Count Frankenstein (Rossano Brazzi) is a scientist with a castle full of freaks! There’s Genz (Michael Dunn), a perverted necrophiliac dwarf; Igor (Gordon Mitchell), the hunchbacked servant; Hans (Luciano Pigozzi), the butler; and Goliath (Loren Ewing), a Neanderthal. Unsurprisingly, Count Frankenstein’s experiments revolve around bringing the dead back to life. To carry out these experiments, he obviously needs corpses — so he sends his freaks to the local cemetery to fetch some fresh bodies.
When the superstitious villagers kill a Neanderthal (Goliath), the caveman becomes the next subject of Frankenstein’s dark science. Frankenstein succeeds in reviving Goliath, and once again, the monster returns to terrorise the terrified townspeople.
This is a film that will challenge your sense of logic and throw in a bit of everything. Definitely not a movie for everyone.
I was honestly baffled trying to figure out who’s actually behind this film. There are a lot of pseudonyms floating around, and different sources give different answers. What I did manage to uncover is that the director is most likely none other than Dick Randall himself. The film credits list Robert H. Oliver as director — a pseudonym Randall often used. However, IMDb lists Ramiro Oliveros under that pseudonym, but I can’t imagine it’s anyone other than Randall. Dick Randall was known for making questionable B-movies that freely mixed sex and horror. He was also responsible for films like Pieces and Lady Frankenstein. One amusing pseudonym used in this film is Boris Lugosi — you can probably guess where that name came from.
This movie could easily be classified as pure trash. Many scenes are unintentionally hilarious, the logic is nonexistent, and yes — there are extinct Neanderthals running around in the forest. Go figure. And somehow, Baron Frankenstein — long known as a baron — has suddenly become a count. That’s a mystery in itself.
But this is entertaining trash. Something is always happening, and the film has its moments. Definitely only for the curious and the cult film crowd, but if you’re into bizarre, low-budget oddities with a touch of turkey factor, there’s a good chance this little cult gem will hit the mark.
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