History Main / HouseOfFrankenstein

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Frankenstein This lovely estate]] in Germany.

* The 1997 two-part miniseries ''[[Film/HouseOfFrankenstein1997 House of Frankenstein]]''.

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->''THE DEVIL'S BROOD! All the screen's Titans of Terror - together in the greatest of all SCREEN SENSATIONS!''

'''''House of Frankenstein''''' is a {{Universal horror}} movie from the year 1944 and its plot continues from the MonsterMash ''{{Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man}}''. It has a sequel of its own called ''HouseOfDracula''.

Few years have passed after the brawl between the [=~Frankenstein's Monster~=] and the WolfMan and both are now trapped under the ice. The film opens with MadScientist Dr. Niemann (BorisKarloff) escaping the prison with the hunchbacked Daniel. After taking over a carnival "Chamber of Horrors", Niemann sets out to do the first thing on his mind: Revenge upon those who sent him to the prison.

He finds that the main event of his newly acquitted "Chamber of Horrors", {{Dracula}}'s (David Carradine) staked corpse, is pretty much real and uses him to take out his first victim. Dracula is quickly done in and Niemann sets out to village of [[strike:[[RetCon Vasaria]]]] Frankenstein and finds the frozen bodies of Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney jr.) and the Monster (Glenn Strange) under the remains of Ludwig Frankenstein's sanoratorium. He decides to revive the Monster and promises help to Larry to get his assistance. Then they set out to Niemann's old place to begin the experimenting...

In 1997, NBC created mini-series remake of the movie with the backing of Universal. Its mostly considered InNameOnly.

!!Upon entering the House of Frankenstein, you'll find:

* ArcWords: Certain poem is repeated twice.
* BreakingTheBonds
* ChaseScene
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Dracula's role in Lampini's Chamber of Horrors.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Niemann takes Lampini's place after he has ordered Daniel to kill him.
* DestinationDefenestration
* DramaticThunder
* ForScience
* TheGreatEscape: Convenient lightning strike frees Dr. Niemann and Daniel from the {{prison}} early in the film.
* HarmlessFreezing: Both the Monster and the Wolf Man are found enclosed in ice, but only Wolf Man is unharmed by it. The Monster has been damaged by freezing and its restoration is one of Niemann's goals.
* HostileWeather: The storm in the beginning of the film.
* HumanToWerewolfFootprints
* TheIgor: Daniel.
* LoveTriangle: Daniel loves Ilonka, Ilonka loves Larry and Larry only [[DeathSeeker wants to die]].
* MadScientist: Dr. Niemann.
* MindControlDevice: Dracula's ring.
* NoImmortalInertia: When Dracula is exposed to the sunlight, he turns into a skeleton.
* PietaPlagiarism
* QuicksandSucks: How there is quicksand in mid-Europe, we don't know.
* {{Roma}}: Ilonka.
* ScreamDiscretionShot
* ShadowDiscretionShot
* SilverBullet: Ilonka makes one to release Larry from his curse.
* SoundOnlyDeath
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable
* TorchesAndPitchforks
* TransformationSequence
* {{Uberwald}}
* WhipItGood: Daniel takes his frustrations on the bound Monster with a whip. Which has been proven to be [[{{Frankenstein 1931}} such a good idea in the past]].
* TheXOfY

* TheOtherDarrin: Glenn Strange plays the Monster, and John Carradine replaces [[BelaLugosi Bela Lugosi]] as Dracula
** BelaLugosi also played the Monster in [[WolfmanVsFrankenstein Wolfman vs. Frankenstein]]. It would probably be troublesome to have him be both, so instead he played neither.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There was also a 1997 miniseries titled ''House of Frankenstein''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kharis the {{Mummy}} was planned to appear.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The whole subplot with Dracula can be seen as an example: although there is some foreshadowing, Dracula is killed shortly after being revived and the whole plot thread is never mentioned again.

* DarkAndStormyNight: How the film begins.

* BigLippedAlligagtor Moment: The whole subplot with Dracula can be seen as an example: although there is some foreshadowing, Dracula is killed shortly after being revived and the whole plot thread is never mentioned again.

* BigLippedAlligagtor Moment: The whole subplot with Dracula can be seen as an example: although there is some foreshadowing, Dracula is kille shortly after being revived and the whole plot thread is never mentioned again.