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1972 (France)
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Lina Romay – Cult Horror Actress Dead at 57
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Cast
(in credits order) | Alberto Dalbés | ... | Doctor Seward (as Alberto Dalbes) |
| Dennis Price | ... | Doctor Frankenstein (as Denis Price) |
| Howard Vernon | ... | Cagliostro |
| Beatriz Savón | ... | Vera Frankenstein (as Beatrice Savon) |
| Anne Libert | ... | Melisa |
| Fernando Bilbao | ... | Monstruo |
| Britt Nichols | ... | Madame Orloff |
| Luis Barboo | ... | Caronte |
| Daniel White | ... | Tanner (as Daniel Gerome) |
| Doris Thomas | ... | Abigail (as Doris Tom) |
 | Lina Romay | ... | Esmeralda (in version "La maldición de Frankenstein") |
 | Jesus Franco | ... | Morpho (as J. Franco) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eduardo Calvo | ... | Dr. Frankenstein (uncredited) (voice: Spanish version) |
| Eduarda Pimenta | ... | Asistente de Vera Frankenstein (uncredited) |
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| Jesus Franco | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jesus Franco | screenplay | |
| Jesus Franco | story | |
| Mary Shelley | characters (uncredited) | |
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| Arturo Marcos | .... | executive producer | |
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| Daniel White | (as Daniel Whitte) | ||
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| Raúl Artigot | (as Raul Artigot) | ||
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| Roberto Fandiño | |||
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| Robert de Nesle | .... | assistant director | |
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| Nicole Guettard | .... | script supervisor | |
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- Bilbaina Films
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1976) (Canada) (as "Malediction de Frankenstein") (French version only)
- Danton Films (1974) (Canada) (as "The Erotic Adventures of Frankenstein") (dubbed)
- Divisa Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
- Go Video Australia (UK) (VHS) (as "Erotic Rites of Frankenstein") (dubbed)
- Image Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
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"The Erotic Adventures of Frankenstein" - Canada (English title) (dubbed version)
"The Rites of Frankenstein" - USA (DVD box title)
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94 min | Netherlands:71 min (25 fps) (as "The Curse of Frankenstein") | Spain:85 min
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Film debut of Lina Romay.See more »
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Most people watch Franco it seems specifically because it is junk, or so they think. The cheapness and (for the era) exotic nudity must give some sort of trailer park thrill.
But these films seem important to me. The reason is that today's most exiting cinema comes from the Spanish tradition of layered realisms. While the main source is Latin literature, I fancy that it can be traced back to Franco and buddies as well.
About half of these that I encounter make me yell "This! This must be the ultimate Franco!" I had that experience when gliding through this.
Yes, of course it is cheap, with bad acting and so on. But nearly _every_ movie is for me. Its just a matter of degree and earnestness. Overlook that, dear viewer.
The story alone should be enough to attract you. I won't recount it here, but it is complex and ambiguous, borrowing from several genres and reinventing them capriciously. One character is the evil genius's erotic soothsayer. She is blind but sees, a vampire but humanly erotic, our surrogate on screen.
That evil genius wraps us up in capturing Frankenstein's monster to mate for a purpose I didn't understand. This eventually involves Frankenstein's beautiful scientist daughter who temporarily reanimates her now carrion dad and ends up getting nudely whipped... well it hardly matters.
The real thing is in how he creates a gauzy, abstract world that floats above the normal world of movies. It is a movie like other movies, but not. It engages us in a conspiracy to weave a new world. Who cares about what that world contains, it is how it is woven that matters.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.