House of Frankenstein
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.
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Erle C. Kenton
William Tummel
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John Chard
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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The directors of House of Frankenstein are Erle C. Kenton and William Tummel.
The cast of House of Frankenstein includes Gino Corrado as Man in Audience at Dracula Exhibit (uncredited), Brandon Hurst as Dr. Geissler (uncredited), Michael Mark as Strauss (uncredited), Belle Mitchell as Urla - Gypsy Woman (uncredited), Philip Van Zandt as Muller (uncredited), Edmund Cobb as Coachman (uncredited), Anton Northpole as Villager (uncredited), Paul Bradley as Villager (uncredited), Frank Reicher as Frederick Ullman (uncredited), Joe Kirk as Schwartz (uncredited), Lionel Atwill as Inspector Arnz, Sig Ruman as Burgomeister Hussman, and more.
The duration of House of Frankenstein is 1h 11 mins.
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House of Frankenstein was released on 15 Dec 1944.
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House of Frankenstein has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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-whi..."
