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My main complaint (Please Read)

posted 16 years ago by TimWagner3
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I simply can't get into this movie because of the monsters' lack of screen time. All three of the monsters never meet! I know this might sound juvenille, but I wanted to see an epic fight at the end. Even if The Monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman would have simply shaked hands and went their separate ways during one brief scene, I would have been appeased.

I feel sorry for Glenn Strange. I honestly feel that he looked great behind Jack Pierce's legendary makeup. I think he would have made a great monster. But unforunatley, he succumbs to the same fate in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. He spends almost the entire movie unconcious while looking threatening. What was the point of enduring all those long hours of makeup for under five minutes of screen time? The Monster comes to life and dies two mintutes later. And most of the fire was borrowed from GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. Stock footage proved to be the real monster.

Sorry for my rant. I was just wondering if any other Universal Monster fans felt the same way.

Thanks

[–] strangenstein (683) 4 years ago

I like the movie quite a bit, even more than the previous HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, but I get where you’re coming from regarding the monster. Having Glenn Strange’s monster out of commission for most of the movie is like buying a corvette and keeping it in the garage. Strange’s monster was truly frightening to behold, but his first two outings weren’t fully realized. I think he fared much better in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN.

[–] strangenstein (683) 4 years ago

“I feel sorry for Glenn Strange. I honestly feel that he looked great behind Jack Pierce's legendary makeup.”

Glenn Strange did look great as the monster. By this point in the series the monster was just a prop, although he was given more to do in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. In that one you really get a sense of his strength and danger.

[–] millsey72 (10944) 2 years ago

Because if the monsters all met, you would have had a plot mess like you had in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. I guess that plot kinda worked because that was a comedy though