Frankenstein, dracula, and the rest of the most valuable movie posters. Like dracula, frankenstein is a novelinletters, containing firstperson accounts of interactions with a horrible monster. The classic tales of dracula, frankenstein, dorian gray and more are woven together in this horror series set on the dark streets of victorian london. Showtime revives penny dreadful with new city of angels story. Released to video under the title the revenge of dracula, this horror spoof finds the infamous count dracula joining up with dr. What themes do stokers dracula and shelleys frankenstein. Lavishly produced sets and a lead cast of horror luminaries marked it as an auspicious beginning. The blooddrinking count dracula is drawing his plans against victorian london. Browse endless inspiration and create mood boards to share with friends or save for later.
Little dracula is a british series of childrens books and an american animated television series that originally aired on fox. Beyond that i will admit i find dracula tedious and flat. Frankenstein was filmed over a period of several years in this case 1969, 1970 and 1971 and then ingeniously woven together to bring us this indescribable delight. Penny dreadful is a britishamerican horror drama television series created for showtime and. Dracula, prisoner of frankenstein 1972 bleeding skull. Dorian gray, victor frankenstein and timeless figures from dracula join a. Carrol naish as a mad scientist and lon chaney, jr as his faithful servant. Usage public domain topics trailers, horror, dracula, frankenstein.
We start with the story of his conception instead, a sort of history of cruelty to. With sean bean, richie campbell, tom ward, ryan sampson. Its inhabitants can go anywhere, even totransylvania. However, the completed film was not to the liking of producercowriter samuel m. This film, therefore, is both the fifth in the series of films based upon mary shelleys 1818 book frankenstein. Explorer sir malcolm murray, american gunslinger ethan chandler, scientist victor frankenstein. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at castle dracula and duly dispatches the vampire count.
Penny dreadful est une serie televisee americanobritannique en vingtsept episodes. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent expressionist cinema of the early 20th century complete with intertitles and monochrome photography, it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young english women. Frankenstein tv series hotel transylvania wiki fandom. Inspector john marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century london, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on reanimating the dead. With frankenstein and dracula, mary shelley and bram stoker created two of historys most memorable monsters. Elle vit chez sir malcolm, avec qui elle entretient une relation aussi forte. It is a true classic and should be read by every grade school student. Carrol naish in his final film role is the wheelchairbound dr. This was the first of a series of ensemble monster films combining characters from several film series. Police investigate a series of murders, but explorer sir malcolm murray and the. Dreadful series was set in victorian england complete with famous horror characters from that time period like dracula and frankenstein. Dracula, frankenstein, and the picture of dorian gray.
Maybe john lennon and jess franco had more in common in their 1970s creativity than a. Brides of dracula curse of the werewolf phantom of the opera paranoiac kiss of the vampire and more 4. Two hundred years after frankenstein was published, pages from mary shelleys manuscript will make their only appearance in the united states, to be displayed for the first time alongside the rosenbachs collection of bram stokers notes for dracula, accompanied by. Rory kinnear as the creature, a creation frankenstein abruptly abandoned, who, not given a name, variously uses the aliases. On a deeper level, dracula and frankenstein are both unnatural creatures or subversions of nature that shelley and stoker manipulate as metaphors for humanity. Upon regaining your wits, youre left halfasleep, yet ready to conquer the world.
The variation was given its name by tim harding in his 1975 book on the vienna game, in which he said that the. Van helsing joins frankenstein in working on a cure for. Universals first monster movie since draculas daughter in 1936, son of frankenstein kicked off the studios second horror cycle. The summer storm that inspired frankenstein and dracula bisintennial a volcano exploding on the far side of the world and a disastrous love affair in europe created just the climate needed for. The similarities to abbott and costello meet frankenstein are so obvious that some scenes are almost shotforshot recreations, albeit pale but amusing. Good quality picture, better than the original version and the sound is quite good. Victor frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the creature escapes and later swears revenge.
I give it two stars for a modicum of bmovie camp value, but then again, im in a pretty. Phantom of the opera 1925 once owned by nicolas cage. Even so, dracula vs frankenstein is something special, starting out as a biker film, an intended sequel to adamsons surprisingly successful satans sadists, before taking a sharp lefthand turn to become the blood seekers, about a mad scientist and his bizarre experiments, and then finally ending up as dracula vs frankenstein, which is. Bram stokers dracula mary shelleys frankenstein set. Each story includes a protagonist, villain and secondary character. Frankenstein is a male monster with the physique of a human, his body parts are stitched together and removable, he has grey skin, a large oval face, comparatively small ears, short black hair, yellow eyeballs and black irises. Frankenstein arrives with his assistant, morpho, and a large. Sure lugosi is all suave and hungarian but he mostly wanders around in a dinner jacket doing very little surrounded by a dinner theatre level. Dracula is an 1897 epistolary novel by irish author bram stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire count dracula. His body among the largest of the monsters in hotel transylvania, his. Sherman, and the movie went back into production to add new scenes with dracula and the frankenstein. Frankenstein in order to find a way to quench his thirst for blood.
These two classic horror stories possess similar character types which contrast in key elements. Count dracula is using the alias of alexander lucard, and is a wealthy tycoon the name a. Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the frankenstein monster. Filming started in 1969 as the blood seekers, than the characters of dracula and the frankenstein monster were added the following year. The opening involves many complications, however with accurate play the opening is very playable for both sides. Dracula was a pretty cool book to read if you have spare time. Conde dracula y frankenstein personas crueles y siniestras.
During the 1940s, dracula and the frankenstein monster began to appear together in movies such as house of frankenstein 1944, house of dracula 1945, and abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948. That was frankenstein, followed by the oddly forgotten paramount adaptation of dr. Frankenstein was greeted with screams, moans, and fainting spells upon its initial release, obliging universal to add a disclaimer in which edward van sloan advises the faint of heart to leave the. Frankenstein was written over a weekend by a teenage girl and it is one of the great storys ever written. Malgre ces reussites, le meltingpot dracula, frankenstein, dorian gray. Frankenstein is hank n steins father, and one of dracula s best friends at hotel transylvania. Dracula, frankenstein and the picture of dorian gray contaminate each. Both of them ventured into the wild west in the 1960s with jesse james meets frankensteins daughter and billy the kid vs dracula. Little dracula revolves around a greenskinned child vampire who aspires to be like his father, big dracula, yet also enjoys rock n roll and surfing. Frankenstein is a 1971 american horror film directed by al adamson. With josh hartnett, timothy dalton, eva green, reeve carney.
Penny dreadful season 2penny dreadful tv serieseva green penny. Classic camp with two of filmdoms most famous monsters squaring off against each other in a battle royal is a schlocky treat. This bram stokers dracula mary shelleys frankenstein set bluray is a reasonably priced offering of these movies for a library of movies. With luke goss, alec newman, nicole lewis, dan stevens. Frankenstein began life as satans bloody freaks, a standard mad science flick featuring j. The official trailer for season 1 of the showtime series penny dreadful.
Seward decides its time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Samuel barnett as renfield, florence sewards secretary who becomes involved with dracula. Hammer horror series brides of dracula curse of the werewolf. Mary shelleys frankenstein and bram stokers dracula are stories of inhumane beings causing destruction and agony for the main characters until the time of their defeat. He is constantly on guard against attacks from gustav van helsing, as well. Easily rivaling ed wood for plot incoherence, terrible dialogue, subplots leading nowhere, and wooden acting, this film must be seen to be believed. I saw this movie when it was first out and with the advances in the technical delivery of new movies it is dated. Logan challenges this singlesided view by populating penny dreadful with. Both novels contain typically gothic elements, such as old castles, sweeping views of nature.
The frankensteindracula variation is a chess opening, usually considered a branch of the vienna game, but can also be reached from the bishops opening. Frankenstein meets the wolf man is a 1943 american horror film produced by universal studios starring lon chaney, jr. Penny dreadful is from the writer john logan and director sam mendes of the smash james bond film skyfall. An unlikely band of heroes searches for a missing woman and discovers. Dracula the not so aristocraticaristocrat count dracula isnt a real aristocrat, he doesnt have servants drink or make love like showy clothes go to the theatre or hunting hold receptions or build stately homes his aim is not to destroy the lives of others but to use them dracula is an ascetic. Carroll naish, and with zandor vorkov and john bloom as the respective title characters.
Frankenstein is a one of a kind monstrosity that only the legendary al adamson could make. Shellys idea and plot were better she made it about humanity, the main characters problems all could have been avoided if he wasnt a douche and the monster only acts the way it does because its like. From dracula to frankenstein, werewolves to phantoms, the hammer horror. They can communicate globally in the blink of an eye. Dracula, prisoner of frankenstein is, quite literally, a pleasant dream. Rich noble brunette wife fucked by graf dracula in prison.