracula finally tires of frankenstein s shenanigans and handily pulls off the monsters head. One of the earlier issues featured an article on this movie that publisher forrest j. Frankenstein is a terrible picture in nearly every way bad scripting, bad acting, bad directing, horrendous lighting and yet it is a fun film to watch thanks to its very badness. Frankenstein rerelease skips packed theaters in favor of parked film fans. Carrol naish as a mad scientist and lon chaney, jr as his faithful servant. The plot of the film revolves around count dracula zandor vorkov. Frankenstein is a 1971 horror film directed by al adamson. Film was renamed after dracula and frankenstein footage was added. The film was directed by the late al adamson and produced by sam sherman. Click the above image to purchase dracula vs frankenstein from amazon. Frankenstein is a film directed by al adamson with j.
It is a title that universal in their various monster teamups of the 1940s frankenstein meets the wolfman 1943, house of frankenstein 1944, house of dracula 1945 and abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948 somehow overlooked. Easily rivaling ed wood for plot incoherence, terrible dialogue, subplots leading nowhere, and wooden acting, this film must be seen to be believed. Dracula combines the rough and tumble world of 1930s era gangster movies with the gothic atmosphere of a classic horror film. Frankenstein began life as satans bloody freaks, a standard mad science flick featuring j. Vampire 1985 siufung wong loses her head legendary bizarre hong kong film cinema has a star studded hk cast this movie became a frequently copied box office hit, with several sequels and dozens of imitators. Sherman, and the movie went back into production to add new scenes with dracula and the frankenstein.
Prisoner of frankenstein which adds a postproduction english narration by dr. Entire film was shot and completed without any inclusion of dracula or frankenstein in the film, script or plot. It turns out joanie has become the victim of groton lon chaney media. Frankenstein 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Frankenstein has gone on to achieve cult status thanks to its sheer ineptness and impressive cast. Things start to heat up when dracula zandor vorkov arrives and promises. Carrol naish runs a house of horrors that serves as a cover for his more devious scientific experimentation work that requires the murderous deeds of. Description aliens from a dying world inhabit the bodies of dead earth scientists. Dracula vs frankenstein started out as a totally different film satans blood freaks, later titled the blood seekers and meant to be a sequel to sherman and adamsons 1969 effort, satans sadists the first biker. And it was a popular idea too there were two other films. Together in one film they meet in a fight of fright.
The original music score was composed by malcolm williamson. Raphael didnt know it, but this was all leading up to his donning dracula s cape. It turned out to be the last film made by both naish and chaney. They were added later when they were unable to sell the original film. Frankenstein comes with one of the great title confrontations of all time. A slapdash epic of bad filmmaking geared strictly toward drivein audiences, dracula vs. The tour begins at the circle drivein theatre in dickson city, pennsylvania on may 26th with a showing of al adamsons 1971 film dracula vs. Frankenstein in order to find a way to quench his thirst for blood. Dracula vs frankenstein 1971 1080p full movie optional english subtitles.
Frankenstein is a one of a kind monstrosity that only the legendary al adamson could make. Raphael peter engel, who starred in the 1971 horror film dracula vs. Frankenstein blood of frankenstein blood seekers, the revenge of dracula movie information from citwf, the free online movie database covering over 507,364 movies from 175 countries. Its a horror and science fiction movie with a low imdb audience rating of 3. The cult highlight of notorious schlock director al adamsons career, dracula vs.
Frankenstein was inspired by the monstermash teamup films of the 1940s, notably 1943s frankenstein meets the wolf man. Judith fontaine regina carrol is looking for her sister joanie, who has disappeared into the hippie community of venice, california. Frankenstein is an independent american film produced by independentinternational pictures later distributed by troma entertainment in 1971 and directed by al adamson. Initially shelved, the film was suddenly brought back to life as a monster movie and became one of the most beloved and entertaining bfilms of. To be fair, frankenstein vs dracula came out 4 years before monty pythons movie, but i just wanted you to imagine how woeful the special effects are in this film. Dracula contra frankenstein 1971 the film, versions. Frankenstein drivein screenings to save us from selfisolation news dracula vs. Horror of frankenstein is a 1970 british horror film by hammer film productions that is both a semiparody and semiremake of the 1957 film the curse of frankenstein, of hammers frankenstein series. Dima ballin in home video, slider january 8, 2017 0 back in the early 80s, when i was in junior high, there was a boston institution called the creature double feature a saturday afternoon double feature of classic horror films, on a local tv channel, through which many a young person. Freshen up your watchlist with prime videos latest roster of streaming movies and tv shows.
Frankenstein, 1971, directed by al adamson, with j. Frankenstein 1971 film complet en francais a 20170924t21. Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the frankenstein monster. The 1971 film has space aliens bringing two scientists back to life so they can bring dracula and frankenstein s monster back to terrorize to the world. Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes to revive his ancestors creation john bloom, with help from his mute assistant lon chaney jr. Frankenstein is a 1971 horror film that was released by independent international pictures which was a top drivein movie supplier at the time. Even so, dracula vs frankenstein is something special, starting out as a biker film, an intended sequel to adamsons surprisingly successful satans sadists, before taking a sharp lefthand turn to become the blood seekers, about a mad scientist and his bizarre experiments, and then finally ending up as dracula vs frankenstein, which is. This, of course, detracts from the silent film ambiance created by the original soundtrack, which is often devoid of.
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