Frankenstein is a throwback to the universal age of horror films, with some biker moviemusicaldrug movie ingredients thrown in. The original literary versions of frankenstein and dracula would certainly be quick losses, but later works feature substantially more powerful versions of the. Mary shelleys creature vs bram stokers count dracula. I wonder though if herman would be smart enough to use fire to scare frankenstein but then it occured to. Thereafter, transylvania and the balkans would become the goto. Frankenstein is a 1971 film about dracula, who conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the frankenstein monster.
The exhibition will also showcase books and documents that detail the science. Frankenstein is by no means what you would expect on the title alone, it takes the two characters and brings them into the world of 1970s exploitation horror. Dracula vs frankensteins monster short fiction story. Frankenstein is far stronger than the average man and this could mean he could kill, or at least incapacitate, dracula with one punch. We are nonetheless deep into animal crossing memes and this week we are having a look at the most productive kk slider album covers available in the market, in. I also know there are a lot of annotated oneswhich is nice and i eventually would like to own an annotated copy, but for my purposes i just want to read the story.
Frankenstein in order to find a way to quench his thirst for blood. Im just trying to show that there is a universe where frankenstein could win. Dracula opens with a young solicitors assistant, jonathan harker, en route from budapest into transylvania, to visit the castle dracula and to meet with count dracula, a nobleman who has recently purchased an estate in london called carfax. Frankenstein is a novel written by the english author mary wollstonecraft shelley about the young science student victor frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. New haven sda temple brooklyn, ny recommended for you.
Recently, ive been really interested in old fashioned universal monsters, you know, like boris karloffs frankenstein and bela lugosis dracula. They are the classic monster icons of universal pictures. The sorcerer, who claims to be centuries old, desires the undead heart of the vampire. Chaney isnt halfbad as murderous grotto, given that hes a mute the entire movie, but. Most likely frankenstein because hes much stronger. In the movie jonathans employer, peter hawkins, is shown to be a goodhearted man particularly fond of him and mina, and leaves them a chunk of his goods upon his death. Night things dracula vs frankenstein this is an excellent, fastpaced story that pits horrors two top monsters against each other while exposing the seedy, gritty underbelly of the big city. Frankensteins monster is just a big, strong guy who is hard to kill. Dracula the undead is a sequel written to bram stokers classic novel dracula, written by freda warrington. Improvedi think that dracula would win against frankenstein because he would just have to bite frankenstein to restore his health. Frankenstein is a 1971 american horror film directed by al adamson.
The group locates dracula in transylvania, and stabs him in the heart and beheads him, thus freeing his soul to heaven and freeing. John milne macmillan guided readers provide a choice of enjoyable reading mate rial for all learners of english. The grand alliance, script by roy thomas and jeanmarc lofficier, pencils by claude st. Ok so this is a classic battle so let us revisit it and decide in 2015 who the true victor would be between these two famous monsters. And i was wondering, who would win out of the classic universal monsters of the 30 and 40s, and the modern movie serial killers of the 80s, 90s and present day. Bram stoker dracula retold by margaret tarner macmillan guided readers intermediate level classics macmillan 2. Frankenstein three way dance because our banners so fucking awesome, i wanted to do a post in honor of the work of krillin, the savior of the subreddit, the mod among mods, the god of the solar flair, the only son of the amazons, the hoarder of senzu beans, and leashmaster of the demimods.
He came to a stop at the ladder that would be his exit and climbed it with one hand, the precious book still held tightly with the other. Even so, dracula vs frankenstein is something special, starting out as a biker film, an intended sequel to adamsons surprisingly successful satans sadists, before taking a sharp lefthand turn to become the blood seekers, about a mad scientist and his bizarre experiments, and then finally ending up as dracula vs frankenstein, which is. The doctor revives it and uses it to take revenge on his professional rivals. Get an answer for what themes do stokers dracula and shelleys frankenstein share. Herman munster is smarter but he is also a nice guy and might hesitate in the fight which would let the more primitve frankenstein get the advantage. The two know of the others presence and the creature has a general idea of how to kill dracula. What is the best edition of dracula for the complete reading experience. After removing the other arm, dracula finally tires of frankenstein s shenanigans and handily pulls off the monsters head. Frankenstein s monster kills out of hate dracula needs a new renfield frankenstein s monster is the muscle dracula is the brain look out world conclusion poor poor franeknsteins monster doesnt stand a chance against the occult powers, prezi. Imo in this setting, frankenstein literally has 0 ways of harming dracula dracula s durability is 9a, frankentein only has 9b ap, his only bet would be trying to outlast dracula for one hour.
This series an alternate history for classic film monsters, published scripts from original versions of projects e. Dracula vs frankenstein 1971 movie trailer youtube. The book he held was wrapped in centuriesold cloth and his grip on it was impenetrable. A zombie is slow, and requires human brains to sustain itself. Dracula only exists to feed on the blood of humans, and must do so in order to achieve immortality.
By holding hostage a young woman named irena, the magician known as count saintgermain forces the monster created by victor frankenstein to invade castle dracula. Really, the fight is between the werewolf and the demon. Hes an awesome character i love to watch dracula being a bad ass. Im afraid of spiders, snakes, and women named olga 0 2 0. Fantastic just as cool reading it this second time around. I would say dracula, since he has supernatural powers. Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the frankenstein monster. Dracula and frankenstein are arguably the two most famous monsters in horror.
A composite of every fictional version of frankenstein s monster. Such a cool book and after reading it, when watching films about dracula, i love to see what parts are actually taken from the book. Jul 09, 2012 dracula vs frankenstein 1971 movie trailer plot. This web site is called dvd drivein, and i deem al adamson the ultimate drivein director and dracula vs. Cagliostro to star boris karloff supplanted by the mummy. Easily rivaling ed wood for plot incoherence, terrible dialogue, subplots leading nowhere, and wooden acting, this film must be seen to be believed. Wasnt the last batman movie based upon this theme where batman devised plans to incapacitate all justice league members in case they ever. From babylon to america, the prophecy movie by school for prophets attila kakarott duration. Carrol naish to do some undefined evil stuff with blood serums and the resurrected frankenstein monster john bloom. Frankenstein 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Each story includes a protagonist, villain and secondary character.
Frankenstein 1971 dracula zandor vorkov, actually stockbroker roger engel teams up with the last of the frankensteins j. The wolfman with frankenstein takes on dracula with elvira in his corner. Hes generally a more beefed up version with a different origin story. Classic monster fight dracula vs the frankenstein monster. He came to a stop at the ladder that would be his exit and climbed it with one hand, the precious book still held tightly with.
Differences between bram stokers dracula book vs movie page 1. A mixup that may have done pupils a favour this article is more than 6 years old. To be fair, frankenstein vs dracula came out 4 years before monty pythons movie, but i just wanted you to imagine how woeful the special effects are in this film. Frankenstein, but what would happen if modern man and his prehistoric. Vienna frankenstein dracula variation chess forums. Dracula by bram stoker, the historian by elizabeth kostova, vlad.
If adam were able to seize upon vlad, adam would tear him apart. What themes do stokers dracula and shelleys frankenstein. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The summer storm that inspired frankenstein and dracula. Stoker also wrote the mystery of the sea and famous imposters. Now and then a few of the horror hosts would be around, or horror related shows like chiller theatre with its leprous fingers shooting out of the ground and greedily grasping the letters spelling the shows name. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen. Harker worries, as he approaches the castle, about the superstitious locals, who seem to fear dracula. Frankenstein the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
This would make any fight between the two a delicately weighed fight. This is the second film in jacinto molina aka paul naschys valdemar the werewolf series of movies. Battle takes place at midnight in a crossroads of a western town. He ran through the sewers, the splashing of the puddles and his footsteps echoing around him. A group of young boys unearth an evil secret within the diary of vampire hunter, dr. Tis the season for ghoulish killers like freddy krueger, ogs such as dracula and relative newbs like pennywise. Frankenstein news newspapers books scholar jstor february 2019. Who would win frankenstein vs michael myers answers. Which of these monsters would win if all of them were in a cage fig. Frankensteins monster is faster than a zombie, but slower than the rest of them, and is basically held together with bailing wire and duct tape, so hed be the second one down. Making a actual lifestyles rpg and kk slider covers. These two classic horror stories possess similar character types which contrast in key elements. Pupils had therefore spent weeks preparing for questions on bram stokers dracula when the set text was in fact mary shelleys frankenstein. Frankenstein, dracula and victorian health, health and weight loss, weight loss plans, health and diet, medifast coupon codes, dracula news.
The film starred christopher lee as the count, with support from herbert lom, klaus kinski and paul muller, and was planned to. Dracula, on the other hand can damage frankenstein over time by biting him around the arteries, causing more and more blood to flow out of him. The monster squad 1987 the monster squad 1987 user. Im trying to avoid all the abridged versions out there. So any character that can be reasonably considered to be a mummy. Mary shelley, as she would soon be known, began penning the first pages of frankenstein in the weeks that followed. It had started out as a sequel to satans slaves, in which russ tamblyn played the vicious head of a biker gang. Mary shelleys frankenstein and bram stokers dracula are stories of inhumane beings causing destruction and agony for the main characters until the time of their defeat. This film apparently started out as a completely unrelated film, and yeah you get that vibe when in one scene someone has their head chopped off with an axe and then you get. Macmillan guided readers classics intermediate level founding editor. The monster squad is a terrific retelling of the house of frankenstein, set in the late 80s.
But how do these two famous characters stack up against each. I enjoy the novelette sized story, its long enough to get into the characters, but its still lean and doesnt stray from the core of the tale. Ive seen more than one version of frankenstein s monster that was quite intelligent, so if he knew he was going to be fighting then its possible he could have stored some holy water on his person although that would probably count as a weapon. Frankenstein is a one of a kind monstrosity that only the legendary al adamson could make.
Frankenstein and dracula comparison 8 august 2016 frankenstein is primarily a novel about the supernatural explore this idea in shelleys novel and consider how dracula illuminates your understanding of the core text. Abraham van helsing dutch, not german, but forgivable. Creature from the black lagoon vs wolfman who wins. Gothic monsters, modern science will explore the creation of these literary masterworks, from the stormy summer that famously inspired both shelleys frankenstein and the first literary vampire story, a precursor of stokers iconic myth. Dracula by bram stoker, the historian by elizabeth kostova, dracula the undead by dacre stoker, dracula in love by karen essex. The arctic at a time of year when it is always night. I assume you mean frankensteins monster adjusts glasses. Can make more monsters, but each one requires half a dozen fresh corpses, a lightning storm, and a year to teachtrain. Stoker told her son that no book since mrs shelleys frankenstein or. If youre thinking, wait, what i havent seen that one. Dracula, frankensteins monster, the wolf man, the mummy. Count dracula the king of the vampires vs frankenstein a. Dracual vs the wolfman vs frankensteing, or is it the monster is a battle that will be decided by brains, dracula will obviously win since he is the most intelligent, the wolfman in wolf form is simply just a beast, the monster, if that is who you mean, has no intelligence, operates on instint, if it is dr frankensteir, i would still give it.
They will only listen to him or a higher ranking vampire. Werewolf is an awesome character strong and bad ass. He definitely has a lot of ways to take someone down in a rough fight. I give it two stars for a modicum of bmovie camp value, but then again, im in a pretty. Frankensteins creature is formidable in the book version, not really like the film interpretation from 1930, which was clumsy physically and mentally, a monster you could pretty easily get away from unless he really surprised you and got his big meaty hands on you first. As horror became more popular, adamson decided to add some scenes to the film to turn it into a horror film. Without doubt, the most obvious reason as to why frankenstein would win in a fight against dracula is the creatures incredible strength. Released to video under the title the revenge of dracula, this horror spoof finds the infamous count dracula joining up with dr. Frankenstein s monster hereby known as frankenstein and depend dracula are one of the most maximum iconic gothic horror characters of all time. The book was commissioned by penguin books as a sequel to stokers original novel for the centenary of the latters first publication. Frankenstein and dracula are two of horrors biggest icons, both deriving from famous books with completely different authors. Writer marcus sedgwick and dr sam george go head to head in the battle of the books frankenstein v dracula.