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Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein / Bride of / Son of / Ghost of / House of) |  | Directors: David J. Skal, Erle C. Kenton, James Whale, Rowland V. Lee
Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Basil Rathbone
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Box set, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 384 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: D24461D
ISBN: 0783288204
UPC: 025192446122
EAN: 9780783288208
ASIN: B0001CNRLQ
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1931
Release Date: April 27, 2004
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Whale ushered in a new era of horror films and karloff was never quite able to shake his image as the frightening yet often sympathetic monster of dr. Frankenstein. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/08/2008 Starring: Pauline Moore Edward Van Sloan Run time: 71 minutes Rating: Nr Director: James Whale
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 Great Classic Movies August 29, 2009
Patrick (Fort Collins , Co 80524)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Frankenstien collection is the greatest movies of the Horror era. I do agree with one guy who posted that the Movie Frankenstien Meets Wolfman was not apart of this fine collection. Aside from that I recommend this collection to any true fan of Horror. These movies were well done and set the bar for future horror movies to come.
Great movies to add to your collection.
Movies great, but packaging???? August 24, 2009
Michael Patrick Boyd (Waukesha, WI)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection contains five classic and not so classic Frankenstein movies: Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and House of Frankenstein. One of my arguments is that it should have included Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. You need that movie so you can follow along the series. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man goes after Ghost of Frankenstein and before House of Frankenstein. Without that movie then there are a lot of unanswered questions. You cannot go from A to C without B. Also the packaging just focuses on Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein and the rest of the movies get nothing more then a footnote. Son of Frankenstein is the only one with out a theatrical trailer or anything extra to it. Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and House of Frankenstein all say underneath of them bonus material; so what is the bonus material? Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection gets a B-.
Disc 1
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Bonus Material
A) Frankenstein Theatrical Trailer
B) Frankenstein Audio Commentary with Rudy Behlmer
C) Bride of Frankenstein Audio Commentary with film historian Scott MacQueen
D) Bride of Frankenstein Archives
E) Bride of Frankenstein Trailer
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Frankenstein is one hour and eleven minutes long and was released on November 21, 1931. It is hard to figure out where the movie takes place. You have actors with both British and English accents and the sets look to be, Germany, Austria or even Prussian. Also they movie never mentions the time period and since there is no sign of a phone anywhere it makes it even harder. The only thing electrical is the lab of Dr. Frankenstein in the old tower. Boris Karloff does a great job as the Monster. From the first time the Monster makes an entrance to the death scene at the end; where a windmill house is set to fire and a wood beam falls on him. During the opening credits a ? is shown next the Monster. Only at the end of the film when the credits begin to roll is it revealed that Boris Karloff played the Monster. Karloff would play the Monster in two more films. The movie begins with a warning from actor Edward Van Sloan indicating the scariness of the movie and if you are due to fainting spells or have a weak stomach, leave now. After the warning the movie begins and the scene is at a commentary where a funeral is taking place. Dr. Frankenstein and Fritz, his loyal assistant, are hiding nearby waiting patiently for the party to leave so they can rob the grave. With the body in tow the two head back to the tower. Back at the ancestral home of Baron Von Frankenstein, Henry's fiancée Elizabeth is upset over a letter she has received from Henry. Henry's best friend, Victor Moritz, tries to help her. They both seek Henry's old mentor Doctor Waldman. Doctor Waldman tells Elizabeth and Victor about Henry's experiments and how his demand for body parts got out of control. Henry left the institute and that was the last he heard of him. Elizabeth and Victor convince Doctor Waldman to with them to visit Henry at the old watch tower. The trio arrives at the old watch tower just moments before Dr. Frankenstein is to make the greatest experiment of his life. Dr. Frankenstein escorts all three to the lab to witness his creation to come to life. When they lower lab table from the electrical storm and the Monster moves his right hand a little Dr. Frankenstein utters his famous words "It's Alive". The next day Elizabeth and Victor are back home and Henry's father thinks there is another woman but both tries to tell him that he is finishing up his experiment. The Baron does not believe it and all three head back to the watch tower. Back at the watch tower Dr. Frankenstein shows compassion for the Monster saying it is only is a few days old and have not seen light. It is during this time that movie audience is first introduced to the monster. Henry sort of acts like a father figure at first then Fritz brings in a lighted torch and the monster goes wild. Fritz, Henry, and Doctor Waldman ties up the creature and take him to the dungeon. It is there that the monster makes his first kill. Fritz takes delight in torturing the Monster where Henry just wants him left alone. One day Fritz pushes the Monster too far and the creature kills Fritz. Dr. Frankenstein and Doctor Waldman are able to subdue the Monster and come to conclusion that creature must be destroyed. During the struggle to sedate the Monster Henry is severely hurt and is sent home to recover. Doctor Waldman is about to operate on the Monster when the Monster awakes and kills Doctor Waldman; victim number two. The Monster escapes and is next seen playing with little Maria and both are tossing flowers into the lake. When there are no more flowers, the Monster tosses Maria into the lake to see if she can float. When the Monster realizes what he has done and leaves. The father of Maria carries her lifeless body into town and tells the Burgomaster that she was murdered. The Burgomaster organizes a search party for the murder with Henry leading one of the groups. Henry finds the Monster and the Monster renders Henry unconscious. The Monster takes Henry to the top of an abandon windmill. The villagers trap the Monster and the Monster throws out the windmill. Dr. Henry Frankenstein is taken back to his home to recover. The windmill is set to fire and the Monster is destroyed. If you are a fan of the Universal Horror\Monster movies, then this is for you. Dr. Henry Frankenstein is shown resting in bed in the final scene. Frankenstein gets an AAAAA+++++.
Bride of Frankenstein is one hour and fifteen minutes and released on April 22, 1935. This movie is half horror and half comedy. I will leave it up to the critics as to which Universal's Frankenstein movie is the best, but The Bride of Frankenstein is at least one of the funniest. The scene between the blind hermit and the Monster are laughable. When the hermit befriends the Monster, the hermit is thanking God for his new friend and one can see a tear from the Monster's eye. With The Bride of Frankenstein, the Monster has developed some new skills. He drinks, eat, smoke, even talks in this one. The Monster does not speak again until the final scenes of The Ghost of Frankenstein. After that movie, he becomes a mute in the rest of the Universal monster movies. Returning are Colin Clive as Baron Henry von Frankenstein, Dwight Frye as Karl (he was Fritz in the last movie), and Boris Karloff as The Monster. Mae Clarke plays Elizabeth von Frankenstein; taking over the role from Valerie Babette Louise. Elsa Lanchester plays Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and The Monster's Mate. In the movie credits she is only given screen as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. A ? is show next to The Monster's Mate. Just like in the original Frankenstein movie. Boris Karloff is only listed as Karloff. The Bride of Frankenstein begins on a stormy night at the home of Lord Bryon whose guests are Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley. Lord Bryon recounts the making of the Frankenstein monster and bits and pieces of the of the 1931 Frankenstein movie are seen. Then were back and the home again and Mary Shelley tells that there is more to the story and we flash to the present and pick up at the very end of the Frankenstein movie where the old windmill is completely burned and Dr. Frankenstein is taken back to his home. Henry is presumed dead until his hand start moving and wakes up. Back and the windmill the parents of little Maria are grieving of their daughter and the father does not believe the monster has died. He walks over to the windmill and falls in. The Monster comes from the shadow and kills Hans. The Monster escapes from the windmill and throws Hans's wife in the windmill to her death. Next the Monster comes across Minnie and she flees in terror. We do not know if it is later in the evening or later on in the week since the movie does not make that clear, but Dr. Septimus Pretorius comes a calling and asks to speak to Dr. Henry Frankenstein. Dr. Pretorius was Henry's mentor at the university and was kick out of there for knowing to much as Dr. Pretorius claims. Dr. Pretorius convinces Henry to come with him to his lab to show what he has been working on. He shows Henry six little people that are no bigger then four inches. The six people are: queen, king, archbishop, devil, ballerina and mermaid. Dr. Frankenstein claims that it is not science but black magic and says he won't help Dr. Pretorius. In the next scene we see the Monster at a pond healing his wounds and drinking water. There is a Sheppard girl who has fallen in the lake and the Monster rescue hers. When she wakes she begins to scream in fright and there are some hunters there and shoot at the Monster. The creature flees in pain. The hunters warn the Burgomaster and the Burgomaster sends a mob out to hunt the monster down. He is caught, brought to jail, chained down, and when the guard leaves, the Monster frees himself and escapes. He makes his way to the home of a blind hermit and the hermit befriends the Monster. The hermit (his name never given in the movie) gives the Monster soup and bread and finally rest. When the Monster is lying on the bed, the hermit says a prayer and at that point the Monster weeps. We are to assume it is sometime later in the week because the hermit has taught the Monster who to speak. He can say words like bread, drink, smoke, good, and wood. Later on some hunters walk in and recognize the Monster and begin to shoot. During the struggle a broom is knocked into the fire and the cottage sets on fire. The two hunters escort the hermit out and the Monster is left without a friend. Later that evening the Monster is in a cemetery being chases by villagers. The Monster knocks over a figure and takes shelter in the crypt. Dr. Pretorius is in the crypt also but in a different location. He is there with two grave robbers stealing bones of a female corpse. This is the only scene where we can get any indication of what time period the movie is in. Karl is told to read the date on the coffin and it is revealed she died in 1899. In the crypt Dr. Pretorius pay the robbers and those two leave. Dr. Pretorius stays behind to have bread, smoke, and drink. The Monster walks in on Dr. Pretorius and the two have a talk. Dr. Pretorius becomes the Monster new friend. At the home of Henry and Elizabeth Frankenstein, Dr. Pretorius comes a calling and once Elizabeth leaves the room Dr. Pretorius try to convince Henry to join him in his final experiment. Henry at first refuses Dr. Pretorius request. Dr. Pretorius then shows the Monster to Henry says that there has been some improvement on the creature like his speech. The Monster is now the master and Dr. Frankenstein is now the servant. The Monster orders Dr. Frankenstein to make his mate. Dr. Frankenstein will do nothing until the Monster leaves the room. When Dr. Pretorius is about to close the door, he tells the Monster now. That is the signal to kidnap Elizabeth and when Henry cannot find her, he agree to assist Dr. Pretorius to create the Monster's mate. The operation goes on schedule and when the Mate is fully clothed and sees her future husband rejects him. Realizing that he will never have a friend decides to blow up the old watch tower but Dr. Frankenstein and Elizabeth are allow to live and flee the tower. What ever became of Dr. Pretorius and the Monster's mate remained unclear. It is assumed that they did not survive the explosion. This is a great movie to own and watch. Bride of Frankenstein gets an AAAAA+++++.
Disc 2
Son of Frankenstein
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Son of Frankenstein is the longest Universal monster\horror film. It is one hour and thirty-nine minutes long and was released on January 13, 1939. This would also be the last time Boris Karloff would portray the Monster. Lon Chaney, Jr. would take over the role in the Ghost of Frankenstein. In this movie the suit that the Monster wore in Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein is gone. The Monster is now wearing a fur vest and tall boots. One must assume that the clothes he was wearing in the Bride of Frankenstein were destroyed when the building blew up. Also gone is his ability to speak as well. The viewer has to assume he lost that also when he blew himself up in the last movie. Also on a side note, there is only one clamp on his head. In the Bride of Frankenstein the Monster has several clamps on his head. The Monster does seem to have evolved in this movie. He can walk better and there is more thought in the Monster killing. In the Son of Frankenstein, we are introduced to Ygor for the first time, played by Béla Lugosi. The Son of Frankenstein takes thirty years into the future from the ending of the Bride of Frankenstein; at least we are to assume that. Baron Wolf von Frankenstein looks to be in his thirties. Basil Rathbone was 43 years old when the picture was made. In this picture you have a mixture of English and American actors and one Austria-Hungarian actor. The movie starts off with the arrival of Baron Wolf von Frankenstein and his family to the town of Frankenstein to reclaim his family ancestral home. It is hinted that he has been living in the United States for some years. The townspeople and Burgomaster and his Burghers are there to meet him and not to greet him. They hand over two boxes to Wolf; the big box contains the journal and notes his father's experiments and the smaller box holds the key to unlock the bigger box. Shortly after Wolf, Elsa, and Peter arrive at the castle, Inspector Krogh makes a complimentary greeting. He let them know his services are at there disposal. It is the next day and Wolf goes for a walk in the garden and comes across the old ruins where the monster was made. In the Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein the monster was created and died at an abandoned watch tower away from the castle; miles away we are to presume. Ygor meets Dr. Frankenstein and shows him a secret that been hidden for year. He takes him to the crypts of his father and grandfather and show the Monster at the end and between the two crypts lying in a comatose state. Ygor explains that the Monster was out hunting food and lighting struck him and he walks no more. During the conversation between the two of them Wolf says something along the line, "do you mean to imply that it is my brother." Dr. Frankenstein agrees to make the Monster well again. Dr. Frankenstein refurbishes the old ruins and turns it into a lab just like his father before him. Unlike the first time when lightning was used to bring the Monster to life, Wolf uses a generator and electrodes to bring the Monster back to life. When the Monster does not wake up from his coma, Dr. Frankenstein believes he has failed. He heads back to the castle disappointed. Later on we find out the Monster is alive and doing Ygor's bidding. It is not mention in the movie nor is it explained how the two met and how does Ygor have control over him. Later on Wolf finds out the Monster is alive a rushes back to the lab. He discovers the monster is gone and starts gathering some instruments in the lab. While Wolf if doing that, the Monster climbs up from the lave pits and makes presents himself to Wolf. Wolf turns around and is startled. The monster touches Wolf and finds some resemblance between Henry Frankenstein and Wolf. The Monster sees himself in a mirror and realizes that he is alive and to a point is upset to still be living. He grabs Wolf and brings him into the mirror and realizes it is not his creator. Wolf tells Ygor that he must remain in the lab if he wants to keep the Monster well. Later that evening Ygor gets the Monster to kill the final Burgher who hanged him several years ago. The villagers are outraged that there have been two killings since Baron Wolf von Frankenstein and plan to storm the castle. Inspector Krogh puts guards in front of the castle to protect the Baron and Baroness. Baron Frankenstein is upset that he is a prisoner in his own castle. Baron Frankenstein tells Inspector Krogh that he is going to kick Ygor off the property. When Wolf does find Ygor, Ygor comes after him with a hammer and Wolf shoots three times and kills Ygor. When the Monster finds Ygor lifeless body, he first shows sympathy that his friend has died and then decides to kill Peter, Wolf's son. He finds Peter and brings him back to the lab. Back at the castle Elsa von Frankenstein rushes in and says Peter is missing. Both Wolf and Inspector Krogh go in different directions to find Peter. Inspector Krogh finds Peter and the Monster first and Inspector Krogh shoots at the Monster. The Monster rips off Inspector Krogh artificial arm and seems surprise that it is not a real arm. Just then Wolf swing from a chain from the top of the lab and knocks the Monster into the lava pits killing the Monster and Peter is saved. At the end of the movie Wolf turns over the estate to the town of Frankenstein and telling the people to do what they please and Wolf, Elsa, and Peter board the train and leave the town never to come back. Just like the first two movies this is an excellent movie. A must for any Universal monster\horror fans. Son of Frankenstein gets an AAAAA+++++.
The Ghost of Frankenstein
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The Ghost of Frankenstein is one hour and 7 minutes long and was released on March 13, 1942. This would be Lon Chaney, Jr. only portrayal of the Monster. The film picks up years after the Monster is supposed to have died in the sulfuric pits. Instead his body has been in a coma like tomb. Ygor who we assumed was shot to death in the last picture is alive. The villagers at the town hall say that there is a curse on the town and it s the curse of Frankenstein. The villager's wants to blow up the castle and the Mayor thinks this is all non-sense, but does not want to be ousted in the next election. The Mayor gives and let the villagers blow up the castle. Later that evening the villagers head to the castle to blow it up, but Ygor puts up a losing fight to defend the castle. Ygor escapes through the catacombs and during one of the explosions some of sulfur falls off the Monster. Ygor removes the rest of the sulfur off the Monster and the two makes their escapes before the villages finally do them in. During a thunderstorm the Monster is struck by lightning and becomes strong again. In the last movie it made him and left him in a comatose state. The two head off to Wolf's brother, Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein so he can make the Monster better. The two are in the town of Vasaria and Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein lives in a chateau at the end of town. Before the two can head over there, the Monster wonders off and befriends a little girl named Cloestine. A bunch of bad boys have knocked her ball on a roof. Cloestine asks the Monster if he can retrieve her ball. (In Frankenstein and the Ghost of Frankenstein, little girls are not afraid on the Monster.) The Monster picks up Cloestine and heads up to get her ball. Why on his quest a couple of the town villagers try to take the Monster down and are killed. The Monster retrieves the ball and escorts Cloestine off the roof. He hands the little girl over to her father and the police arrest him. Erik Ernst, the town prosecutor, seeks out Dr. Frankenstein and asks him to come to the police station to examine the Monster. Dr. Frankenstein agrees to do so after he has finished some work. After Erik leaves, Ygor visits Dr. Frankenstein and blackmail the doctor into making him well. Ygor tells Dr. Frankenstein that he would expose the family heritage to the village Dr. Frankenstein reluctantly agrees to do so. At the police station, the Monster is being interrogated by the prosecutor and Ludwig makes his entrance. The Monster seems to recognize the doctor, but when Ludwig denies knowing the Monster, the Monster goes into a fit of rage. It is only through Ygor's music that the Monster calms down and escapes from the station. The two flee the village and later that evening heads to the doctor's chateau. Once there the Monster gets angry and accidently kills Dr. Kettering. Dr. Frankenstein and his daughter Elsa her some noise and hurry to the lab. The Monster captures Elsa and Dr. Frankenstein heads to another room and turns on some form of knock out gas on The Monster, Elsa, and Ygor. When everybody awakes, Elsa is in her bed, Ygor is now a prisoner, and the Monster is strapped to a lab table. The Monster is able to free himself from the straps, but before he can get completely loose Dr. Frankenstein is able to sedate the Monster. It is in the lab that Dr. Frankenstein decides the only way to kill the Monster is through dissection; take him apart piece by piece. Dr. Frankenstein asks for Dr. Theodore Bohmer assistant, but Dr. Bohmer will not do it. Later in the movie just as Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein is about to do the operation, the spirit of Dr. Henry Frankenstein appears. He tells them the Monster has a brain of a criminal but if good brain was but in there then the name of Frankenstein is restored. This convinces Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein to use the brain of Dr. Kettering. This time Dr. Bohmer agrees to help Dr. Frankenstein because it is not murder. Ygor wants nothing to do with it because the Monster will longer be his friend. The tell Ygor it is a new brain or he will dissect the Monster. Ygor reluctantly agrees to the operation. Ygor tells the Monster he is getting a new brain and he will be better. Between then and the operation the Monster leaves the chateau and head to the home of Cloestine Hussman. How the Monster escaped and how he knew with Cloestine lives the movie did not explain. The Monsters hears Ygor music and at first ignores it. The Monster kidnaps Cloestine and grabs her ball. In grabbing the ball he unknowingly knocks over a lantern and a fire begins. The Monster is back at the chateau Ygor tries to convince the Monster to let her go, but the Monster pushes Ygor and nearly crushes Ygor to death. In Ludwig study the Monster brings the girl to Dr. Frankenstein indicating he wants her brain in his head. Dr. Frankenstein is able to free Cloestine and gives the girl to Elsa. Dr. Frankenstein lures the Monster back to the lab. Early on Ygor had convinced Dr. Bohmer to put Ygor's brain into the Monster. When the procedure begins Dr. Bohmer removes Ygor's brain and presents it to Dr. Frankenstein believing it to be Dr. Kettering's brain. At then end of the operation the Monster face is wrapped in bandages. Back at the village and two weeks later the villagers are wondering what ever happen to Ygor and the Monster. They believe that Dr. Frankenstein is hiding the Monster. One of the policemen alerts Erik and he gets on his horse and rides over there. Erik convinces the villagers not to do anything until he has had a chance to talk to Dr. Frankenstein. Once inside the home he tells Dr. Frankenstein that his safety is in jeopardy and at that time Dr. Frankenstein takes him to the dungeon room to show what he has done. Once there Dr. Frankenstein starts talking and asking the Monster do you know who I am. The Monster speaks back in Ygor voice and Dr. Frankenstein is startled and shock by this. Ygor tells Dr. Frankenstein that he convinced Dr. Bohmer to put Ygor's brain into the Monster and now he has the strength of a hundred men. Erik escapes and locks the door as he leaves. Ygor breaks open the door and along with Dr. Bohmer and Dr. Frankenstein heads into the lab to gas the villagers. Dr. Frankenstein tries to stop them but is shoved aside. It is that moment that Ygor realizes that he is blind. Dr. Frankenstein tells Ygor that he has Dr. Kettering' blood in him and that his brain and Dr. Kettering's blood are not compatible and won't feed the senses. Ygor outraged by this kills Dr. Bohmer and start tearing the lab apart. In do this he sets the lab on fire and quickly the chateau catches fire. How Ygor got from the lab to the study the movie does not indicate, but Ygor is in the study when a beam falls on him and meet his end. During the fire scene of the movie, you can see the facial make-up melting off Lon Chaney, Jr. face. In Son of Frankenstein, the Monster and Ygor are portrayed as best buddies. In The Ghost of Frankenstein their relationship seems to come apart as the Monster no longer responds to Ygor control over him. The Monster is back in his old clothes like the original Frankenstein movie. One must assume the sulfur burns his old clothes and the sulfur cost him his eyesight as well. During the whole filming his eyes are not wide open. The movie loses itself after forty minutes and also is gone is the magic as well. The movie would mark the last time the Monster appears as a solo. Starting with Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, he must share movie with his fellow horror monsters. Ghost of Frankenstein movie gets a B- from me.
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House of Frankenstein
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A) Stephen Sommers on Universal's Classic Monster: Frankenstein's Monster
B) She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein
C) The Frankenstein Files
D) Frankenstein Archives
E) Boo! A Short Film
F) House of Frankenstein Theatrical Trailer
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House of Frankenstein is one hour and eleven minute long and was released on December 1, 1944. The movie begins inside Neustadt prison cell where Dr. Gustav Niemann is serving a sentence for digging up bodies and performing unorthodox experiments. The movie does not indicate how long he is in there for. One evening the is a terrific storm and a clap of thunder or two knocks out a wall and ceialing and Dr. Niemann and Daniel make their escape. The two take refuge in a traveling horror exhibit show and kill Professor Bruno Lampini and his driver. The two head to the town of Reigelberg where Bürgermeister Hussman lives. Hussman is one of three men that sent him away fifteen years ago. The two arrive at the town and set up the Horror Show. There they are met by Bürgermeister Hussman, Rita Hussman, Karl Hussman, and Inspector Arnz. Bürgermeister Hussman seems to recognize Dr. Niemann but is not sure of himself. During a fit of anger Dr. Niemann pulls the stake out of the dead body of Count Dracula and unintentionly brings him back to life. Dr. Niemann and Dracula strike a deal with one anonther and later that evening Dracula kills Bürgermeister Hussman and tries to take Rita Hussman as his bride with him. This is foiled when during the chase Dr. Niemann throws out Count Dracula's coffin and before he has a chance to get back into the coffin dies when the sun. Poor fellow, he should have use a suntan lotion 15 or better. Dr. Niemann and Daniel make there way to the Village of Frankenstein. At the village the encounter a band of gypsies putting on a show. After the show is over they witness Ilonka getting whipped by her boss. Daniel rescues Ilonka rescues and Dr. Niemann allow her to come along. Later that evening they arrive at the ruins of the Frankenstein castle and looks for the records of the late Dr. Frankenstein. While looking Daniel fall through some loose grounds and Dr. Niemann goes to help Daniel. It is there that they discover the ice frozen bodies of the Frankenstein monster and the Wolf Man. The two begin thawing the bodies and when Larry awakens he asks why he did so. Dr. Niemann tells Larry if he can help find the records of Dr. Frankenstein, he would cure him. Larry agrees to do so and finds the records. The five of them make there way to the home of Dr. Niemann in Vasaria. The four of them begin to get the lab working again so Dr. Niemann get to work right away. Later on Dr. Niemann and Daniel head into the village in the evening and capture Ullman and Strauss; the other two men who sent Dr. Niemann to prison. Dr. Nieman tells the two: "I'm going to repay you for betraying me; I'm going to give that brain of yours a new home in the skull of the Frankenstein monster. As for you Strauss, I'm going to give you the brain of the wolfman so that all your waking hours will be spent in untold agony awaiting the full of the moon.. which will change you into a werewolf." Copy and pasted from TCM.com website. The surgery is only half successful. Gone is Ygor and inside the Monster is Ullman's brain. When it is Larry's turn to be operated on it is too late. Larry has turn into a werewolf and is on the kill. Ilonka who found out from Daniel that Larry is a werewolf is out to kill him with silver bullet. It winds up being a double murder. The werewolf has attacked Ilonka and during the struggle Ilonka fires the silver bullet. The way the werewolf is holding his hands over his stomach and not his heart, gives some indication that Ilonka missed the main target and lived again in The House of Dracula movie. Daniel see Ilonka lifeless body and brings to Dr. Niemann and Dr. Niemann tells Daniel it is too late. Daniel is upset and attacks Dr. Niemann. The Monster sees this and attacks Daniel and throws him out of the window and kills him. Just then the villagers who were looking for the werewolf enter the castle. The Monster takes Dr. Niemann and flees to the marsh. The villagers follow and set fire to the marsh. The Monster and Dr. Niemann meet their end when they are trapped in quicksand and drown. The script is poorly written. Since this was a continuation of Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man; a lot of stuff seems out of place. First the town of where the Wolf Man and the Monster is destroyed is Vasaria. Yet in this film the have them shown having been destroyed in the Village of Frankenstein. Second, in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man the records were destroyed; yet they seemed to have made miraculous recovery. In House of Frankenstein John Carradine plays Dracula a. k. a. Baron Latos. No offense to John Carradine, but the movie could have done with out his part. Even some of the subplots and the gypsy girl stuff seem lame. If you just want this movie to round out your classic Universal Horror\Monster collection, see if you can rent from a friend or buy it on eBay. House of Frankenstein gets a C-.
 Poor quality control of DVDs August 16, 2009
R. Catey
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Universal Pictures DVDs seem to have a real problem with the quality control with the disc they sell. I will no longer by the Universal Pictures DVDs any longer until they clean up the QC problem. This is sad because the company has made so many great movies in the past.
Universal....please respect your creations! July 9, 2009
Stellar Jay
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
And you thought Henry Frankenstein had a quality control problem when he put Fritz in charge of acquiring a brain for his creation. I bought the Frankenstein Legacy Collection and the Bela Lugosi Collection and they both have flawed discs! I was going to return them until I learned how pervasive these problems are. I've read horror stories of buyers who had to return up to 5 copies before receiving one that worked properly! Universal should haul their remaining inventory up to a spooky old windmill, light a torch and....well, you know.
A Classic June 21, 2009
Theresa M. Girard (Southfield, MI, USA)
While it is a classic, it is amazing that people actually found it scary. It is almost a comedy by today's standards of horror.
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