Directed by:
Jesús FrancoCast:
Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Fernando Bilbao, Geneviève Robert, Britt Nickols, Paca Gabaldón, Daniel White, Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbés, Luis BarbooPlots(1)
In this comedic horror film from cult director Jesus Franco, Jonathan Seward (Alberto Dalbes) tracks the evil vampire Count Dracula (Howard Vernon) to his castle and kills him with a stake through the heart. The nightmare has hardly begun, however, as the mad Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price) revives the vampire using the blood of a nightclub singer (Josiane Gibert). The pair then join forces, along with Frankenstein's monster (Fernando Bilbao) and a mutant assistant named Morpho (Luis Barboo), in an attempt to create a vampire army to rule the world. This parody manages to deconstruct traditional legend without saying anything remotely interesting or clever, and the special-effects are strictly of the bargain-basement variety. Paca Gabaldon (appearing as "Mary Francis"), Britt Nichols, and Anne Libert co-star. Franco returned to the Frankenstein theme the following year with La Maldicion de Frankenstein. (official distributor synopsis)
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Howard Vernon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Fernando Bilbao
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Kid Stuff (1975)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Geneviève Robert
Best movies:
Dave (1993)
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
Britt Nickols
Portugal
Best movies:
The Killer with a Thousand Eyes (1974)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
Paca Gabaldón
Spain
Best movies:
Common Wealth (2000)
The Cannibal Man (1972)
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
Daniel White
France
Best movies:
The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
Succubus (1968)
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
Anne Libert
Best movies:
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1976)
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
The Demons (1973)
Alberto Dalbés
Argentina
Best movies:
That Man in Istanbul (1965)
Cut-Throats Nine (1972)
Hunchback of the Morgue (1973)
Luis Barboo
Spain
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)