Assignment Terror AKA Dracula Vs Frankenstein

[palitoy]

Paul Naschy at his finest and yes, that's really Michael Rennie.

[shellhead]

Awesome movie Brian !
This was a favorite as a kid, and the perfect opportunity to play with Mad Monsters figures !
The mummy in this flick and the Frankenstein are spot on to their Mego counterparts.

[palitoy]

The mummy in this flick and the Frankenstein are spot on to their Mego counterparts.

Totally agree! The Mummy especially looks like the figure come to life.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I started watching this last night but had to drop out because the kids expected to be fed or something.

It looked intriguing. Much better than "Fury of the Wolfman".

Why was Naschy so low down in the credits though?

Chris

[palitoy]

Whoever distributed that film didn't even spell Naschy's name correctly!

It's a little choppy too but it's the result of the film losing all it's funding mid way through. All the flying saucer battles had to be written out of the script.

I've always loved the big monster brawl at the end though.

[megoapesnut]

I absolutely LOVE this flick, probably more for sentimental reasons than anything. This is one that I can clearly remember sitting with my grandmother, in the living room of the house I own now, with a big bowl of chips and a couple of cokes, and watching this on Creature Double Feature. I can sit in my living room and clearly recreate that day. She was sitting in her lounger/rocker knitting. That is one of the top 5 or 10 memories of mine, so the flick gets 4 stars just based on that.

[megoapesnut]

OK, scratch that. I was thinking of the 1971 version with Lon Chaney.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^That's the one with Afro-Dracula with the modulated voice right? That is horribly bad, but fun because of it. But great memory with your grandmother.

Chris

[megoapesnut]

^That's the one with Afro-Dracula with the modulated voice right? That is horribly bad, but fun because of it. But great memory with your grandmother.

Chris

Yep, that's the one. Should have been titled "Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Psychedelic Era"

[palitoy]

I'm really fond of that movie too and it has a mego connection as well, Grey Morrow did the poster which seems to remind me of the mad monster boxes.

[megoapesnut]

I loved the alternate ending on the laserdisc (and probably DVD as well) where Drac has kidnapped the girl and is driving her to the graveyard in a car! First time I ever saw Dracula driving around in a car. I laughed so hard I choked.

[palitoy]

I loved the alternate ending on the laserdisc (and probably DVD as well) where Drac has kidnapped the girl and is driving her to the graveyard in a car! First time I ever saw Dracula driving around in a car. I laughed so hard I choked.

I've never seen that! Although I've been on VHS since it was released.

[megoapesnut]

I just checked on Amazon and it's being released on Blu-ray on the 24th!!!!! What a hoot.

[megoapesnut]

I've never seen that! Although I've been on VHS since it was released.

I'll get it up on YouTube tomorrow and post a link

[Earth 2 Chris]

I have to see that. Although it amazes me that this movie was released on Laser Disc.

Dracula did drive a car in "The Monster Squad" (1987) as well.

Chris