DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN Al Adamson’s mish-mash – free on YouTube

Dracula vs. Frankenstein is a 1971 sci-fi horror film in which Count Dracula teams up with a mad doctor to revive the Frankenstein monster.

The movie was directed by Al Adamson Death Dimension; Cinderella 2000; (Nurse Sherri; Black Samurai; Black Heat; Girls for Rent; Nurses for Sale; Brain of Blood; The Female Bunch; Horror of the Blood Monsters; Five Bloody Graves; Satan’s Sadists; Blood from Dracula’s Castle; Fiend with the Electronic Brain; Psycho a Go Go).

This was Lon Chaney Jr.’s final horror film role and J. Carroll Naish’s last film. Chaney filmed his part in mid-1969 when the film was titled Blood Seekers; Naish filmed additional footage in 1970 when Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster were added to the story (and in his confrontation scene with Dracula, he appears noticeably older). Regina Carrol appears in the film as one of the people who discover the two title monsters; in reality, she was married to director Adamson.

The film has also been released as Blood of Frankenstein; The Revenge of Dracula; Teenage Dracula and, bizarrely, Love Tramps.

Plot:
A mad scientist (Naish) descended from the original Doctor Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes of reviving his ancestor’s creation, with help from his mute assistant (played by Lon Chaney Jr.).

Things start to heat up when Dracula (played by Zandor Vorkov) arrives and promises to revive Frankenstein’s monster in return for a serum that will grant him immortality…

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The special edition Blu-ray includes an audio commentary by writer/producer Sam Sherman, a documentary on Independent International Pictures, a rare alternate ending, deleted scenes, a deleted scene with Famous Monsters editor Forrest J Ackerman and Dracula, rare 8mm movie location footage, the original theatrical trailer, TV Spot and an extensive photo gallery.

“With a retro feel that would shame Paul Naschy, all bubbling test-tubes and screaming girls, this is fun nonsense for a very precise demographic of horror fandom (you know who you are…), but tedious gubbins for everyone else.” Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA book

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Cast and characters:
J. Carrol Naish … Dr Durea alias Dr Frankenstein
Lon Chaney Jr … Groton
Zandor Vorkov … Count Dracula
Anthony Eisley … Mike
Regina Carrol … Judith Fontaine
Russ Tamblyn … Rico
Jim Davis … Sgt. Martin
Angelo Rossitto … Grazbo
Greydon Clark … Strange
Ann Morell … Samantha
William Bonner … Biker
Forrest J. Ackerman … Dr Beaumont
Maria Lease … Joan
John Bloom … The Monster
Shelly Weiss … The Creature
Bruce Kimball … Ed the Biker
Albert Cole … Cop Driving Car at Beach
Gary Kent … Bob
Connie Nelson … Laura / Vampire Woman
Irv Saunders … Policeman
Lu Dorn … Make Out Girl in Car
Sean Graver … Dead Boy in the Arms of the Vampire Woman
Barney Gelfan … Cemetery Guard

Filming locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hollywood Stages, 6650 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California
Santa Monica, California
Somers, New York (old church)

Technical specs:
1 hour 31 minutes
Audio: Mono
Aspect ratio: 1.66: 1

Trailer:

Clip:

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