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Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, relocates his wife Elsa and their young son Peter to the family castle.Wolf wants to redeem Henry's reputation but finds this will be more difficult than he thought after encountering hostility from the villagers, who resent him for the destruction wreaked by his father's Monster years before.
Castle of Frankenstein is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy film magazine first published between 1962 [1] and 1975 by Calvin Thomas Beck's Gothic Castle Publishing Company, distributed by Kable News. Larry Ivie—who also was cover artist for several early issues—and Ken Beale edited the first three issues.
Frankenstein Castle (German: Burg Frankenstein) is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany. This castle may have been an inspiration for Mary Shelley when she wrote her 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus .
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nettunia Film on 19 February 1974. [2] It grossed a total of 51,005,000 Italian lire on its domestic release. [2] The film was released in the United States on Aquarius Releasing and Box-Office International Pictures in January 1975. [2]
While the novel Frankenstein has been adapted to film many times, Bride of Frankenstein ' s closest remake was the non-Universal film The Bride (1985), starring Sting, Clancy Brown, and Jennifer Beals. [53] In 1991, the studio sought to remake the film for cable television with Martin Scorsese expressed interest in directing. [52]
Film historian Gregory W. Mank notes that the critics "made mincemeat" out of House of Frankenstein upon its release. [5] Retrospective reviews focused on the absurdity of connecting the monsters together and the lack of scares in the film. A sequel titled House of Dracula that involved much of the same cast and crew was released in 1945.
Frankenstein is a British horror-adventure film series produced by Hammer Film Productions. The films, loosely based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, are centered on Baron Victor Frankenstein, who experiments in creating a creature beyond human. The series is part of the larger Hammer horror oeuvre.
He invites the Franks to move into the castle in the hopes of using Billy (who is the latest relative to Frankenstein) to bring the monster to life. Also, an unintelligent officer named Constable Frogg (John Maynard) has a family history of other Froggs capturing the Frankenstein monster, and dreams of continuing the legacy.