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      I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

      Released Nov 23, 1957 1h 12m Horror List
      30% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell) creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Five months after American-International Picture's I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Herbert L. Strock (The Crawling Hand) directed this follow-up, which has British professor Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell, who was also the mad scientist in AIP's first teenager as a monster movie) coming to America to assemble his monster from the bodies of teenagers who didn't make it through Dead Man's Curve. He's the kind of scientist who has no problem feeding former Lois Lane Phyllis Coates to alligators (AIP's Herman Cohen kayfabe stated that the alligator had been used to dispose of the bodies of the victims of serial killer Joe Ball from a small town outside San Antonio, which I love) or cutting off the face of a boy on Lover's Lane (Gary Conway, The Farmer) for his undead monster. How did AIP not follow this up with I Was a Teenage Dracula? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Low grade nonsense, but it has its charms, namely the goofy makeup design for the "creature," and Whit Bissell giving his all. An ultimate example of drive-in horror fare of the 1950s. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A doctor who is ridiculed by his colleagues for his theories decides to create a being much in the way Baron von Frankenstein did years prior. He desires to create a super human being, not a monster, for the purposes of speeding up the purpose of selective breeding. He gets his parts when a couple of cars full of teenage party-goers get in a head-on crash. The person he creates is able to speak, think, is physically fit, and is a Christian. The creation escapes (of course) and kills (of course). Despite the movie's name, it is not a comedy - its actually a decent retelling of the Shelley story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy fun with great lines like: "I know you have a civil tongue, I sewed it there!" Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Teenage Frankenstein himself is a supporting character in his own story! Shameful. Campy but poorly-paced fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorite 50's monster make-ups. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Fun schlock with one of best titles in B-film history. Rated: 2/5 Apr 30, 2007 Full Review Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com Rated: 1/5 Oct 15, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 13, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 May 26, 2005 Full Review Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) A guilty pleasure romp with Bissell over-the-top as the crazed doctor who wants to carry on his ancestor's work. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2004 Full Review John Esther Pasadena Weekly Rated: 0/5 Aug 21, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell) creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.
      Director
      Herbert L. Strock
      Screenwriter
      Herman Cohen, Aben Kandel
      Distributor
      Columbia Tristar, American International Pictures
      Production Co
      American International Pictures (AIP)
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 23, 1957, Original
      Runtime
      1h 12m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
      Aspect Ratio
      35mm