Frankenstein/ Wolfman: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, David Clyde, George Robinson, Roy William Neill, Edward Curtiss, George Waggner, Curt Siodmak: Amazon.ca: Video

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Over 10 years after first turning down the role, Bela Lugosi donned the neck bolts and platform boots to play Frankenstein's monster for the first and only time in Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr., reprising his most famous role), killed at the end of The Wolf Man, is inexplicably alive and searching for the brilliant Dr. Frankenstein but instead finds the Monster, frozen in ice beneath the castle, and an ambitious scientist (Patric Knowles) who revives the creature and promises to cure Larry. Lugosi is lurching and clumsy as the Monster, while Chaney is appropriately tortured as Larry but stiff and snarly as the Wolf Man, more man than wolf. Last-minute cuts by the studio renders much of the film incomprehensible: the monster was left blind and vocal at the end of Ghost of Frankenstein, but all references to either were deleted (which partly accounts for Lugosi's performance) and he's now sighted but mute. Roy William Neill, a talented B-movie director best known for his Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone, can't do much with the perfunctory script, but he does deliver a highly entertaining conclusion: the Wolf Man battles the Monster while a spectacular disaster (accomplished with obvious but charming models) wipes the castle off the face of the earth... at least until House of Frankenstein the next year. --Sean Axmaker

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4.0 out of 5 stars wish they make more movies like this, April 17 2004

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This review is from: Frankenstein/ Wolfman (VHS Tape)

i t hink the classic universal frankenstein has been played 4 times by different actor's....karloff...is a classic, but i like
glen strange from abbot and costello better.
this movie good for a saturday afternoon..!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Before Freddy battled Jason, Frankenstein meet the Wolf Man!, April 14 2004

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Before I watched this movie, I didn't think Lugosi could pull it off as Frankenstein. How wrong I was! The legendary actor who was famous for playing Dracula in Universal's classic 1931 film, did a great job as the monster in this film. Although Son of Frankenstein (1939) was a big let down after Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), this film returns a little pride in the Frankenstein monster. Even though the title is Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, don't let it fool you. This film is more of a sequal to The Wolf Man featuring Frankenstein, but that doesn't really matter, because the story is very good.

Lon Chaney Jr. plays Larry Talbot (the wolf man) and he wants to rid himself of the werewolf curse. He seeks the gypsy woman from The Wolf Man (1941), who tells him there is nothing she can do to cure him. Talbot figures the only cure he can hope for is Dr. Frankenstein, who knew the secrect of life and death. As a result of Henry and Wolf Frankenstein now being dead, Talbot seeks the diary of Henry to figure out a way to kill himself and give his soul eternal piece. He runs into Frankenstein's monster (Lugosi) and Elsa Frankenstein. He turns into the werewolf and has a pretty good battle with Frankenstein.

This movie was scary at times. You can really feel sorry for Larry in this film. The performences by Lugosi, Chaney Jr., and the rest of the cast were great. The music was great too. The story was interesting and kept you guessing as to what will wind up happening to Larry. All in all, this is a fun monster movie. If you are a fan of Universal monster movies, this is a good monster mash for you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Both were fabulous!!, Mar 27 2003

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This is a sequel to two films. The prequels are: Ghost of Frankenstein and the Wolf Man. Fabulous horror from beginning to end. Later in the film, the resurrected wolfman digs out Frankenstein's superhuman monster, who still stands tall and strong after being burnt and blown up so many times. Coolest!! I have no favorites out of the dozens of great horror classics made way back, and this a wonderful clash. I won't ruin anything else for you, so enjoy....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lugosi and Chaney make a great team........
I will admit at first when I heard that Bela Lugosi was going to fill the shoes of Frankenstein creature who was originally played brilliantly by Boris Karloff I was sure I... Read more

Published on Oct 9 2002 by Nicole

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT MONSTER BASH !
This movie is great, it is a great adittion to the classic Universal Monsters collection. It's got a quicker pace, a better story, and more excitement than some other monster... Read more

Published on Oct 6 2002