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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Yes, I was happy to see Lionel Atwill. If I had him in the cast, I would have rewritten the script to give him a featured part. It was a tad painful to see him wasted in such a small saltless part.
I forgot to mention too, there's two scenes where Dracula is either transforming into a bat or from a bat. Those are the best-looking transformations I've ever seen... and that was 1945.
Let's face it, I think this film would be of most interest to 10-year-olds or the heart of 10-year-olds in horror film fans. To have all these monsters and none of them fight is just being cruel. 
I read in wiki that the original script was Wolf Man vs. Dracula and the censors gave it a series of cuts, so it was rewritten many times. Makes you wonder what the original script was like? |
I kind of wonder myself about that...by this point, I think Universal just wanted to crank 'em out and lick their chops at the revenue distributed, logic be damned.
Think of it this way, Sculpt-at least there is a good throw down in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Dracula and the Wolfman are truly going at it
! Also, the interaction between Dracula and the Monster is pretty tough as well ("Mas..ter". "Yesssss").
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Peter Cushing is terrific in here, playing an established Doctor with a hot Model girlfriend. When the girlfriend is badly injured (on the face, which is no good for a model), Pete tries to help with skin grafts to restore her looks. But to be honest, how the accident happened is sort of her fault and honestly, despite the good looks (Sue Lloyd, who was in a lot of British TV/film, including the Joan Collins vehicles THE STUD and THE BITCH resembles a slimmer Jill St John), the girlfriend is really not worth the aggravation she puts Peter through.
While the first skin graft (from a corpse) works quite well, of course it doesn't last and Peter has to resort to more nefarious means to obtain what He needs. The poor guy is a wreck! While there is a EYES WITHOUT A FACE element here, some pre-STRAW DOGS elements emerge towards the end.
Sleazy throughout, but worth seeing, although the final wrap-up is completely ridiculous and not needed. Also, an early performance by Kate O'Mara (THE VAMPIRE LOVERS and HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN) and she is pretty good as the concerned sister and not the sexpot she usually seemed to play. ***