Frankenstein 1970

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Frankenstein 1970

Directed by	Howard W. Kotch
Produced by	Aubrey Schenck
Written by	Mary Shelley George Worthing Yates Aubrey Schenck Charles A. Moses Richard H. Landau
Starring	Boris Karloff Don Barry
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Editing by	John A. Bushelman
Distributed by	Aubrey Schenck Productions
Release date(s)	US – July 20, 1958
Running time	83 minutes
Language	English
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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.

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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.