Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
1931 Photoplay edition of Mary W. Shelley’s Frankenstein (via)
Fans of the movie are going to be so disappointed when they read this!
Undoubtedly the aspect of FRANKENSTEIN VS. BARAGON which cements it in kaiju legend is the film’s dual endings: US producer Henry G. Saperstein was unsatisfied with the film’s original ending, in which the Frankenstein monster falls into the Earth after defeating Baragon, and requested a new one. Toho filmed a new ending at Saperstein’s insistance, this one featuring the monster going up against a giant “Devilfish” octopus. In the end, Saperstein’s new ending was not used in any theatrical version of the film.
Radio Blue Heart presents TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Episode 31: Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks! (aka Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette)
One of the more bizarre takes on the Frankenstein mythos. This time Count Frankenstein (that’s right, he is a count instead of a baron in this) creates a monster from the usual sources, but the extra special ingredient is a Neanderthal man for the body!
Assisting the good doctor in this little venture are a hunchback with a masochistic wife and a necrophiliac dwarf!
Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage
Radio Blue Heart presents TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Episode 12: Lady Frankenstein!
Another screen adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel, but this one was unique for its levels of sex and violence, as well as its female lead. Often considered feminist science fiction/horror film because the focus is not on Baron Frankenstein in this version but his daughter, challenging 19th century gender roles by being a brilliant surgeon and a femme fatale.
Tania Frankenstein returns home from medical school and takes over her father’s work when his creation kills him and goes on a rampage. Using her brilliant mind and beautiful face and body, she sets out to prove to the world that her father was a genius!
The trailer to this film was sampled at the beginning of Rob Zombie’s song “Living Dead Girl”. The film was originally distributed by Roger Corman of this Italian horror film.
Rivaled only by “Curse of Frankenstein” and “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein” in its combination of sex, violence and gothic horror.
The soundtrack to Lucio Fulci’s “House By The Cemetery” by Walter Rizzati
-Quella Villa Accanto Al Cimitero (Italy)
-La maison près du cimetière (France)
-A Casa do Cemitério (Brazil)
-A Casa dos Mortos Vivos (Brazil)
-Aquella casa al lado del cementerio (Spain)
-Das Haus an der Friedhofsmauer (Germany)
-Het huis bij het kerkhof (Netherlands)
-Huset på kyrkogården (Sweden)
-La casa cercana al cementerio (Argentina)
-Slagtehuset ved kirkegården (Denmark)
-The House Outside The Cemetery (undefined)
-Zombie Hell House (USA)
