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A Neanderthal man is lynched by villagers and Count Frankenstein brings the monster back to life. Trying to avoid detection from the authorities and the locals, his creation escapes and wreaks havoc.
Italian film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that production details of the film were "shady if not contradictory".[2] These include the identity of the director of the film.[2] Among the different hypotheses of who directed the film included Spanish actor Ramiro Olvieros and producer Oscar Brazzi, cinematographer Mario Mancini, producer Dick Randall and screenwriter William Rose.[2] The Italian copyright agency SIAE certified that director Robert H. Oliver was a pseudonym of Mancini.[2] Actor Gordon Mitchell contradicts this, saying that the director was Robert Oliver, while the actress Simone Blondell recalled only that the director "spoke English, he wasn't Italian"[2] Among the crew, assistant director Gianlorenzo Battaglia denied Mancini directed the film, stating that "the American director left the film because of disagreements with the producer, and so Mario finished it on his own. I'm not 100% sure though!"[2]
The film was shot in late 1972 and finished in early 1973.[3]
Release
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nettunia Film on 19 February 1974.[2] It grossed a total of 51,005,000 Italian lire on its domestic release.[2] The film was released in the United States on Aquarius Releasing and Box-Office International Pictures in January 1975.[2]
The film was released in the United States under various titles including Terror Castle, The House of Freaks, The Monsters of Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks.[2] It was released in the United Kingdom as Frankenstein's Castle.[2] Curti described the film as having a minor cult status in the United States when it aired on Elvira's Movie Macabre in the 1980s.[3]
Reception
In a retrospective look on the film, Curti described it as "One of the trashiest horror movies produced in Italy in the 1970s"[2] Louis Paul wrote a negative review of the film in his book Italian Horror Film Directors, opining that the film "little more than low-budget horror at its worst".[4]
frankenstein, castle, freaks, italian, terror, castello, delle, donne, maledette, 1974, italian, horror, film, theatrical, release, posterscreenplay, bymark, smith, william, rose, roberto, spano, mario, francini, produced, bydick, randall, oscar, brazzi, starr. Frankenstein s Castle of Freaks Italian Terror Il castello delle donne maledette is a 1974 Italian horror film Frankenstein s Castle of FreaksTheatrical release posterScreenplay byMark Smith William Rose Roberto Spano Mario Francini 1 Produced byDick Randall Oscar Brazzi 1 StarringRosanno Brazzi Michael Dunn Edmund Purdom Gordon Mitchell William RussellCinematographyMario Mancini 1 Edited byEnzo Micarelli 1 Music byMarcello Gigante 1 ProductioncompanyClassic Film International 1 Distributed byNettunia FilmRelease date19 February 1974 1974 02 19 Italy Running time89 minutes 1 CountryItaly 1 Box office 51 004 million Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 Footnotes 6 1 References 7 External linksPlot summary EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2011 A Neanderthal man is lynched by villagers and Count Frankenstein brings the monster back to life Trying to avoid detection from the authorities and the locals his creation escapes and wreaks havoc Cast EditRossano Brazzi as Count Frankenstein Michael Dunn as Genz Edmund Purdom as Prefect Ewing Gordon Mitchell as Igor Loren Ewing as Goliath Luciano Pigozzi as Hans Xiro Papas as Kreegin Salvatore Baccaro as Ook credited as Boris Lugosi Eric Mann as Eric Laura De Benedittis as Vald Robert Marx as Koerner Christiane Rucker as Krista credited as Christiane Royce Production EditItalian film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that production details of the film were shady if not contradictory 2 These include the identity of the director of the film 2 Among the different hypotheses of who directed the film included Spanish actor Ramiro Olvieros and producer Oscar Brazzi cinematographer Mario Mancini producer Dick Randall and screenwriter William Rose 2 The Italian copyright agency SIAE certified that director Robert H Oliver was a pseudonym of Mancini 2 Actor Gordon Mitchell contradicts this saying that the director was Robert Oliver while the actress Simone Blondell recalled only that the director spoke English he wasn t Italian 2 Among the crew assistant director Gianlorenzo Battaglia denied Mancini directed the film stating that the American director left the film because of disagreements with the producer and so Mario finished it on his own I m not 100 sure though 2 The film was shot in late 1972 and finished in early 1973 3 Release EditFrankenstein s Castle of Freaks was distributed theatrically in Italy by Nettunia Film on 19 February 1974 2 It grossed a total of 51 005 000 Italian lire on its domestic release 2 The film was released in the United States on Aquarius Releasing and Box Office International Pictures in January 1975 2 The film was released in the United States under various titles including Terror Castle The House of Freaks The Monsters of Dr Frankenstein and Dr Frankenstein s Castle of Freaks 2 It was released in the United Kingdom as Frankenstein s Castle 2 Curti described the film as having a minor cult status in the United States when it aired on Elvira s Movie Macabre in the 1980s 3 Reception EditIn a retrospective look on the film Curti described it as One of the trashiest horror movies produced in Italy in the 1970s 2 Louis Paul wrote a negative review of the film in his book Italian Horror Film Directors opining that the film little more than low budget horror at its worst 4 Footnotes Edit a b c d e f g h Curti 2017 p 134 a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti 2017 p 135 a b Curti 2017 p 137 Paul 2005 p 28 References Edit Curti Roberto 2017 Italian Gothic Horror Films 1970 1979 McFarland ISBN 978 1476629605 Paul Louis 2005 Italian Horror Film Directors McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 8749 3 External links EditFrankenstein s Castle of Freaks at IMDb Frankenstein s Castle of Freaks is available for free download at the Internet Archive Frankenstein s Castle of Freaks at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frankenstein 27s Castle of Freaks amp oldid 1111834094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
