Frankenstein (1973 film)

1973 American TV series or program

Frankenstein

Genre| Horror
Based on| Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
Written by| Sam Hall
Dan Curtis
Screenplay by| Richard H. Landau
Directed by| Glenn Jordan
Starring| Robert Foxworth
Susan Strasberg
Bo Svenson
Music by| Robert Cobert
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producer| Dan Curtis
Cinematography| Ben Colman
Editor| Dennis Virkler
Running time| 180 minutes
Production company| Dan Curtis Productions
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| January 16, 1973 (1973-1-16)

Frankenstein is a 1973 American television movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus adapted by Sam Hall and Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis, with Robert Foxworth in the title role and Bo Svenson as the Monster.

## Plot summary

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## Cast

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* Robert Foxworth as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
* Susan Strasberg as Elizabeth Lavenza
* Bo Svenson as The Monster
* Robert Gentry as Dr. Henry Clerval
* Heidi Vaughn as Agatha DeLacey
* Philip Bourneuf as Alphonse Frankenstein
* Robert Gentry as Henri Clerval
* Jon Lormer as Charles DeLacey
* William Hansen as Professor Waldman
* John Karlen as Otto Roget
* Willie Aames as William Frankenstein

## Production

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The Robert Cobert score was not original to this film. Cobert used musical cues from Dark Shadows and Dan Curtis' adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[1]

The film was shown over two nights on ABC's Wide World of Mystery.[2] Part 1 of the film was shown on the same night, and on the same network, as another of Curtis' productions, The Night Strangler.[3] The film was quickly overshadowed by the more lavishly budgeted Frankenstein: The True Story which premiered later that same year.[4][3]

## Reception

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At the time of its release, the film garnered praise. Variety called the film "extraordinary entertainment."[4] The Los Angeles Times said it was "quite a handsome show, with huge, foreboding sets and a splendid array of special effects."[4] Radu Florescu's In Search of Frankenstein declared it "probably the most faithful rendering the screen has yet seen."[4]

## See also

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* List of films featuring Frankenstein's monster

## References

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1. ^ Thompson 2009, p. 96.
2. ^ Deal 2014, p. 69.
3. ^ a b Deal 2014, p. 71.
4. ^ a b c d Thompson 2009, p. 97.

### Sources

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* Allard, Jeff (November 5, 2007), Dan Curtis' Frankenstein, Comingsoon.net, retrieved March 23, 2017
* Deal, David (2014), Television Fright Films of the 1970s, McFarland & Company, ISBN 9780786455140
* Thompson, Jeff (2009), The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966-2006, McFarland & Company, ISBN 9780786453375
* Van Dreason, Jeff (January 8, 2008), DVD Review: Dan Curtis' Frankenstein, CHUD.com, retrieved March 23, 2017

## External links

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* Frankenstein: Part 1 at IMDb
* Frankenstein: Part 2 at IMDb
* Frankenstein at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by Dan Curtis

* House of Dark Shadows (1970)
* Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
* The Night Strangler (1973)
* The Norliss Tapes (1973)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974)
* Scream of the Wolf (1974)
* Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974)
* The Turn of the Screw (1974)
* The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974)
* Trilogy of Terror (1975)
* The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
* Burnt Offerings (1976)
* Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
* Dead of Night (1977)
* When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
* The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
* The Long Days of Summer (1980)
* The Winds of War (1983)
* War and Remembrance (1988–89)
* Intruders (1992)
* Me and the Kid (1993)
* Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
* The Love Letter (1998)
* Saving Milly (2005)
* Our Fathers (2005)

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Characters|

* Frankenstein's monster
* Victor Frankenstein
* Doctor Waldman
* Elizabeth Lavenza

Films|

| Universal series|

* Frankenstein (1931)
* Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
* Son of Frankenstein (1939)
* The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
* House of Frankenstein (1944)
* House of Dracula (1945)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Characters|

* Igor
* Doctor Septimus Pretorius
* Wolf Frankenstein
* Bride of Frankenstein
* Ludwig Frankenstein

Hammer series|

* The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
* The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
* The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
* Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
* Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
* The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
* Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Toho series|

* Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
* The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Parodies|

* Mad Monster Party? (1967)
* Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972)
* Young Frankenstein (1974)
* Frankenstein all'italiana (1975)
* Frankenweenie (1984)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
* The Monster Squad (1987)
* Frankenhooker (1990)
* Monster Mash (1995)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
* Monster Mash (2000)
* Frankenström (2001)
* Frankenthumb (2002)
* Igor (2008)
* The Bride of Gingy (2010)
* Frankenweenie (2012)
* Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014)
* Monster Family (2017)
* Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

| The Munsters|

* Munster, Go Home! (1966)
* The Munsters' Revenge (1981)
* Here Come the Munsters (1995)
* The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996)
* The Munsters (2022)

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Hotel Transylvania|

* Hotel Transylvania (2012)
* Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
* Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
* Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

Others|

* Frankenstein (1910)
* Life Without Soul (1915)
* Il mostro di Frankenstein (1921)
* I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
* Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
* Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
* Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
* Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
* Los Monstruos del Terror (1970)
* Lady Frankenstein (1971)
* Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
* Frankenstein '80 (1972)
* Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
* Blackenstein (1973)
* Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)
* Frankenstein Legend of Terror (1981)
* Frankenstein Island (1981)
* The Bride (1985)
* The Vindicator (1986)
* Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
* Frankenstein (1992)
* Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000) (1992)
* Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
* Van Helsing (2004)
* Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (2005)
* Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
* House of the Wolf Man (2009)
* Frankenstein: Day of the Beast (2011)
* Frankenstein's Army (2013)
* The Frankenstein Theory (2013)
* I, Frankenstein (2014)
* Army of Frankensteins (2014)
* Frankenstein vs. The Mummy (2015)
* Frankenstein (2015)
* Victor Frankenstein (2015)
* The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
* The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
* The Bride! (2025)
* Frankenstein (2025)

Television|

* Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
* The Munsters (1964–1966)
* Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968)
* Groovie Goolies (1970-1971)
* Frankenstein (1973)
* Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
* Monster Squad (1976)
* Struck by Lightning (1979)
* The Munsters Today (1988-1991)
* Monster Force (1994)
* House of Frankenstein (1997)
* Frankenstein (2004 TV film)
* Frankenstein (2004 miniseries)
* Frankenstein (2007)
* Mary Shelley's Frankenhole (2010)
* Once Upon a Time
* "The Doctor" (2012)
* "In the Name of the Brother" (2013)
* Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
* Frankenstein, MD (2014)
* The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017)
* Second Chance (2016)
* Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020)
* Code:Realize − Guardian of Rebirth (2017)

Stage|

* Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein (1823)
* Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim (1887)
* Frankenstein (1927)
* Fortitude (1968)
* Joined At The Heart (2007)
* Frankenstein – A New Musical (2007)
* Young Frankenstein (2007)
* Frankenstein (2011 play)
* Frankenstein's Wedding (2011 play)

Novels|

* Frankenstein's Aunt (1978)
* Gothic Romance (1984)
* Frankenstein's Aunt Returns (1989)
* Frankenstein's Cat (2001)
* Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
* Prodigal Son (2005)
* City of Night (2005)
* Dead and Alive (2009)
* Lost Souls (2010)
* The Dead Town (2011)
* Frankenstein in Baghdad (2013)

Comics|

* Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein
* Frankenstein (DC Comics)
* Frankenstein (Dell Comics)
* Doc Frankenstein
* Embalming
* Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics)
* Frankenstein (Prize Comics)
* Young Frankenstein

Video games|

* Frankenstein's Monster
* Frankenstein
* Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
* Dr. Franken
* Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
* Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
* Van Helsing
* Code: Realize

Related|

* Gothic aspects in Frankenstein
* Universal Classic Monsters
* Frankenstein in popular culture
* Frankenstein Castle
* Frankenstein Day
* Frankenstein's Promethean dimension
* Johann Konrad Dippel
* Frankenstein complex
* Frankenstrat (guitar)
* "Frankenstein" (1973 single)
* "Dr. Stein" (1988 single)
* Frankenstein (Death Race)

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