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Tales of Frankenstein

  • TV Movie
  • 19581958
  • 28m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
309
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Don Megowan in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally i... Read allDr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife.Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
309
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  • Director
    • Curt Siodmak
  • Writers
    • Jerome Bixby(uncredited)
    • Henry Kuttner(teleplay)
    • C.L. Moore(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Anton Diffring
    • Helen Westcott
    • Don Megowan
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  • Director
    • Curt Siodmak
  • Writers
    • Jerome Bixby(uncredited)
    • Henry Kuttner(teleplay)
    • C.L. Moore(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Anton Diffring
    • Helen Westcott
    • Don Megowan
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    • 22User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Anton Diffring, Don Megowan, and Helen Westcott in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Don Megowan in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Don Megowan in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Helen Westcott in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Don Megowan in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Anton Diffring in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
    Anton Diffring and Don Megowan in Tales of Frankenstein (1958)

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    Anton Diffring
    Anton Diffring
    • Baron Frankensteinas Baron Frankenstein
    Helen Westcott
    Helen Westcott
    • Christine Halpertas Christine Halpert
    Don Megowan
    Don Megowan
    • The Monsteras The Monster
    Ludwig Stössel
    Ludwig Stössel
    • Wilhelmas Wilhelm
    Richard Bull
    Richard Bull
    • Paul Halpertas Paul Halpert
    Raymond Greenleaf
    Raymond Greenleaf
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Gottfried--Cemetery Caretakeras Gottfried--Cemetery Caretaker
    Sydney Mason
    • Police Chiefas Police Chief
    David Hoffman
    David Hoffman
    • Inner Sanctumas Inner Sanctum
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Curt Siodmak
    • Writers
      • Jerome Bixby(uncredited)
      • Henry Kuttner(teleplay)
      • C.L. Moore(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      The introduction contains stock footage from some of the Universal horror series, including the brides from Dracula (1931). The face in the crystal ball, who is supposed doing the narration, is actually footage that was used at the beginning of all of Universal's "Inner Sanctum" features.
    • Goofs
      The introductory narration does not come close to matching the lip movements of the face in the crystal ball. The face in the crystal ball had actually been shot about 15 years earlier for the introductions to Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series of features.
    • Connections
      Featured in 100 Years of Horror: Baron Frankenstein (1996)

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    6/10
    The Award Theater: TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN (TV) (Curt Siodmak, 1958) **1/2
    Yet another short TV production of the horror perennial whose major point of interest nowadays resides in its being capped by the double-shocker end credits - "Produced by Michael Carreras" and "A Hammer Film Production" - despite the fact that, being shot in black and white and directed by Curt Siodmak, it is clearly emulating the Universal template of almost thirty years previously rather than the fresh angle given by Hammer themselves!; other remnants of that consequently archaic influence are shots lifted from Tod Browning's Dracula (1931; the brides of Dracula) and the INNER SANCTUM series (the talking head). Actually, this above-average program was a co-production between Hammer and Columbia and features both future Hammer (a respectable but dour Anton Diffring in the lead) and past Universal (Ludwig Stossel as a tavern-keeper) alumni. Intended as a pilot for a proposed 26 episode TV horror anthology series to be filmed partly on the Columbia backlot and at Hammer's Bray Studios, it is no surprise that it failed and the plans for the follow-ups aborted. Frankly, the new storyline is weak: despite the fact that Baron Frankenstein has still not completed his life-giving experiments, the villagers are already scared shitless of him(!) and, worse still, an out-of-town couple (including a moribund husband) call on him for a miracle cure!! Even so, the Karloff-like monster - another Universal nod in this anomalous Hammer entry - is suitably menacing (if nothing else) as played by Don Megowan - previously of the Columbia horror programmer THE WEREWOLF (1956), which I will be watching later on during this Halloween Challenge - and, as usual, that wholly intoxicating black-and-white Gothic atmosphere wins the day in the end.
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    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Relatos de Frankenstein
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures Television
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Hammer Films
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    • Runtime
      28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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