Shriek Show has revealed the Blu-ray release of Al Adamson's
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971, aka
Blood of Frankenstein in the UK). The film stars Lon Chaney Jr. (
The Wolf Man) in one of his final performances, J. Carrol Naish (
House of Frankenstein) in his final film, Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Russ Tamblyn, and Angelo Rossito, and famously features the iconic Ken Strickfaden props from the original
Frankenstein and
Bride of Frankenstein.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein arrives on Blu-ray on December 13th.
Synopsis: With a sudden slash of an axe, a woman named Joan is decapitated on a desolate beach at midnight. In a hellish laboratory hidden below the boardwalk Freak Emporium, Dr. Durea (a.k.a. Dr. Frankenstein!) drains the blood of corpses to distill an all-powerful serum. Count Dracula craves the new serum and offers the doctor the hulking body of the original Frankenstein monster in exchange. With a blast of spine-tingling electricity they shock the monster to life and send him on a killing spree for fresh victims. Joan s sister sets out to find her missing sibling and becomes a hostage in Dr. Durea s torture chamber. In her efforts to escape, she falls into Dracula's clutches and witnesses the monster mash of the millennium as the Frankenstein monster and Count Dracula clash in a gut-wrenching, limb-ripping, gruesome brawl to the bloody end.
The special edition Blu-ray includes the following bonus features:
- Audio commentary by writer/producer Sam Sherman
- Documentary on Independent International Pictures
- Rare alternate ending
- Deleted scenes
- Deleted scene with Famous Monsters editor Forrest J Ackerman and Dracula
- Rare 8mm movie location footage
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV Spot
- Extensive photo gallery