Frankenstein - 1970 (1958)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Howard W. Koch

Writers:

Richard H. Landau (screenplay)
Charles A. Moses (story)

Release Date:

20 July 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The One...The Only KING OF MONSTERS as the new demon of the atomic age!

Plot:

Baron Victor Von Frankenstein has fallen on hard times; he was tortured at the hands of the Nazis for...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Monster Movie | Frankenstein's Monster | 1970s | Disfigurement

Cast

Boris Karloff	...	Baron Victor von Frankenstein
Don 'Red' Barry	...	Douglas Row
Jana Lund	...	Carolyn Hayes
Tom Duggan	...	Mike Shaw
Charlotte Austin	...	Judy Stevens
Norbert Schiller	...	Shuter
Rudolph Anders	...	Wilhelm Gottfried
Irwin Berke	...	Insp. Raab
John Dennis	...	Morgan Haley
Franz Roehn	...	Cab driver
Joe Ploski	...	Station porter
Otto Reichow	...	Atomic reactor expert
Mike Lane	...	Hans / The Monster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Kenny	...	Assistant Cameraman

Also Known As:

Frankenstein 1960 (USA) (working title)
Frankenstein 1975 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Aubrey Schenck Productions

Trivia:

This film was originally going to be entitled "Frankenstein 1960" but it didn't sound futuristic enough. It was also thought to be too far fetched that an independent researcher could obtain his own atomic reactor in 1960.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Popcorn (1991)

Taken for what it is, this B-Grade 50's horror schlock-fest ain't too bad!

Nostalgic for me in many ways. I managed to sneak into the theater in my home-town in '58 (it was an "X" certificate then) to watch it. Karloff was an old "relic" even then!!! I remember thinking just how futuristic 1970 seemed. Believe it or not, people were talking planetary COLONISATION by the 70's, back in those days. (Actually, what the hell HAS happened the last three decades?)

Anyway back to the plot - there ISN'T one! Karloff shambles around his old shadowy and fog-machine driven castle occasionally doing the Dr Phibes bit on his organ. The monster is a cack-fest and everyone should be having a good time.

Ok Ok, sad in a way to see Karloff basically sending up his own classic role, but hey its STILL Boris Karloff!

In MY mind though, I still see a 13 year old boy staring up in wonder at a big screen with an evil monster on the loose. It was fun, it was THEN......best tribute you can pay it now is to just enjoy it for what it is/was.