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La maldición de Frankenstein

  • 19731973
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  • 1h 34m
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La maldición de Frankenstein (1973)
HorrorSci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate a... Read allDr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.
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    • Jesús Franco
    • Jesús Franco(screenplay)
    • Mary Shelley(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Dalbés
    • Dennis Price
    • Howard Vernon
    • Jesús Franco
    • Jesús Franco(screenplay)
    • Mary Shelley(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Dalbés
    • Dennis Price
    • Howard Vernon
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    • 28Critic reviews
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    Alberto Dalbés
    Alberto Dalbés
    • Doctor Seward
    • (as Alberto Dalbes)
    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Doctor Frankenstein
    • (as Denis Price)
    Howard Vernon
    Howard Vernon
    • Cagliostro
    Beatriz Savón
    • Vera Frankenstein
    Anne Libert
    Anne Libert
    • Melisa
    Fernando Bilbao
    Fernando Bilbao
    • Monstruo
    Carmen Yazalde
    Carmen Yazalde
    • Madame Orloff
    • (as Britt Nichols)
    Luis Barboo
    Luis Barboo
    • Caronte
    Daniel White
    • Tanner
    • (as Daniel Gerome)
    Doris Thomas
    • Abigail
    • (as Doris Tom)
    Lina Romay
    Lina Romay
    • Esmeralda (in version "La maldición de Frankenstein")
    Jesús Franco
    Jesús Franco
    • Morpho
    • (as J. Franco)
    Eduardo Calvo
    Eduardo Calvo
    • Dr. Frankenstein
    • (Spanish version)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Eduarda Pimenta
    • Asistente de Vera Frankenstein
    • (uncredited)
      • Jesús Franco
      • Jesús Franco(screenplay) (story)
      • Mary Shelley(characters) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Lina Romay.
    • Goofs
      Vera asks Dr. Seward if her father could have been killed by mountain lions. An odd question to ask, given there are no mountain lions in Europe.
    • Quotes

      Melisa: Melisa speaks to you on behalf of her great master Cagliostro. Cagliostro created me and half of me is a bird. He meant for me to be his own daughter, but I am blind and therefore unworthy. Cagliostro now transmits the words he wishes you to hear through the fabulous creature that I am. Listen to the master speak these words to you: "I have accorded you the privilege of rising from your graves. But I cannot prevent your flesh from rotting. Originally, I started creating with nature's materials, but I was mistaken. I brought corpses back to life, only their bodies kept on rotting. To create the creature through whom I talk, I contrived to impregnate an egg with human semen. It was the beginning of my research. Now I use only living ingredients. Different elements of various women served to engender this composite woman and through her a new master race will arise. You are now going to witness the melding of this creature with the monster of Frankenstein. The monster has entered the crypt. He will perform Cagliostro's commands. Witness the miracle, the holy covenant between these two: the creature of Cagliostro and... the monster of Frankenstein. Cagliostro's magnetic power steals into their bodies. It is taking hold. Now they are about to procreate. Their procreation is perfection. They are fabulous creatures. They are divinities. Their most marvelous bodies will mate and remain united."

      Cagliostro: The time has arrived. The monster will begin his work. Enjoy it, Melisa. I want you to enjoy it most particularly.

    • Alternate versions
      Two (if not more) versions of this film exist La Maldicion de Frankenstein and The Curse of Frankenstein. The main difference between the two is that Curse is the 'hot' version containing male and female full frontal nudity, Maldicion is the 'cool' version with the same scenes but with the actors clothed. Maldicion is the version released in Spain in the General Franco era hence the lack of nudity although several topless scenes briefly remain. There are however many other differences between Maldicion and Curse, neither can be called definite since both contain footage the other doesn't. Both contain different beginning and end credits, Maldicion has nominal black and white titles, Curse opens it's credits to footage in Frankenstein's lab not found in Maldicion and ends with the credits set against a blue painting of the sea with more lyrical credits 'Robert De Nesle has presented'. Maldicion adds another character Esmeralda the Gypsy (played by Lina Romay) completely alien to Curse who appears throughout the film in a trance under the influence of Cagliostro, while impressive scenes of Cagliostro's zombies dressed in white robes walking though a misty forest can't be found in Curse. However Maldicion is lacking several scenes important to the narrative that curse can boast, noticeably Cagliostro and Melissa the bird women's first meeting in the film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)

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    The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
    The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)

    *** (out of 4)

    Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price) finally makes his monster human after putting a brain into his skull but shortly afterwards the doctor and his assistant are murdered and the monster stolen by a mysterious bird woman who was sent by the evil Cagliostro (Howard Vernon). Soon Dr. Frankenstein's daughter (Beatriz Savon) seeks revenge for the death of her father.

    Jess Franco's THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN is without question a rather wild, over-the-top and downright batshit crazy film that rarely makes a bit of sense but that's what makes it so darn entertaining. The movie is a complete head-scratcher and it makes you wonder what must have been going on inside of Franco's mind but there's no question that it's a major improvement over his Dracula, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN.

    This film here, like most of the director's work, is available in two versions. The French version is also known as the "hot" or the "nude" version as as you might guess it contains a lot of female and male nudity. This here is certainly the version you'll want to check out because, well, if you're going to watch an "erotic" movie then it might as well feature nudity. This version adds a lot of erotic stuff, which adds up on the camp factor but with that said there's still reasons to watch the non-nude Spanish version. The Spanish version has Lina Romay in the role of a gypsy and this is missing from the French version.

    Again, if you're coming to this film expecting something normal then you might be as nutty as Franco himself. The plot of this thing is rather crazy and all over the place. The fact that there's a bird woman here with green feathers on her body is a clear indication that you're not meant to take this too serious. The silver toned Frankenstein monster is another interesting visual but so is a sequence where all sorts of masked weirdos are watching the events. Add in some bizarre torture scenes and some really whacked out scenes of Dr. Frankenstein being brought back to life and you've got a wild little picture.
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    • What are the differences between the Spanish Version and the Dutch VHS?

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 1973 (France)
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    • Filming locations
      • Av. Rei Humberto II de Itália Parque Marechal Camona, 2750-319 Cascais, Portugal
    • Production companies
      • Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)
      • Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
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