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starring: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe (III)directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302526165
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302526167
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: September 16, 1997
Running Time: 71 minutes
Sales Rank: 3308
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 01, 1944
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The first of Universal's all-star monster tag-team bouts, House of Frankenstein boasts Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's monster, plus a menacing mad scientist (played with hammy glee by Boris Karloff) and his hunchbacked assistant (J. Carroll Naish). It's really more like two films. Karloff and Naish escape prison and find the skeleton of Dracula, resurrecting the dapper vampire (played by a dignified John Carradine) and unleashing him on an unsuspecting town. In the second half, the not-so-good doctor investigates the ruins of Castle Frankenstein (left from the cataclysmic conclusion of Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman) and finds the frozen bodies of the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney) and the Monster (Glenn Strange, picking up creature-feature tips from former flathead Karloff, no doubt). He proceeds to revive them, with the expected results: murder, mayhem, and a bad end for all. The screenplay has a slapdash quality about it, notably the Dracula sequences which dismiss Universal's most dignified monster with almost no fanfare, and Erle C. Kenton's direction only rises above perfunctory for the conclusion, a mad monster brawl with some arresting moments. But while it's hardly the best of the Universal horrors, the high monster quotient makes it a fun if undercooked entry in the genre. --Sean Axmaker
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Rating:  - Arguably the best Frankenstein film of them all! Details!
Director Erle (not a typo!) C. Kenton went all out on this 1944 black-and-white film to present a Frankenstein movie which all horror fans could embrace, regardless of their preference for a particular monster. Here, we get Dracula (John Carradine), Lawrence Talbot/The Wolfman (Lon Chaney, Jr.), and Frankenstein himself (Glenn Strange)!
As if that were not enough, this cake is superbly iced with Boris Karloff (as the chief protagonist, Doctor Niemann), the lovely Anne Gwynn (Flash Gordon ... Read More
Rating:  - Universal's Second Monster Mash
This 1944 follow-up to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" lacks the moody atmosphere and slickness of its predecessor. "House of Frankenstein" wastes the Universal gallery of monsters in a terribly contrived story. Though Boris Karloff returns to the fold as Dr. Niemann, the actor wishes he were in another film - preferably a Val Lewton production. Director Erle C. Kenton would do a better job with the immediate sequel, "House of Dracula" (1945).
Rating: - A MAD DOCTOR A HUNCHBACK AND SOME MONSTERS WALK INTO A BAR..................!
A fun action packed sequel to 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman', this film doesn't waste any time getting started. Karloff is back but, this time playing a mad doctor. Karloff and his hunchback assistant run into Dracula and are done with him before the first half is over. The second half of the film takes up where 'Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman' leaves off. Contrived to say the least but, tough to dislike! This is also Glen Strange's first outing as the Monster and I have read that Karloff gave him instructions ... Read More
Rating:  - The Return of Boris Karloff...
1944's "House of Frankenstein" was one of a string of short horror films seeking to capitalize on the existing stable of classic Universal Pictures monsters. In this entry, Boris Karloff gets to play a demented mad scientist named Niemann, who escapes from prison and goes in search of the missing research of his idol, Dr. Frankenstein. Along the way, he finds Dracula (played by John Carradine), confined to a coffin by a wooden stake, and liberates him to take revenge on Niemann's enemies.
Niemann, Dracula, ... Read More
Rating: - The Last of the Monster Movies
It was a dark and stormy night. A wagon passed outside Neustadt Prison. A prisoner wanted to duplicate Dr. Frankenstein's experiment. Lightning flashed, then part of the prison collapsed. Two prisoners escaped. Professor Lampini has exhibits like Dracula's skeleton. The men who helped Lampini now replace him. The discussions tell of past history. The exhibit puts on a show at Reigelberg; their papers are in order. Some people believe in the old legends. Then the stake is removed from Dracula's skeleton, setting him free. ... Read More
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