Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

1974 "Terror stalks the castle when the secret of life falls into the wrong hands."
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

3.8 | 1h30m | PG | en | Horror

Mad Dr Frankenstein recruits an evil dwarf, a Neanderthal man, and others to help him put a brain in the body of a brute.

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3.8 | 1h30m | PG | en | Horror | More Info
Released: February. 19,1974 | Released Producted By: Classic Films International , Country: Italy Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Mad Dr Frankenstein recruits an evil dwarf, a Neanderthal man, and others to help him put a brain in the body of a brute.

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Cast

Rossano Brazzi , Michael Dunn , Edmund Purdom

Director

Mario Ciccarella

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jacobjohntaylor1 This is better then the original Frankenstein. Most you probably never saw the original Frankenstein. It a silent movie from 1910 that is twelve minutes long. The 1931 version of Frankenstein is better. It has better actors. It also has a better story line. It is scarier. But still this a good movie. Something that as the same story line as the book Frankenstein and has some nudity does not make it porn. It is not porn. This is an i.t.a.l.i.a.n movie. And you are forgetting i.t.a.l.i.a.n.s are very lead back about nudity a lot more then some countries are. This movie is pretty scary. The acting is pretty good. And the story line is great. If you like really scary movies then you should see this movie.
arfdawg-1 Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstei. Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk.And some nude women for sexploitation value.What you get is a horrible spaghetti horror film that will bore the pants off you.The direction is really bad. Blurry slow mo that will make you blind.The monsters are laughable.There is no story.You should actively plan on staying away from this one at all costs.
MARIO GAUCI I had been wanting to view this notorious film ever since catching its trailer on the "Extra Weird Sampler" DVD from Image a couple of years ago; however, now that I have, I found the experience not nearly as rewarding in a 'so bad it's good' way as I had anticipated. With so much that is wrong here, it is almost a pity the end result is not more entertaining; in fact, I would go so far as to say this is the nadir of the Italian Gothic Horror genre! Former matinée' idol Rossano Brazzi is Count(!) Frankenstein who experiments on Neanderthal beings (apparently, they can still be found in certain European caves!) with the help of his henchmen – lecherous dwarf Michael Dunn (a long way from his Oscar-nominated role in SHIP OF FOOLS [1965]), top-hatted(!) Gordon Mitchell, Luciano Pigozzi and the obligatory hunchback (who has the hots for Pigozzi's unattractive wife)! For what it is worth, here we get the luxury of two cavemen (who naturally get to grips practically at first sight!): one has a prominent dome-shaped forehead and the other is played by an 'actor' under the hilarious assumed name of Boris Lugosi! Edmund Purdom, another veteran presence, has little of substance to do as the local Police Chief (in the classic tradition of Universal horror movies, the townsfolk are forever on the point of picking up their torches to storm the Frankenstein castle!) but he does get to utter the would-be profound closing line: "There is a bit of the monster in all of us"!! Also involved, needless to say, are two girls – one is Frankenstein's daughter (played by the attractive offspring of hack film-maker Demofilo Fidani) and the other her best friend, who catches the eye of both the Count and one of the Neanderthals! – with a penchant for skinny-dipping in the steaming waters of the caves. After being banished from the castle for setting the Police onto Frankenstein's grave-robbing antics by way of his tiny footprints, Dunn takes to the caves himself and proceeds to instruct the Lugosi character (who seems to have nothing on his mind but the profuse consumption of raw meat!) into the ways of love-making; his first attempt, however, results in the horribly mangled body of a local girl!! As I said at the start, the film is certainly among the goofiest of its kind ever made (a poor extra named Mike Monty playing a "Paisan" is even credited twice during the end credits!) but, unfortunately, not that much fun while it is on – the fact that helmer Randall was more typically employed as a producer, and whose sole directorial effort this proved to be, may have had something to do with it.
Boba_Fett1138 It's Italian, it's horror...but it's not very good. The movie is cheap looking and the story is just terrible. For an horror movie it certainly isn't original and the movie is severely lacking on multiple levels.Perhaps the biggest problem with the movie is that it doesn't have a real main characters. Who exactly was supposed the hero in this one? And who exactly were the good and bad guys? It makes the movie confusing and messy to watch. It also is terribly boring all, since rarely ever something interesting happens.The movie is filled with nudity and voyeurism. The movie is basically about the servants peeping on naked women and the movie doesn't focuses enough on the horror aspects of the movie.The musical score by Marcello Gigante is just plain awful and truly laughable at times.Both the editing and cinematography are also severely lacking. The movie is incredibly simple and cheap made and its horrible put together with the editing. The cinematography looks very amateur like and it seemed that they didn't used proper lighting or a focus-puller.This Italian take on the Frankenstein franchise, in which for some odd reason also Neanderthalers are involved, is a terrible one, in which basically nothing interesting ever happens.2/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/