House of Frankenstein (1944)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Escritores:

Curt Siodmak (story)
Edward T. Lowe Jr. (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 diciembre 1944 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER! WOLF MAN! DRACULA! HUNCHBACK! MAD DOCTOR!

Plot:

An evil scientist and a hunchback escape from prison and encounter Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster.

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Monster | Hunchback | Frankenstein's Monster | Gypsy

Comentarios de los usuarios:

House Of Frankenstein (1944) **1/2

Reparto

Boris Karloff	...	Doctor Gustav Niemann
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Lawrence Talbot (as Lon Chaney)
John Carradine	...	Dracula / Baron Latos
Anne Gwynne	...	Rita Hussman
Peter Coe	...	Karl Hussman
Lionel Atwill	...	Inspector Arnz
George Zucco	...	Professor Bruno Lampini
Elena Verdugo	...	Ilonka
Sig Ruman	...	Burgomeister Hussman
William Edmunds	...	Fejos
Charles F. Miller	...	Tobermann (as Charles Miller)
Philip Van Zandt	...	Muller
Julius Tannen	...	Hertz
Hans Herbert	...	Meier
Dick Dickinson	...	Born

También conocida como:

Chamber of Horrors (USA) (working title)
Doom of Dracula (USA) (working title)
The Devil's Brood (USA) (working title)
La mansión de Frankenstein (Spain) [es]
La zíngara y los monstruos (Spain) [es]

Duración:

71 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:(Banned) (1947) | Finland:K-11 (2004) | Spain:13 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Compañía:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

Bela Lugosi was slated for the role of Dracula, but the film was dependent upon the presence of Karloff being released from tour of "Arsenic and Old Lace." Shooting was delayed, and John Carrdine was cast instead of Lugosi, who had a prior engagement: ironically, playing Karloff's "Jonathan Brewster" role in another touring company of "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Talbot's face twitches after he has supposedly been shot dead.

Citas:

Daniel: Master.
Dr. Gustav Niemann: Yes?
Daniel: Now that I have helped you with Strauss and Ullman, will you give Talbot's body to me?
Dr. Gustav Niemann: What?
Daniel: He's big. He's strong.
Dr. Gustav Niemann: Talbot's body is the perfect place for the monster's brain that I will add to and subtract from in my experiments.
Daniel: Master, you made me a promise.
Dr. Gustav Niemann: No! You think I'd wreck the work of a lifetime because you're in love with a, a Gypsy girl?
Daniel: I've killed four men for you!
Dr. Gustav Niemann: Do as I say or I'll never help you.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Best of Sex and Violence (1981)

House Of Frankenstein (1944) **1/2

The first proper monster bash from Universal is a better film than its follow-up, HOUSE OF Dracula (1945) - but it still emerges as unsatisfactory, if undeniably entertaining.

Again, I liked it more than the first time but, really, the film makes no effort to concoct a sensible plot which would actually lead somewhere: it's the same old story of revenge plots, the re-animation of various monsters who get little or nothing to do, and the climactic storming of the laboratory by torch-wielding villagers (apparently this was considered the national pastime)!! Still, the film starts off well enough with Boris Karloff (forsaking the monster persona for that of the mad scientist) and hunchback assistant J. Carroll Naish escaping from prison and insinuating themselves into George Zucco's traveling "Chamber of Horrors" show.

This was John Carradine's first appearance as Count Dracula (who seems to have fallen on hard times, seeing how much he's shriveled from the time of SON OF Dracula [1943]) and he adds a welcome touch of theatricality to the brew, most evident in the scene where he demonstrates his hypnotic control over Anne Gwynne as well as his untimely demise - though one would be hard-pressed to believe the vampire would somehow bow down to Karloff, a mere mortal, and do his bidding! Lon Chaney Jr. basically sleep-walks through his role (even more so in the following film), especially when saddled with an insipid romantic partner in Elena Verdugo, but his initial transformation - focusing on his footprints - is superbly handled. The film spelled the end for the Frankenstein monster, however, as its role had grown so subsidiary by this point that it was not even deemed worthy of a star performer - and the name of the stuntman playing it, Glenn Strange, was not even featured in the main credits!! As usual, the film delivers in the 'atmosphere' stakes, and the cast is peppered with a long list of old reliables - chief among them Lionel Atwill (as yet another flustered town official) and Sig Rumann (as one of the Count's victims).