Frankenstein 1970

Infobox Film | name = Frankenstein 1970


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director = Howard W. Kotch
producer = Aubrey Schenck
writer = Mary Shelley
George Worthing Yates
Aubrey Schenck
Charles A. Moses
Richard H. Landau
starring = Boris Karloff
Don Barry
music = Paul Dunlap
cinematography = Carl E. Guthrie
editing = John A. Bushelman
distributor = Aubrey Schenck Productions
released = US – July 20, 1958
runtime = 83 minutes
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:92290
imdb_id = 0051630

Frankenstein 1970 is a 1958 science fiction horror film, starring Boris Karloff and Don 'Red' Barry. This independent film was directed by Howard W. Koch, and its alternative titles were "Frankenstein 1960" and "Frankenstein 1975". The film was almost shot in Cinemascope, but it was released on a low budget. The film was originally intended to be named "Frankenstein 1960" but it did not sound futuristic enough. Unlike today, at the time this film was made, it was almost impossible for a scientist to purchase his own nuclear reactor.

Plot

Boris Karloff plays the role of Baron Victor Von Frankenstein, who suffered at the hands of the Nazis for punishment for not cooperating with them during World War II. He suffers much disfigurement but continues his work as a scientist. The baron allows a television crew to film a documentary about his monster-making family at his castle in Germany. The crew gives him enough money to buy an atomic reactor and uses it to create a hulking monster, which proceeds to kill off members of the crew for more spare parts.

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*imdb title|0051630