DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN (1972)

What a ridiculous title for a ridiculous movie. The most random review yet...... The Spanish 1972 classic, Dracula Contra Frankenstein, or in English, Dracula Vs Frankenstein. Call it what you want, either way it's still a piece of shit.

What can one really expect from a film with this title? And how could Dracula be Frankenstein's prisoner? In this case the good doctor's prisoner. There are a few moments of curious semi-brilliance such as the suffering howl the monster lets out when he is first ressurected and the atmosphere and mood created by "veteran director" (and I use that term loosely) Jess Franco. Interesting how such a carefully constructed aura of atmosphere can exist in such a lousy film. I actually can't really say much about the film. It's somewhat of an incoherent mess, but I'll try.

So Dr. Seward travels to Transylvania in order to destroy Dracula (played with the same semi-retarded stare by Howard Vernon) which he does, however Dracula is ressurected by Dr. Frankenstein and then commanded to do his bidding. Throw in the recently ressurected monster, a Werewolf out of nowhere with ten minutes to go and seductive "Vampire Vixens" all causing chaos of their own throughout the countryside. Regardless of it's shittiness, it's a film heavy on the Gothic atmosphere and so points must be awarded here. Other than that, there's not much, at least not much that can't be laughed at. Give it a go. You have no choice. TWO STARS OUT OF FIVE.