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The US print of "Dracula vs Frankenstein" begins by introducing us to an alien species who intend to invade and dominate the human race. At a travelling circus, they encounter the real-life skeleton of a vampire count. Apparently all you need to do to revive this vampire is to remove a flimsy wooden stake from it's heart (I'm surprised it hadn't just fallen out already). The police detective quickly clocks on to what the aliens are trying to do, and launches an investigation. The aliens manage to resurrect Daninsky the werewolf, the mummy Tao-Tet and the monster created by Farank ... Frankstele ... oh, let's just call him Frankenstein. Anyway, the aliens begin to succumb to human emotions and Daninsky turns against them, and thankfully the monsters all turn out to be complete wusses and are easily defeated. Yay! And, of course, it's all rounded off with a nice moral to the story (that doesn't actually make a whole lot of sense in context), and a suitably apocalyptic ending.

Mini-skirts, dancing, cheesy music, flashing lights ... yes, this movie is a product of the swinging sixties alright. Although it was titled "Dracula vs Frankenstein" in the US, the vampire isn't Dracula and there's no sign of Victor Frankenstein -- and at no point do the two of them fight against each other. "The Werewolf vs the Mummy" might have been worked, but I would have gone with something like "The Werewolf vs the Monsters of Terror". Heh. Frankenstein's monster and Waldemar Daninsky are both played by Jacinto Molina, which is impressive but not as much as his multiple roles in the later movie "Howl of the Devil". The lead actor is the brilliant Michael Rennie who famously played Klaatu in "The Day the Earth Stood Still", although here looks like he's at death's door (and unfortunately, he was).

In the innocent, charming style of filmmakers such as Ed Wood, the plot here mixes horror and science fiction elements together in a way that makes absolutely no sense. The aliens are wonderfully B-movieish, with all the obligatory coloured lights and disembodied robotic voices present. In a way it's more conventional than most of the Daninsky movies, adhering to as many B-movie stereotypes as is humanly possible to cram into one film. In a sense, it's the ULTIMATE B-movie, so it should be very popular among that crowd -- it has everything they could ask for. The acting is pretty much what you'd expect and the dubbing is particularly good comparatively. The makeup for the four monsters isn't great, but certainly not the worst I've seen. The mummy inparticular has a great death scene ...

It's a very, very silly movie, but if you're a fan of bad B-movies, look no further. Aliens, vampires, zombies, werewolves ... how could they go wrong?

I first saw this movie on t.v. almost 20 years ago as Assignment Terror, and was excited when it first came out on video. Unfortunately, the video cut about 9 minutes of total running time from the film, retitled it as Dracula Vs. Frankenstein and left it as a jumbled, incoherent mess. Most fans will also be confused because Dracula and the Monster never fight in the entire film.

I'm not saying this was a great film to begin with, but some of the editing complaints seen in earlier reviews come from the video version, not the original release. In its original form it was a strange yet fun action/horror movie in Paul Naschy's Werewolf Waldemar series. Naschy also plays the Vampire (Count de Mierhoff), Mummy (Tao-Tet) and Franksollen monster whenever possible.

Michael Rennie is one highlight, and gives his best possible attempt at making a profound statement in his last speech in the film. I'm surprised they even left that in, since most of what they took out was the plot. Apparently the video production figured no one pays attention to plot in a movie like this anyway. And yes, that's the same Karin Dor who appeared in Hitchcock's Topaz in the same year.

Hopefully, when this comes out on DVD they'll get it right.

One has to question the basic premise of the film: creating monsters to destroy Earth so the aliens can take over. Why not just create a bunch of zombies to do the job faster?

This low budget science fiction/horror film is significant for two reasons.

It is the third in the Waldemar Daninsky/Werewolf series, and the only one were the Count plays a supporting role. It stars Paul Naschy as the Count, and he also wrote the story. Patty Shepard, who plays Ilsa in the film, also starred with Naschy in two other Daninsky features. An American who moved to Spain to star in over 50 Spanish films, she died this year.

It is the last film of Michael Rennie, who played Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (The 1951 original).

I don't know where the title Frankenstein vs. Dracula comes from, as Frankenstein was busy killing the Count over and over, even when he was in bed with one of Dr. Warnoff's (Rennie) assistant. At the end, Frankenstein takes on the Count after he transforms into the Wolfman. Place your bets as to the outcome.

Inspector Toberman (Craig Hill) seems to know all the tricks against the monsters in his mission to save Ilsa.

Enjoyably stupid. Aliens take control of several dead human bodies, and then go about reanimating several monsters using Dr. Farancksollen's Anthology of Monsters. The idea is evidently to study the monsters, create more, then use them to destroy all humans. The monsters have no hearts (the aliens think) and can be controlled, unlike humans. Plan 9 from Outer Space has a similar plot, I think?

They find and reanimate a vampire, a mummy, Farancksollen's monster, and the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky. The book mentions the Golem, but they don't mention him again as with Renaldo Renaldini in Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924); maybe like that film they ran out of money to add him.

The head alien tortures some of the women aliens with sound and lights to punish them for starting to develop human tendencies. He also uses the monsters on his own people for the same reason. The police investigate.

The Gemstone Entertainment DVD titled Dracula vs. Frankenstein is poor. It runs only 77 minutes full-frame. Particularly in the opening scene, there are some jump cuts and words and phrases drop out.

Retitled in America, this horrible sci-fi/horror film features the last performance of aging star Michael Rennie(DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL). I didn't understand if he was supposed to be an alien, or a regular old evil doctor, but he raises several monsters to attack earthlings. One is a wolfman (Spanish horror star Paul Naschy),another is a mummy, and another is the Frankenstein creation. I don't remember Dracula even being in this movie.

Rennie looks embarrassed, and sickly. The music and dubbing are horrendous for this American cut of the film. The most memorable part is the set design and the pastel-colored tints that are used throughout. It is a cheap, but effective, mood enhancer.

The rest of the proceedings are a waste time, though. The make-ups for the creatures are fairly laughable, and the plot is non-exsistent. It's as if the directors involved went to the editing room, and just threw film pieces in the air to see where they might land.

The American video release seems to be aimed at youngsters. This film is mostly violence-free, true, but it doesn't mean that any child should be subjected to this colorful tedium. This is strictly for the initiated into "so-bad-its-good" cinema.

Start with aliens coming to Earth to find the Earth's monsters and use them against humankind. These aliens are nothing more than humans "acting" like they are aliens and looking just like anyone else. Total special effects cost: $0.00 Add a Dracula - found at a carnival no less - just waiting to be brought back to life. He has a cape and fangs but no acting talent. Total special effects cost: $50.00(maybe) Put in a wolf-man - not just any wolf-man but Waldemar Danisky no less - he too just waiting around for someone to find a way to bring him back to life while he reposes in a church. This monster comes off the best because Paul Naschy plays him once again and the hairy makeup is pretty decent overall. Total special effect cost: $500(not counting Naschy's salary of course). Next, stir in the cheesiest Frankenstein's Monster out there - who looks like a hefty Ricardo Montalban in makeup. He has a square box head and looks decidedly unconvincing lumbering around. Total special effects cost: $100 Just for added flavor, put in an anorexic, slower-than-slow mummy. The mummy does a lot of eye rolling though. Total cost for bandages: $10. Having aliens, a vampire, a lycanthrope, a mummified monster, and a powerful creature made from the dead all in one film - NOT PRICELESS! This film is bad but enjoyable none the less for it is entertaining to see and hear the ineptitude that abounds. The film is based in a house rented by "aliens" who are gathering all the monsters and prodding them until they can discover the secrets within them and unleash these secrets on mankind so they can take over the planet. Where have I heard something along these lines before? Oh, that's right in dozens of movies predating this one. The film is a Spanish production and part of Paul Naschy's Waldemar Danisky cycle. Naschy is competent and one of the better parts of the film, but the other monsters look so ludicrous and are used so laboriously that none come off as really anything more than poor foreign knockoffs(which of course they are). Veteran British actor Michael Rennie, in his last "major" film before succumbing to emphysema, is unquestionably the best thing in this whole mess. While giving the film some class, Rennie sounds just too absurd with the witless dialog he has to utter. Helping him along are the beautiful Karin Dor, Helga Geissler, and Patty Sheperd - all looking quite appealing but lacking any real talent. Special effects are atrocious and the ending has to be seen to be believed. My favorite scene in the whole film is the one in the crypts of the house/laboratory where Danisky fight off the monsters one by one. He battling the mummy is a real hoot! The set designs; however, are fairly authentic, and the film would have been so much better with a more cohesive plot and some more realistic monsters. The film is fun though and should provide many unintentional laughs.

An alien (Michael Rennie's final film) schemes to conquer earth bringing a doctor (Karin Dor) and a surgeon (Angel del Pozo) back to life . The alien from a dying world uses his knowledge to re-animate various earth monsters . Later on , the trio goes to the ¨chamber of horrors Showside¨ containing the skeleton of count Meirhoff (Manuel De Blas who married the co-protagonist Patty Shepard , recently deceased) , Dracula-like , and he then relives . The doctor alien tries scientific experiments to bring life various monsters but results that their bad habits to emerge , including the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky (Jacinto Molina or Paul Naschy), Frankenstein's monster , the mummy Tao-Tet , and the vampire Count De Meirhoff . Meantime , a Police Inspector named Tobermann (Craig Hill) is investigating the strange deeds . While, Waldemar falls in love and the events get worse .

This is a humdrum adaptation based on Universal monster movies from a story and screenplay by Paul Naschy or Jacinto Molina Alvarez . As always , Naschy repeats his classic role , here the third performance as Waldemar Daninsky, and the only one that the character was a supporting role , the fourth would be the successful "Night of Walpurgis" . It's a particular version from ¨House of Frankestein¨ in which a doctor tries scientific experiments to be born and cure various Universal monsters as Dracula(John Carradine) , hunchback (J.Carroll Naish) , werewolf called Larry Talbot(Lon Chaney) , monster Frankestein( Glen Strange) , among others . ¨Monstruos de terror¨ is an atmospheric , slick terror film , an amusing monsters mixture , creaky at times but it's still acceptable . Fim displays passable set design , ambitious screenplay with too many monsters and average interpretations of all casting . This is a pretty entertaining European horror movie though packs absurd situations and cheesy frames . US distributor Samuel M.Sherman chose "The mark of the Wolfman" for his pre-booked 'Frankenstein' title, passing on the opportunity to showcase this film, which actually features a 'Frankenstein' monster ; he also believed that this film's European distributor ripped off his Al Adamson title "Dracula vs. Frankenstein." Little budget film though produced by Jaime Prades who was associated to Samuel Bronston , both of them financing blockbusters as ¨El Cid¨ and ¨The fall of the Roman empire¨. ¨Monsters of terror¨ is an atmospheric as well as eerie movie that contains bemusing scenes when appear the various monsters and take place their confrontations each other in some ridiculously made scenes , including primitive special effects . The picture has numerous "older technique" FX such as transparency , ancient computers fulls of buttons and lights , matte paintings, blood similar to tomato , reverse-footage , excessive make-up ; all of them were made by FX expert Antonio Molina and make-up artist Ramon Ferrer . It's a slight fun with professional make-up , naive special effects , appropriate set decoration and functional art direction . You will watch it and think it is either awful , hilarious, a masterpiece, or all three . It's a simple entertainment with embarrassing images , naive special effects , campy production design and evocative setting . Although critics do not appreciate much this picture ; however has a kind of loopy , Ed Wood quality that must be endured to be totally considered . The fable is sometimes silly and laughable , though a few Naif effects and action are professionally made . Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by the monsters appearance though some scenes are a little bit cheesy . Thrilling and frightening musical score by Franco Salinas . Colorful cinematography by Godofredo Pacheco , but being necessary an urgent remastering and filmed on location in Casa Campo, Madrid, San Martín Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Ermita San Frutos hermitage, Sepúlveda, Segovia and Munich, Bavaria, Germany . While not a hit during its original run, the film became a limited success when reissued many years later considered to be one of the best worst terror films of cinema history .

The Argentinian , nationalized Spanish writer/filmmaker Tulio Demicheli so consistently mixed the good with the mediocre that it became quite impossible to know what to expect from him next . He directed Gazpacho Western as ¨Tequila¨, ¨Arriba Sabata¨ and ¨Man and a colt ¨ . Demicheli had a long , prolific career , working from the 40s , he directed all kind of genres as drama as ¨Herida Luminosa¨ , Thriller as ¨Ricco¨ , adventures as ¨Son of Captain Blood¨, ¨First adventure¨ , Spy sub-genre as ¨¨Il Nostro Agente a Casablanca¨, ¨Dirty game in Panama¨ , ¨Misión Lisboa¨ , Giallo as ¨Coartada en Disco Rojo or Two faces or fear¨ and Horror as ¨Monstruos De Terror or Assignment Terror" ¨

Al Adamson was one of the worst filmmakers of the 1960s-70s....much like Ed Wood Jr. Was in the 50s. So imagine my surprise when the IMDB trivia says that the film's title was a ripoff of an Al Adamson title! Wow...talk about setting the bar low! And, this combined with some other trivia (such as the filmmakers running out of money repeatedly and filming as they wrote the thing) lead me to set my expectations VERY low for this movie.

Aliens have come to take over the Earth. But instead of just wiping out people with a plague or ray or space ships, they decide to bring back various monsters and unleash them on the planet. Now considering they reanimate less than a dozen, it would take 158,007 years (more or less) to depopulate the planet! Additionally, while the leader (Michael Rennie) is remorseless and evil, the women that work for him all end up being horny for humans and very emotional.

Occasionally, this film changes abruptly in look--meaning it was pieced together over a long period and, possibly, by different filmmakers and filmstock.

However, this pieced together look is not the problem with the movie, nor are the cheap looking monsters. No, the problem is that the movie is just incredibly boring...making it a bad film that's not even fun to watch in order for a laugh!

...as Dr. Odo Warnoff, an alien bent on domination of the Earth. Towards that end, he decides to assemble and revive the "great monsters of the world", including a blue-skinned vampire (Manuel de Blas), a mummy (Gene Reyes), and even Frankenstein's monster (Ferdinando Murolo), here renamed Farancksalan for some reason. Dr. Warnoff makes a mistake, though, by choosing as his wolfman the seemingly-dead Count Waldemer Daninsky (Paul Naschy), who resist the alien's plot. With Karin Dor as Rennie's chief assistant, Craig Hill as a local cop on the case, Patty Shepard, Angel del Pozo, Diana Sorel, Paul Cross, and Peter Damon.

This incredible movie should be better known. Its crazy plot is only matched by the B-movie production design, which mixes old castle sets with mad scientist's labs, and "happening" discotheques. While the movie is part of the Paul Naschy/Count Daninsky werewolf series, he's just one facet of this multi-layered cake of madness. There are several subplots, including Dor being menaced/seduced by the vampire, policeman Hill romancing witness Shepard, and more! The production ran out of money, and had to cut out a fifth monster, the Golem, although a scene hinting at its inclusion remains in the movie. The shoddy production resulted in multiple directors, including Tullo Demicheli, Hugo Fregonese, Eberhard Meichsner, and Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi. There was also later confusion due to the movie's multiple titles.

The original Spanish title was Los monstruos del terror, while in the UK it was called Assignment Terror. For its brief American run, it was called Dracula vs Frankenstein, which caused confusion with Al Adamson's 1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein with Lon Chaney Jr. And J. Carrol Naish. Whatever it's called, it's a bad movie gem that should be sought by fans of such.

Sample dialogue:

Paul Naschy, as Count Daninsky - "Why are you helping me?"

Diana Sorel, as one of Rennie's lab assistants - "I don't know. I guess because...I'm a woman."

The 8/10 rating is for so bad it is good. 3/10 if you are looking for consistent movie fare.

such is the title of the German videotape of this obscure little trash-horror-science-fiction flick; a title that could not have been more apt nor fitting.

To make things clear at the beginning: this movie isn't for everyone. Most people will call the rose by its name, calling it a cheap, often shoddily produced Euro-B-trash film, and would be quiet correct. More than that, it's "The Avengers" of cheap, shoddily produced Euro-B-trash films. And it stars Paul Naschy in a double-role which, in genre-terms, has always defined the difference between manure and gold-plated manure.

Imagine giving a 10-year old fan of old horror films the chance to write a script, what would you expect? The story about aliens resurrecting dead scientists who in turn resurrect Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, the Wolf man and the mummy, so they can take over the world? Correct, and that's exactly what this movie is about.

No, wait, don't run away yet! I didn't say that this is a good movie – but at least it's an oddity that's well worth looking at. Of course, you have to have a strong love for the Universal monster movies, the cheap Italian and Spanish rip-off movies of the 60's and 70's, perhaps even German Edgar Wallace films. You need to let that inner-child that always wanted to produce a monster-crossover film out, and turn that thought-producing apparatus between your ears off for 90 minutes. Embrace the spirit of Al Adamson and Edward D. Wood Junior and all will be good.

Alternatively, you could go and watch the works of Fassbinder, Eisenstein and Ingmar Bergman and out yourself as a cinematic snob.

7/10 points as a genre-flick; 3/10 compared to "serious" horror-films that aren't B- or C-Grade.

Known by various names such as "The Monsters Of Terror", "Assignment Terror" and "Dracula Jagt Frankenstein", this is a Spanish-German-Italian monster concoction featuring American actor Michael Rennie in his last desperate movie role. Rennie plays the leader of a group of aliens from a planet called Ummo who target Earth as the perfect place to re-populate their dying world. Along with his female assistant (Karin Dor, who starred in Hitchcock's TOPAZ!) he sets out to destroy man by reviving all of the Earth's historic monsters: Waldemar Daninsky, the Werewolf (Paul Naschy), a male vampire, a mummy, and a Frankenstein-like creature (all of whom look ridiculous except for the werewolf). Naschy also scripted this bizarre hodgepodge, influenced by the old Universal monster classics (and, presumably, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN in particular). The highlight is when Naschy's heroic wolfman battles other monsters. If you're a fan of those old films it's worth watching just for the nostalgia, but be forewarned it's a messy ride and will vary depending on what copy of the movie you happen to watch. This review is from a German-dubbed widescreen DVD called "Dracula Jagt Frankenstein" with English subtitles, but there are edited variations under different names (among them: the inferior English "Dracula vs. Frankenstein" copy, which utilizes Michael Rennie's own voice but is missing footage, and is not to be confused by the 1971 Al Adamson movie of the same name). As of this writing there is no acceptable English-dubbed version. Still some offbeat fun for monster lovers, but you have to wonder what Michael (THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL) Rennie was thinking while he had to act in this. *1/2 out of ****

Loosely based on "House of Frankenstein," this 'monster rally' throws in aliens for good luck. it doesn't work.

A sidebar film for the Paul Naschy 'werewolf' films, doesn't do justice to that series, either.

Efforts at romance, comedy, and romantic comedy(?) fall pretty flat.

Michael Rennie's last film; his character is given over to pontificating against emotion, in a badly dubbed voice (not Rennie's).

Attempts to preserve Gothic ambiance fails; attempts to incorporate futuristic technology is sub-par for the period.

Fun? Occasionally; but it is the least interesting of the Southern Europe horror genre, by far.

Italian/German/Spanish production Dracula vs Frankenstein (AKA Assignment Terror) stars Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) as the leader of a group of aliens who plan to colonise the Earth. Having inhabited human bodies, the extraterrestrials proceed to revive the planet's legendary monsters—the vampire Count Janos de Mialhoff (Manuel de Blas), the mummy (Gene Reyes), Waldemar Daninsky the werewolf (Paul Naschy) and Farancksalan's monster (NOT to be confused with Frankenstein's monster)—and use the human race's passions and weaknesses, love and sex, to their advantage. This flaky scheme goes awry, however, the aliens eventually realising that it is these very weaknesses that will prevent their invasion from succeeding.

Dreadfully slow, with very little gore (a staking and some real-life heart surgery footage during Daninsky's revival) and absolutely no gratuitous nudity, there is very little to recommend this early-'70s pale imitation of the Universal monster mash-up classics. Some amusement might be gleaned from the crappy laboratory set which consists of lots of flashing disco lights, the women are easy on the eye (but, as mentioned, fully clothed), and the death of the mummy is pretty cool (set alight while trapped in a spinning water wheel), but the chances are you'll still be bored rigid.

My favourite moment: the cops stating that their scientists cannot identify the gelatin substance that they find on murder victims, when a quick look through a microscope clearly reveals it to be dry ice in tomato juice.

This movie is bad in every way: script, direction, acting. I've seen Karin Dor and Michael Rennie in good movies, it's a shame they accepted to play in such a production. Patty Shepard is hot but she has a stupid role. So is the blonde Gela Geisler, a beauty in a ridiculous role. Craig Hill is a handsome boy, but he is also in an embarrassing role. And when you think that four directors worked on the film, Tulio Demichelli, Hugo Fregonese, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and Eberhard Meichsner, something very rotten is obvious. With a well-knit story, the film would have had some potential. The decorations and costumes are OK.

In what was his farewell performance Michael Rennie leads a cast of mostly German and Spanish players in a German-Spanish production of Monsters Versus Aliens. Rennie is a rather bloodless alien, reading the lines of this awful film rather bloodlessly.

As an alien scientist who has taken over a deserted abbey for his nefarious experiments, Rennie feels that if we can revive all the old legendary monsters of earth yore, it will panic the earth's populace and the monsters will leave so much destruction that the earth will be relatively easy to subjugate.

Naturally things don't quite work out and if you want to see this film to find out how and why, be warned. Michael Rennie who was in some great films and in one of the great science fiction films in The Day The Earth Stood Still must have needed a paycheck bad to participate in this. He died a year later and I certainly hope he wasn't doing this to help pay the medical bills.

This is a very poor produced film and the story is way beyond belief and the film is really not worth your time in viewing. This just had to be the last effort by Michael Rennie, (Dr. Odo Warnoff) to make a film for financial reasons as he was suffering from a heavy use of smoking. This story is about Dr. Odo Warnoff and Maleva Kirstein, (Karin Dor) who are Aliens from a dying world and they plan to conquer earth by man's superstitions about the myths of Werewolf, Dracula, Mummy and Frankenstein. Dr. Odo creates and manages to create all these monsters to do his will and there are plenty of beautiful female assistants that seem to get deeply involved with all these monsters and there is a brief moment of a male and female making love. Don't waste your time viewing this film, you will be very glad what I am telling you. Bad Bad

This is not 3.6. That is just underrating it. This is one of the scariest movie ever made. This is a Frankenstein sequel and it is very scary. It is one of the scariest movies ever made. If this movie does not scary you then no movie will. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This movie has Aliens a vampire a mummy a werewolf and the Frankenstein monster. How could any one not like this movie. This movie is scarier then The Exorcist. And that is not easy to do. This is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. See it. Great movie great movie great movie great movie great movie.

18 years after "The Day the Earth Stood Still", actor Michael Rennie again played a dignified alien. Except this time, his intentions are *definitely* malevolent - he's a scientist, a member of a species that intends to aggressively conquer the Earth by resurrecting various mythological monsters - a vampire (Manuel de Blas), a "Frankensteins' Monster" type-creature (Ferdinando Murolo), a mummy (Gene Reyes), and werewolf Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy, who also wrote the story & screenplay).

This did have some potential with its "everything but the kitchen sink" / "monster mash" mentality, but the production was a pretty troubled one, as the filmmakers had to deal with money issues, tensions between two of the actresses, and changes in directors. The end result is a film that can boast fairly colorful widescreen photography and sets, as well as groovy music and a bevy of attractive ladies (Karin Dor, Patty Shepard, Gela Geisler). The performances are basically adequate, with Craig Hill making for a fairly engaging hero, a guy who's refreshingly open-minded when it comes to the idea of monsters.

The ending features a few decent fights - Daninsky vs. Both the Monster and the mummy, and Inspector Tobermann vs. The vampire. But, in general, the film unfortunately is lacking when it comes to real style, just sort of plodding along for the most part and becoming overly talky. Which is too bad, as this is the kind of Euro-cult feature that certainly originally promised viewers a pretty good time. It was also going to include flying saucers and a Golem, but alas it was just not to be.

At least if you're a Naschy fan, he proves to be entertaining enough to watch, as usual.

Six out of 10.

1969's "Assignment Terror" was the first follow up to Paul Naschy's debut as El Hombre Lobo ("Frankenstein's Bloody Terror"), this time a rehash of "House of Frankenstein" with all the classic monsters, and casting Michael Rennie as the alien leader Dr. Odo Warnoff, a clear nod to his best known vehicle "The Day the Earth Stood Still." After the debacle of "Las Noches del Hombre Lobo," a film that was never completed or never existed, Naschy's character of Waldemar Daninsky is very much a supporting character here, Rennie the top lined star (in a role that Robert Taylor expressed interest), paired with German beauty Karin Dor as beings from the dying planet of Ummo, come to conquer mankind through the use of its most infamous monsters. First up, in the most obvious nod to "House of Frankenstein," is the removal of a stake lodged in the skeleton of Count Janos de Mialhoff, played with absolutely no vigor by Manuel de Blas (so much for the Dracula equivalent, rarely rising from his coffin); Gene Reyes as Tao-Tet, the Egyptian mummy who claims a single victim with one tight hug; and the man made creation of the late Ulrich Von Farancksalan, a lumbering Karloff lookalike revived by electricity (Ferdinando Murolo), which can't even manage to open its eyes to look where it's going. The aliens plan to duplicate the creatures for a vast army that will accomplish their task, but nothing happens once all four are under the same roof, a monastery that will soon receive a visit from Inspector Toberman (Craig Hill) to free his captive girlfriend Ilsa (Patty Shepard). Karin Dor's Maleva has difficulty with human emotions, quickly falling into bed with a doomed carnival owner and even her own lab assistant, both killed by the jealous Warnoff, ultimately realizing the futility of his mission. In this second go round, Waldemar Daninsky is found buried in the family crypt, the silver bullet removed from his heart so he can live again, aided in his escape by fellow prisoner Ilona (Gela Geisler), on hand with another silver bullet while his final transformation leads to a free for all (transformations are lazily done using quick cuts, no elaborate full face makeup applied until "The Fury of the Wolf Man"). The vampire count is easily dispatched by the inspector with another stake to the heart, the werewolf handing the mummy a flaming torch before frying the Farancksalan monster, all a bit too easy (best line: "don't bring any vampires into this office, I'm anemic already!"). Naschy would return to all his favorite monsters for 1987's "The Howl of the Devil," with solo vehicles as Dracula ("Count Dracula's Great Love") and The Mummy ("The Mummy's Revenge") sandwiched around future sequels, with "The Fury of the Wolf Man" next up (Patty Shepard would play his opponent in 1970's "The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman"). Filmed in the spring of 1969, many pundits cite this as the last film for Michael Rennie, who still lived another two years before his death at age 61, one more role still ahead in "The Surabaya Conspiracy," requiring a trip to the Philippines.