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House of Frankenstein

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6.0/10 • 164

1944-12-011h 11m

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All the Screen's Titans of Terror - Together in the Greatest of All SCREEN SENSATIONS!

Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.

Directors
Erle C. Kenton
Characters
Mary Shelley
Editors
Philip Cahn

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  1. Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Dr. Gustav Niemann

  2. Lon Chaney Jr.

    Lon Chaney Jr.

    Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

  3. J. Carrol Naish

    J. Carrol Naish

    Daniel

  4. John Carradine

    John Carradine

    Dracula (aka Baron Latos)

  5. Anne Gwynne

    Anne Gwynne

    Rita Hussman

  6. Peter Coe

    Peter Coe

    Carl Hussman

  7. Lionel Atwill

    Lionel Atwill

    Inspector Arnz

  8. George Zucco

    George Zucco

    Prof. Bruno Lampini

  9. Elena Verdugo

    Elena Verdugo

    Ilonka

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John Chard

Oct 8, 2015

6/10

Welcome to the house of fun now I've come of age... Let the Universal Monster tag team continue unabated! In truth there's not really a whole movie here, it's more a skew-whiff anthology involving Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr) and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange), with Boris Karloff's mad scientist and J. Carrol Naish's hunchback serving as the linking meat in the monster sandwich. Plot is for the genre at the time the standard Universal fodder, mad scientist and hunchback manage - by an act of god - to escape from prison. Scientist is after revenge, hunchback wants a new body. After a short encounter with Dracula via a travelling chamber of horrors side-show, the pair head off to the Frankenstein castle - with pretty gypsy girl and Larry Talbot/Wolf Man in tow - where hopes and dreams involve a lot of brain swapping. What transpires is a bit of violent jealousy and disappointments, building up to the monster smack down finale just as the villagers once again take unkindly to the presence of monsters in their midst. It's all good fun, the clichés of the franchise crammed into the hour and ten minute run time ensuring it's never boring. But really the Dracula section will leave you wanting more, while Frankenstein's monster - in the film bearing his name - just lounges around for a bit and then it's pretty much the end! Enjoyable if disposable 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$354,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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