Lady Frankenstein

1971 [ITALIAN]

Action / Horror

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 19% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 19% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 2816 2.8K

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Plot summary

When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant continue his experiments.

Director

Mel Welles Photo
Mel Welles

Top cast

Mickey Hargitay Photo
Mickey Hargitay as Captain Harris
Joseph Cotten Photo
Joseph Cotten as Baron Frankenstein
Joshua Sinclair Photo
Joshua Sinclair as John
Ada Pometti Photo
Ada Pometti as Farmer's wife
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
865.53 MB
1280*682
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
24 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 3
1.61 GB
1920*1024
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
24 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lost-in-limbo 6 / 10

She's no longer just daddy's little girl!

After creating life, Baron Frankenstein is murdered by his hideous creation that heads off to kill those people who were involved in its resurrection, or who are simply in the way. The baron's daughter, Tania, who has just arrived from university with the help of his lab assistant, decides to go on and continue with her father's work. To keep the high reputation of the family name and to satisfy her lustful needs. Tania seductively plans to create a perfect being with the brains of her fellow assistant and the body of the slow-witted servant."I am, my father's daughter". She sure is! And a whole lot more! This sleazy Frankenstein imitation (of Hammer's "The Horror of Frankenstein") is beyond warped with its kinky fixations with seedy sex and red paint jobs (gore, of course) within its highly Gothic surroundings, inspires this cheap Italian exploitation picture. Albeit at times quite nonsensical and melodramatic, at least it gave the mad doctor theme a huge revamp with its lewd nature and having a female protagonist who was in supreme control with her manipulative prowess. This refreshing twist was one of the few neat additions to this rough around the edges, but above-average production. Director Mel Welles shuffles around some assured moments of suspense, array of blinding images and builds upon the morbidly vivid atmosphere. Although the creeping sound effects and nagging music score really did give me an almighty headache. The make-up effects were simply okay with the ghastly looking monster going on to aimlessly cause havoc like they mostly do in these stories.When it came to the performances, one can only say they were quite laboured, despite a few decent turns. The very appealing Rosalba Neri grafts away with her conniving and forcefully voluptuous personality. She was quite hypnotic in the role and looked the part of Tania Frankenstein. Joseph Cotten gives the flick a steady head for the short time he's in it and Herbert Fux makes a more than a good impression as Tom Lynch the grave robber. The raw to-the-bone story and script aren't typically the best with their telegraphed patterns, but it lifted when it needed to by showing how much Tania has taken a shine to her father's aspiring work and there were hardly any dull spots."Lady Frankenstein" is an entertainingly tainted exercise on someone who cherishes what they do.
Reviewed by Space_Mafune 6 / 10

Surprisingly Well-Made

When Baron Frankenstein (Joseph Cotton) is killed by his creation, his daughter sets out to create her own to bring the killer to justice and to make herself the perfect mate while she's at it. This one focuses on this more disturbing aspect of this and does a decent job of exploiting it.I was quite stunned to see so many wonderful sets and costumes here, plus a decent atmosphere and lighting too. The film looks better than it is...The Monster may not be up to expectation but the rest delivers better than you might expect.
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