Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Supelice
Dreadfully Boring
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
supermaggie
I do not shy away from fierce vampires like the ones in 30 days of night etc., but for a change it is nice to have some harmless fun with the classic monsters, so I enjoyed the movie a lot. It ain't too often that movies combine two or even three monster types (rather common nowadays in TV shows), and since I like them all, I do -once in a while- enjoy such gatherings. As Salinger wrote in The catcher in the rye: there is a time and a place for everything, so instead of bashing the fun young girls (and others) have when watching Twilight, people should be more tolerant for such HARMLESS fun, nobody is being harmed when people enjoy harmless monsters, it does not have to be the most perverse torture and blood spilling all the time. There is enough torture porn out there and these movies are quite high up in the blockbuster charts as well, so you Eli Roth-/...-fans go watch these and have young girls and other people enjoy the other kind of "scary" fun. Back to this movie: I wrote such a long intro because I think that this movie has a lot of good stuff (good actors, the obligatory police action, satisfying monster make-up/FX) so I cannot imagine why all the negative reviews, I can only imagine it is too harmless for the bashers, but they can choose other stuff instead. There is a time and movie for everybody. Go and enjoy.
CountVladDracula
I would like to recommend one of the worst TV mini-series ever made. It's not boring but it's very bad and easy to heckle. This may well be the Plan 9 From Outer Space of TV mini-series. It aired on NBC in 1997. It's called House of Frankenstein (not to be confused with the black and white movie of the same name). Sometimes titled House of Frankenstein '97.There's a cliché detective named Coyle, a spunky female reporter (who gets turned into a werewolf and later cured by the stupidest method possible). And there's the most incompetent vampire / Dracula knock-off ever, a vampire named Crispin Grimes, who later gets revealed as being a fallen angel who... wants the real Frankenstein Monster to display in his night club and so he sends an expedition to find the Frankenstein Monster in the North Pole... Again, to DISPLAY HIM IN HIS NIGHT CLUB! C. C. H. Pounder plays a Van Helsing type of character who is constantly calling the police station to tell them that their serial killer that the newspapers call "The Raptor" is actually a vampire.It's just so awe inspiring stupid it has to be a Nostalgia Critic episode.This wasn't even something NBC did for Halloween. It aired in November of 1997. And never got a video release. But you can find the whole thing on Youtube.The person who loaded it to Youtube broke it into Act 1 and Act 2 and each act is broken into about 9 pieces. It was originally a 2 part mini-series. And just about every 90s cliché and trope you can imagine is in it, to remind you that this isn't the version from 1944.There are so many immense plot holes. Werewolfism can be cured by temporarily flatlining a werewolf, The Frankenstein Monster was found in the North Pole (like in Mary Shelley's novel) yet he has to learn to talk like the Universal Studios version even though he's obviously intelligent. All vampires are fallen angels... The supernatural community of this city follow Crispin Grimes even though he has to be the most incompetent demon / vampire ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJjy9DTF-w It's so deliciously bad it reaches guilty pleasure levels. My favorite part is when the Frankenstein Monster out wits the vampire and his henchmen by letting them think they can hurt him with an electrical shock collar. "They were foolish to think electricity could hurt me." That was actually the most amusing moment in the whole thing. This is so awful it deserves a cult following.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
While the sum of this admittedly comes out to about average, it is not without aspects worth noting. I haven't seen the original classics based on the books, nor the film called the same as this. A pretty good job is done of basing the characters on the novels, from what I know of them. The three creatures/types get a fairly decent amount of screen-time as well as development each. Some of the design is interesting, though there are definitely also areas of it where they cut corners. Lighting isn't bad. The effects vary, but some are well-done, remarkably so in several cases. I'm not sure if there are multiple versions of this, but for me, it lasted about two hours and forty minutes sans commercials, so about an hour and twenty per part. There is relatively well-done suspense in this. There is a lot of cheese and corn herein, as well, but hey, they can both be found in a nutritious meal, and some insist on some of either or both in their diet. The humor certainly has its moments, and it's mostly natural, seldom forced. The script is hit and miss, and it may break a rule or more. It does a reasonable job of updating the myths and such. The plot is fine. The pacing is, as well. The acting is a mixed bag. The cinematography and editing feature some inspired bits. This is genuinely scary at times. There is moderate violence and gore, but I didn't hear any language. I recommend this to fans of horror, and those into the monsters. Just be aware of what to expect. 5/10
Charmaine Mitchell
Anyone who liked Kindred The Embraced should like this mini-series. I found the themes to be somewhat similar and really enjoyed both shows. The acting and story line were very professional and interesting. I consider House of Frankenstein 1997 to be a 'keeper' and have waited impatiently for several years for it to be released to the public.
