House of Frankenstein

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House of Frankenstein

1944,

1h 11m,

Horror

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11 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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After escaping from prison, the evil Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and his hunchbacked assistant, Daniel (J. Carrol Naish), plot their revenge against those who imprisoned them. For this, they recruit the powerful Wolf Man (Lon Chaney), Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) and even Dracula himself (John Carradine). Niemann pursues those who wrong him, sending each monster out to do his dirty work. But his control on the monsters is weak at best and may prove to be his downfall.

Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

Oct 26, 2014

C+

Calling all monsters! Universal trots most of them out for this sequel to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man." And, the results were slightly better than the 1943 effort. Boris Karloff plays a mad scientist bent on revenge.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Oct 30, 2009

3/10

71 incomprehensible minutes of the very worst Universal had to offer.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Dec 2, 2007

4/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 11, 2005

2/5

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies

Feb 27, 2005

2/5

This one is just bad.

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Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

Oct 23, 2004

4/5

Creepy, fun Universal programmer featuring a bevy of beasties

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Finn W

Aug 5, 2018

This film has some small things going for it, Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff are great and the film has a great score. It is just riddled with continuity issues and a forgettable storyline where the characters of the monster, the Wolfman, and Dracula never actually all meet in the same room which is a disappointment. Never understood why Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi didn't go back to their iconic roles.

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Poe S

Sep 17, 2017

An interesting but, somewhat dull movie. Yes, this movie is called Frankenstein but, Frankenstein was barley in it! They should've re titled it the Crazy doctor who wanted to revive Frankenstein with his Igor like countless previous doctors who tried and failed. Honestly is this the most original idea universal could come up with? It's the same plot as the last 4 Frankenstein movies!!!! So overall if you watched son of Frankenstein you've pretty much Ed watched this. Just include the depressed wolf an, and some form of dracula. Hey, at least it was better than "Frankenstein meets the Wolfman!"

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Finn R

Mar 24, 2017

This has to be the worst the Universal Monsters has to offer. This movie is absolutely awful. Frankenstein is literally alive for 4 minutes, the acting is abismal and it ends in QUICKSAND!

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Theodore P

Mar 4, 2017

Except for Boris Karloff (who proves herein that he can handle lines with the best of them) and J.Carrol Naish, the writing of this dreck shipwrecks everyone involved. Chaney's Wolfman is a joke, Frankenstein's monster "runs amok" for perhaps 3 minutes, maybe even less, and Carradine's Dracula is an insult to the legend. Pass, pass, pass!

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Finn L

Oct 8, 2016

Harmless fun. Chaney is at the top of his game and Karloff plays the evil scientist part with gusto. That being said, Dracula is shoehorned in for about ten minutes and is completely forgotten afterwards. It would've been nice to see the big three monsters onscreen together, but they are instead dealt within individual sequences. While entertaining, it doesn't live up to previous entries in the Frankenstein series.

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Erle C. Kenton

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Boris Karloff

Dr. Gustav Niemann

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lawrence Talbot

J. Carrol Naish

Daniel

John Carradine

Dracula

Anne Gwynne

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Synopsis

After escaping from prison, the evil Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and his hunchbacked assistant, Daniel (J. Carrol Naish), plot their revenge against those who imprisoned them. For this, they recruit the powerful Wolf Man (Lon Chaney), Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) and even Dracula himself (John Carradine). Niemann pursues those who wrong him, sending each monster out to do his dirty work. But his control on the monsters is weak at best and may prove to be his downfall.

Director: Erle C. Kenton
Producer: Paul Malvern
Screenwriter: Curt Siodmak, Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Universal Pictures, Realart Pictures Inc., Universal Home Entertainment
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 1, 1944, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 11m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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