Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971 • 91 min • Horror · Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Judith Fontaine is looking for her sister Joanie, who has disappeared into the hippie community of Venice, California. It turns out that Joanie has become fallen victim to Groton, an axe-wielding homicidal maniac under the employ of Dr. Durea, the last living descendant of the Frankenstein family and is now both running a house of horrors on the beach's boardwalk and performing experiments on Groton's victims in his basement laboratory.

Our family guide

Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

56 reviews

45 Audience · 56 · 100%

Judith searches for her missing sister, who has fallen prey to an axe-wielding maniac working for Dr. Durea, the last Frankenstein descendant. He runs a boardwalk house of horrors and conducts sinister experiments on victims in his basement lab.

Violence & peril: 7/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 4/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 6/10

Heads up

Frequent axe violence and implied gore
Depiction of drug use and its effects
Some disturbing imagery and body horror

What it models well

Perseverance in the face of danger
Protecting family

Talk about it after

The difference between fantasy violence and real-world consequences
What makes something truly scary?
The dangers of unchecked scientific ambition

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