A parody of Frankensteinian stories. It is a story of a little boy, an orphan who arrives at the Castle of Count Frankenstein - a world inhabited by mysterious and sometimes a bit ridiculous scary creatures. Although each one of them is different, they all share one thing: they feel lonely and they are desperate for a little love and affection.
Production
surreal Czechoslovak-Austrian castle aesthetics
Acting
Ferdy Mayne's exhausted Dracula energy
Costume
creatures dressed like they shopped at a thrift store in Transylvania
Director
Juraj Jakubisko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jakubisko was banned from filmmaking by Czech authorities; this Austrian co-production became his defiant return to whimsical subversion.
Eddie Constantine, iconic as Lemmy Caution in Alphaville, plays against type as a bumbling vampire hunter who mostly just wants to retire.
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