My Dark Corner of this Sick World is a You Tube movie review channel devoted to what most people consider bad movies (and a few good ones). Frankenstein 1970, in which Boris Karloff plays Frankenstein rather than the creature, was recently reviewed. This got me wondering, how many Frankenstein films did Boris Karloff make in his long career?
He only played the Monster in the first three Universal films: Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). Then retired from the role.
But this would not be his last appearance in a Universal Frankenstein movie. Following on from Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Universal made House of Frankenstein, which added Count Dracula to the cast.
In House of Frankenstein (1944), Karloff plays the central villain, Dr Gustav Niemann, who has just escaped from prison, and is out for revenge on those who put him there. This time Glenn Strange played the Monster.
Then came Frankenstein 1970 (1958), in which Karloff plays Baron Victor von Frankenstein. Mike Lane played the Monster.
Mad Monster Party ? (1967) was a stop-motion animated film, in which Boris Karloff provided the voice of Baron Boris von Frankenstein. The puppet somewhat resembled him.
So that makes six films by my count.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
I’ve always found the term “bad movies” subjective, pejorative and elitist. For instance, Frankenstein 1970 and Mad Monster Party? are classics, two of my favorite films in fact. Alternately, I consider Creature from the Black Lagoon and Star Wars to be very bad movies. So who’s to say what’s bad? SFZ
ReplyDeleteSome of my favourite movies and TV shows regularly make lists of Worst Movies and Worst TV shows. There really are people out there who do not like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Doctor Doolittle, and My Mother the Car or The Flying Nun. Crazy.
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