Review of Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) by Michael M — 18 Oct 2017

Every October as part of my Halloween binge I try to watch something super trashy. This certainly did the job. It's kind of like if someone turned Scooby-Doo into a softcore porn, that's really the best way I can describe it.

It's got a big castle, those paintings where the eyes move, some extremely cheesy monsters (namely some mostly unexplained Neanderthals) and actually some spooky atmosphere and grungy quality, but it also has tons of gratuitous nudity like an extensive scene of two women bathing and a pretty awkward rape scene.

It's a bad movie, no doubt, but it's sort of charming in its badness. The plot makes no sense, Frankenstein himself is wholly forgettable, but the sets are pretty cool and a lot of the minor characters are actually pretty fun.

There's a little person playing one of Frankenstein's assistants who's sort of the eventual bad guy of the movie, and he's pretty memorable and clearly having a lot of fun. But I realize now I'm putting way more thought into this movie than it deserves.

It's garbage, but if you like garbage, it's fairly entertaining garbage to watch with friends and make fun of.