February 5th
The first adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein reached cinemas all the way back in 1910. Since then it's a story and a character that filmmakers have returned to time and time again, and in a whole variety of guises; Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Lady Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein etc. Not to mention the run-ins he has had with everyone from Abbott and Costello to Alvin and the Chipmunks. Well I think these two films are the oddest use of the Frankenstein brand that I've come across so far.
First up we have Frankenstein General Hospital which has a host of great little details - all the patients attempting escapes, the cavalcade of hearses, the worrying appearance of a 'meat' van et al.
Frankenstein General Hospital
(1988, d. Deborah Roberts)
Frankenstein's Kung Fu Monster
(1975, d. Lin Chong-Guang)
First up we have Frankenstein General Hospital which has a host of great little details - all the patients attempting escapes, the cavalcade of hearses, the worrying appearance of a 'meat' van et al.
Frankenstein General Hospital
(1988, d. Deborah Roberts)
Then this second film has a really bizarre looking creature (very hairy, a metalic insect-like mask and for no apparent reason whatsoever, a belt) but the big draw with this poster is undoubtedly its wonderfully sensationalist title - Frankenstein's Kung Fu Monster!
Frankenstein's Kung Fu Monster
(1975, d. Lin Chong-Guang)
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