Dracula vs. Frankenstein

[GeekDragon]

I saw this one as a kid and remembered alittle about it.  I knew it was a bad movie, even back then.  Been thinking about buying it.  Last week, my sister and I watched it.  It's worse then i remember.  I'm konda glad I didn't pay $20.00 for it.  Even Lon Chaney Jr. couldn't help this movie.

[Crazy1van]

Wait; Lon Chaney Jr was in it?  This must be different from the two movies I know of called Dracula vs Frankenstein!

[raycastile]

I like this movie.  Yes, it's poorly made, but I like it.  I think nostalgia has a lot to do with it, but oh well.

This movie definitely has Lon Chaney Jr.  I think there is a Paul Naschy film with the same title.  Is it an alternate title for Assignment Terror?  I don't know.   I haven't seen Assignment Terror since I was a kid.

[HARRY HAMMOCK]

Also Forry Ackerman  was in it  as well.I saw it at the picture show when I was a kid and bought it on vhs,but have yet to get it on dvd.It's my only weakness.

[BaronLatos35]

I didn't like Dracula vs Frankenstein as well and I am a big fan of 70's Euro horror. Dracula's echoing voice didn't make for a good vampire IMO.

For a much better 70's Euro Horror complete with a monster mash of Drac, Frank, and the Wolfman Jess Franco's "Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein" wins hands down over this movie.

[raycastile]

The Dracula vs. Frankenstein we're talking about isn't Euro Horror.  It's an American production from Sam Sherman and Al Adamson.  I haven't seen the Franco film, but it sounds interesting.

When someone brings up this film, I have to show off my movie posters:

[BaronLatos35]

The Dracula vs. Frankenstein we're talking about isn't Euro Horror.  It's an American production from Sam Sherman and Al Adamson.  I haven't seen the Franco film, but it sounds interesting.

When someone brings up this film, I have to show off my movie posters:

You are correct,

check out the Franco film and those are some cool posters!

[Monster Bob]

The best thing about this movie is the posters! Actually, it was a stinker, but a very entertaining stinker. It was sad to see J. Carrol Naish in such bad shape, though.

I was thinking, Ray, besides the Coffin Joe gig, with your beard and dark hair, you could play Dracula in a remake of this flick! And I would gladly volunteer to play the drunken Lon Chaney Jr. part. 

[Crazy1van]

When someone brings up this film, I have to show off my movie posters:

Is this movie rated GP??

[neonnoodle]

Yeah, these three titles are often confused, and it's not surprising.  I do like the Al Adamson film a lot; I have seen it like a million times, and I get a lot of entertainment out of it.

The Paul Naschy film is fun too; that one actually scared me when I saw it on TV as a kid.  I haven't seen the third film, the Franco film, but I imagine that's fun, too.

[BaronLatos35]

Yeah, these three titles are often confused, and it's not surprising.  I do like the Al Adamson film a lot; I have seen it like a million times, and I get a lot of entertainment out of it.

The Paul Naschy film is fun too; that one actually scared me when I saw it on TV as a kid.  I haven't seen the third film, the Franco film, but I imagine that's fun, too.

I have never seen the Naschy film, what is the title? I liked some of his other films (Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman, Count Dracula's Great Love), so this one sounds like my kind of guilty pleasure! Also, I thought "Assignment Terror" was an alternate title for "Dracula vs Frankenstein"? Are they 2 different movies?

The one I have seen has Dracula talking in some kind of echoing voice with a ring that shoots rays  and Frankenstein's face looked like a mashed mess! Don't really remember the plot, but Franco's film lacked one as well. Both films are a homage to the Universal monster mashes of the 40's, although I enjoyed Franco's take on it more.

[MDG]

The movie goes downhill after the musical number (yes, this is really from Dracula Vs. Frankenstein).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUN2I8kHJlI

Didn't Gray Morrow do one or both of those posters?

[CreepysFan]

 I actualy like this movie, so I have the DVD already.  Granted it's a cheezy Z- rated movie, with a Frankenstein monster someone else posted here somewhere as having an "oatmeal" face, but I find this movie to be fun entertainment.  Not one I can watch more than once a year, but it usually ends up in my month long Halloween watch list.

[Creature Features]

Saw this once as a kid after being WEANED on the original Lugosi and Karloff films...

Didnt really impress me, and to be honest; i doubt i'll ever see it again. No offense to fans of it...it just didnt really grab me.

[MDG]

Y'know, I always felt that if the original Aurora models captured the spirit of the classic monster movies, the Monster Scenes were channeling this movie (as well as Naschy and a lot of the european imports from the late 60s).