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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Jan 1, 1991

1h 0m

★ 6.3

Overview

Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.

Genres

Documentary

Science Fiction

Horror

Production Companies

Heidelberg Films

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Trailers

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Cast

Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Dr. James Bowen (archive footage)

Nick Adams

Elsa (archive footage)

Evelyn Ankers

Doctor Bohmer / Krogh (archive footage)

Lionel Atwill

Victor Frankenstein (archive footage)

Ralph Bates

Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

Whit Bissell

The Monster (archive footage)

Peter Boyle

Anna Spengler / Elizabeth Heiss (archive footage)

Veronica Carlson

Count Dracula (archive footage)

John Carradine

Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein (archive footage)

Colin Clive

Bob (Teenage Monster) / Tony (Teenage Frankenstein)

Gary Conway

Frankenstein is a 2007 British television film produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. It was written and directed by Jed Mercurio, adapted from Mary Shelley's original novel to a present-day setting. Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, a female geneticist, accidentally creates a monster while growing her son's clone from stem cells as an organ donor in an effort to prevent his imminent death.

6.4

Frankenstein Created Woman

Mar 15, 1967

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.

6.2

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

May 2, 1974

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

5.8

Frankenstein 90

Aug 14, 1984

French cybernetics genius Victor Frankenstein carries on the work of his notorious ancestor and creates a monster, albeit one with a penchant for philosophy, etiquette and occasional bouts of murderous rage. But when the creature develops a hunger for l'amour, Frankenstein and his understanding fiancé use a cache of freshly murdered strippers to build the creature a beautiful yet dutiful bride. Can the undead find true love in a cold world, or will the French ways of passion unleash some monstrous surprises upon them all?

5.6

Lady Frankenstein

Oct 22, 1971

When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant continue his experiments.

4.5

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dec 1, 1971

Judith Fontaine is looking for her sister Joanie, who has disappeared into the hippie community of Venice, California. It turns out that Joanie has become fallen victim to Groton, an ax-wielding homicidal maniac under the employ of Dr. Durea, the last living descendant of the Frankenstein family and is now both running a house of horrors on the beach's boardwalk and performing experiments on Gorton's victims in his basement laboratory.

6.6

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Jun 1, 1958

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

5.9

The Horror of Frankenstein

Nov 8, 1970

Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.

6.3

The War of the Gargantuas

Jul 31, 1966

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.

7.7

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

Jan 1, 1999

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

4.3

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Apr 9, 1966

Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there

7.1

Frankenstein Punk

Jan 1, 1986

The story of Frank, a different creature, born to the song "Singing in the rain", that goes in search of happiness.

4.3

Frankenstein General Hospital

Mar 11, 1988

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.