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La maldición de Frankenstein

  • 19731973
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
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5.0/10
795
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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.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
795
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  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writers
    • Jesús Franco(screenplay)
    • Mary Shelley(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Dalbés
    • Dennis Price
    • Howard Vernon
  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writers
    • Jesús Franco(screenplay)
    • Mary Shelley(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Dalbés
    • Dennis Price
    • Howard Vernon
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    • 25User reviews
    • 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)
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Jesús Franco(screenplay) (story)
      • Mary Shelley(characters) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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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)

    User reviews25

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    The Artificial Creation
    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.
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    • tedg
    • Jul 16, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 1973 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • France
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Rites of Frankenstein
    • Filming locations
      • Av. Rei Humberto II de Itália Parque Marechal Camona, 2750-319 Cascais, Portugal(Cagliostro's castle)
    • Production companies
      • Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)
      • Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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