Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

George Taylor As usual, Karloff gives it his all. Sadly this film lets him down. As the last of the Frankenstein's, he needs money to continue his experiments to continue his notorious ancestors experiments. While this isn't that good, it's still better than nearly anything on the SyFy channel.

Wizard-8 It seems that right now Warner Brothers (which now owns this movie) is in no hurry to release "Frankenstein 1970" on DVD. After watching it, it becomes painfully clear, even though the movie boasts horror legend Boris Karloff in its cast. While this may not be the very worst Frankenstein-themed movie, it is without doubt one of the most *boring*. There's very little story here, and even at a lean 83 minute running time, it is extremely padded out. It takes forever for Dr. Frankenstein to start doing his thing, and even when he does, the movie doesn't have any sudden burst energy, horrific or otherwise. Not surprisingly, Karloff doesn't give one of his better performances here; he's very subdued, probably realizing that his surroundings are not worthy of his talents. The only entertainment to be found in the movie is the unintentionally funny look of Frankenstein's monster, which is even funnier in the scenes where innocent people stumble upon the monster and are mysteriously terrified.

bkoganbing The last association that Boris Karloff had with the Frankenstein character came in this low budget Allied Artists film that I remember seeing in the theater in 1958. It was not the best of endings.This time Boris Karloff is playing the last descendant of the Frankenstein clan who's an old man and who in his youth was tortured by the Nazis in an effort to divulge Frankenstein family secrets. It left him quite understandably twisted.Karloff is putting up with a movie company who is shooting on his castle grounds, no doubt shooting a film like Frankenstein 1970, a low budget thriller. The money they're paying him however is paying for an atomic reactor, something his ancestor didn't have, maybe that's the missing ingredient.Of course the bodies start falling, four of them to be precise as Karloff searches for what he needs to revive the Frankenstein monster which he has found and preserved.Boris Karloff and his contemporary Bela Lugosi did both great horror films and a lot of junk. Frankenstein 1970 sad to say falls in the latter category.

dbborroughs Boris Karloff as a descendant of the mad doctor who is trying to bring the creature back to life with atomic energy.To get the money he opens his castle to a movie crew and mayhem results.Uneven horror film is very good in the Karloff monster scenes and rather poor in the soapy movie crew scenes. I don't think I'd ever really seen the whole film until Monsters HD has put it into the current rotation. I like the movie in a nostalgic sort of way and think its perfect for a dark and stormy night when a creaky black and white film (more silly then scary) is on the menu. Just keep in mind its a film from a bygone time and you'll enjoy it