Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971
GP
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

3.5/10

2.3K

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Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

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Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

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IMDb RATING

3.5/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
J. Carrol Naish was very old and frail at the time this film was made and, as a result, he could no longer remember dialogue, so he read his lines in it off of cue cards. However, he had only one working eye; the other one had been replaced with a glass eye long ago. In Naish's close-ups in the film with dialogue, one eye can be seen moving back and forth when he is reading his lines, while the other eye does not move at all.

Goofs
J. Carrol Naish's character of Dr. Durea / Dr. Frankenstein first refers to Lon Chaney Jr.'s character as "Grodin," although his name in the film is actually "Groton." After that one time, Naish gets it right from that point onward.

Quotes
Dracula: [to the Frankenstein Monster, who is attacking Dracula in pain after a lit car flare has been shoved into his face by Mike Howard, temporarily blinding him] No, him! Him! Him! No! Him! Him!

Crazy credits
For his bit part of Dr. Beaumont in this film, Forrest J Ackerman's first name is misspelled in the credits as "Forest."

Alternate versions
According to the film's co-director and co-writer, Samuel M. Sherman, its TV version removed the brief topless nudity of the girl on Dr. Durea's operating table. It also removed a sign that said "Society Sucks".

Connections
Edited into FrightMare Theater: Dracula vs Frankenstein (2018)

Soundtracks
Here and Now
Words and Music by J.D. Lobue
ASCAP
Recorded by Communication Plus

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Camp classic! So bad it's good!

Dracula wears those plastic vampire teeth throughout this awful film that goes nowhere. There's an angry scientist who runs a carnival spook house (he's really Dr. F), the creature known as Grodin played by Lon Chaney Jr., and sci-fi guru Forrest J. Ackerman makes a cameo as a rival scientist who discredited Dr. Frankenstein! There's hippies and bad acting and a midget! (the same guy who played Master-blaster in Mad Max 3) This film has it all!

In one scene, Dracula (played cunningly by Zandor) appears suddenly in the car of the rival scientist. The man notices that a vampire is in his car and exclaims, in un-enthused B-movie fashion, "Who are you?" Drac responds, "I have been known as the prince of darkness- turn left here." Incredible how bad they can make 'em. See it soon if you love bad movies.