#frankenstein's castle of freaks

[horrorme]

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

[fatmagic]

[weirdlookindog]

Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette (1974) - German Poster

AKA Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks, Dr. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks, Frankenstein's Castle, The Monsters of Dr. Frankenstein, The House of Freaks, Monsters of Frankenstein, Terror Castle, Terror

[schlock-luster-video]

On May 31, 1974, Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks debuted in West Germany.

[charlunday]

Please share all your thoughts for Frankenstein AU.. Thank you 😊

@curiousnonny

OKAY YES!! several people asked me in the tags but I wanted an ask to answer so thank you nonny ❤️

Anyway, here are my thoughts:

I started thinking about this because it's approaching Halloween season. I was like "would he be a werewolf? A vampire? A ghost?" And then I had my genius epiphany. NO. He would NOT be any of those things. You know what he is? He's a fucking Frankenstein. (Nobody better get on me about "Frankenstein is the scientist" I will BLOCK YOU)

The whole thing of Frankenstein is feeling rejected by your creator. Feeling unwanted. Feeling like a burden, a mistake, a stupid creature. Who feels like that? Our boy Peeta

To make up for people always ignoring/ forgetting he's disabled, I have decided to make him more disabled. So not only does he have a missing leg, but he also has severe chronic pain.

I think for the purposes of this story, he was created by Dr. Gaul. For no other reason than she seems like the type to do that tbh. But! At the time the story takes place, she is long dead, kind of like in Edward Scissorhands.

So Peeta sort of has free reign over this castle, but he was conditioned into submission for so long that he stays in his old habits, like sleeping in a closet in the basement.

Also because of how big he is, he was essentially trained to fear pain instead of retaliating. Otherwise, he definitely could have snapped Gaul in half and run away.

He did try to run away! And his leg was taken away as punishment.

Anyway, on to how he meets Katniss.

He can't stay in the castle forever, and so will venture out into the woods. He'll catch things like rats and eat them raw, since his food has long run out. He does feel bad about it though.

So one rainy day he's in the woods, and so is a beautiful young huntress. But she slips on some rocks and hits her head! (Or falls from a slippery tree, whichever you prefer) And he rescues her. Takes her back to the castle, tries to help her but doesn't really know how, so he just kind of sits there until she wakes up

And when she does. Well. Obviously she is very freaked out. Starts throwing things at this huge intimidating guy in a strange castle. But instead of fighting back, he gets upset and covers his head

So like, she soon realizes that this dude is incapable of hurting a fly. He's just very fucked up

But anyway, that's really all I have. Obviously they fall in love. She teaches him more things about the world. He quickly gets attached to her, feeling things he's never felt before. Then there's the question if his feelings are even real, if he's even real, etcetera.

They're just really sweet. And he's just a gentle giant. And I love it.

[oldshowbiz]

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1973) also starring the Frankenstein Monsters

[frankendykes-monster]

Watching the uncut version of Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) now with the opening where the towns people kill a caveman.

[glowing-disciple]

Reading List - 2024

Currently Reading:

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit

Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie

Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas Jonasson

Books Read:

101 Famous Poems by Various Authors

A History of Chess by Jerzy Gizycki

The Abraham Lincoln Joke Book by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

An Introduction to Linguistics by Loreto Todd

The Art of Computer Designing by Osamu Sato

The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance by Ivar Ekeland

The Cairngorms by Patrick Baker

The Codebreaker's Handbook by Herbie Brennan

The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown

The Complete Book of Kitchen Collecting by Barbera E. Mauzy

Dinosaurs, Beware! A Safety Guide by Marc Brown

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dreaming the Biosphere by Rebecca Reider

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Funny Number Tricks by Rose Wyler

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Giant Sea Creatures, Real and Fantastic by John Frederick Waters

Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis

Hiram's Red Shirt by Mabel Watts

I don't care by JoAnn Nelson

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of Archetypes by Robin Robertson

Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire by Howard Pyle

Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

Reflections on Evolution by Fredrick Sproull

Roadie: My Life on the Road with Coldplay by Matt McGinn

Strange Creatures of the Ice and Snow by Edward F. Dolan

Time for Bed, Sleepyheads by Normand Chartier

Weird Islands by Jean de Boschère

Future Reading:

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

Adventures in Cryptozoology Vol. 1 by Richard Freeman

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez

Ancient Mysteries, Modern Visions by Philip S. Callahan

The Anti-Mary Exposed by Carrie Gress

The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle

The Art Nouveau Style by Stephan Tschudi Madsen

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Champions of the Rosary by Donald H. Calloway

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft

Cubism by Guillaume Apollinaire

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Evolution by Nowell Stebbing

Expressionism by Ashley Bassie

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by Hal Johnson

Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Freaks on the Fells by R. M. Ballantyne

Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter

Fundamentals of Character Design by Various Authors

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Humorous Ghost Stories by Various Authors

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Illuminated Manuscripts by Tamara Woronowa

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

Joan Miro by Joan Miro

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

Living by the Sword by Eric Demski

The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Otis Spofford by Beverly Clearly

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Shining by Stephen King

The Silmarillion by J R R Tolkien

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Strange Love by Ann Aguirre

The River by Gary Paulsen

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman

The Third Man Factor by John Geiger

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories by C. Robert Cargill

The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology by Deena West Budd

The White Mountains by John Christopher

[moony-myles]

Re-Animator Film Facts

Some of my favourite fun facts about my favourite H.P. Lovecraft film adaptation. Enjoy! 

Here is the original source where I found most of these facts complied, there are more here I didn’t include if you’d like to check out the full article! 

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Stuart Gordon got the idea for the film from believing that there were too many Dracula inspired movies and not enough Frankenstein ones. 

Gordon wanted to initially film the movie in black and white to give it the atmosphere of an old monster movie. 

The film went through twenty-four gallons of fake blood. 

Before production, various members of the cast and crew visited an insane asylum for research. 

In the actors commentary for the film, Barbara Crampton recalled Bruce Abbott gifting her the jacket that he wore in the film, and that she still has it. 

The entire film was shot in eighteen days. 

The reagent in the film was glow stick juice, which Jeffrey Combs advises people not to drink because apparently that stuff is toxic. 

Jeffrey Combs recalls in the actors commentary having to give David Gale cigarettes while he was stuck under tables during the headless Dr. Hill scenes.

The opening scene of the movie was filmed last. 

One of the actors on the film scared a gas station attendant because they were covered in the fake blood from set. 

David Gale's wife was so enraged by the "head" scene that while watching the movie, she left the theatre.

For certain scenes with dead Rufus, a real dead cat was used.

Re-Animator was one of many films that Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton co-starred on, others including From Beyond, Castle Freak, and The Evil Clergyman.

[doomreturn]

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

[hyzenthlayroseart]

I decided to give my vampire Lenore a love interest, however I'm still developing this character so this description will be vague.

Anyway, in a past upload I mentioned that back in the 1400s when Lenore first woke up as a vampire, she was in a bloodthirsty animalistic trance and ended up killing her husband and draining his blood. Once her thirst for blood was quenched she woke up from her trance and realized she had just murdered her husband and the father of her children and was horrified. After this, she and her daughters built a tomb for him in a secret room in their castle where he remains buried to this day.

So one night hundreds of years later, Lenore and her daughters are out looking for victims to feed on as they do every night. Lenore spots a woman in an alleyway about to be assaulted by a man, so she takes the opportunity to save the woman by killing the assaulter and draining his blood. Now I'm still trying to figure out how exactly the next step happens and how soon it happens after this event but Lenore and this woman (who's name is Carrie) end up becoming attracted to each other, and unbeknownst to Carrie, Lenore ends up turning her into a vampire during a night of lovemaking. Carrie's freaked out at first once she comes out of her initial feral trance and drains her first victim and is even angry at Lenore for changing her, but Lenore calms her and assures her that she'll help her adjust to her new life.

So blah blah blah, Lenore helps Carrie learn how to be a vampire, they fall in love and Carrie ands up forming a bond with Lenore's daughters. Still thinking up more details but that's the gist of it. Also Carrie's first name was named after Carrie White from the Stephen King story Carrie (since I rewatched the movie today) and her last name Lanchester is named after Elsa Lanchester (who played The Bride of Frankenstein). I just thought it would be cool to have her name be horror homages.

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 26, 1975, Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks debuted in France.

[elvira-macabre]

Dear Elvira, who would win in a fight? The popeyed monster from "Lady Frankenstein" or Goliath the caveman monster from "Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks"?

"Hey dear anon! Thanks for the question! Now, I'd say, if it's a fight involving looks, the chances for both would be rather... underwhelming. But in the matter of strenght I guess the winner would be who keeps himself together best."

[ronnymerchant]

Trade mag ad featuring the MAD BUTCHER (1971), I DISMEMBER MAMA (1972), HITCH HIKE TO HELL (1977), KIDNAPPED COED (1976), A TASTE OF HELL (1973), FRANKENSTEIN’S CASTLE OF FREAKS (1974), AXE (1974), and the CHILD (1977).

[lemonjawbreakers]

An, Ann, N Anny Monster AU

So I was watching mad monster party (a classic) and it made me think of an AU with the girls. Here all the Cul-de-sac kids would be adults and reuniting on Evil Island, after being summoned by the infamous Dr. Jekyll and the council of monster’s. 

The An’s currently live together in a small village, making money scaring the locals and just enjoying life until there summoned and are suddenly re-united with their old pal’s. Including the now older Kanker brothers.

An Creature - Creature from the black Lagoon (was going to do werewolf but I can see An living in the swamp). Her pod (family) was very strict, and territorial, trying there best to keep An in line. Yet her love for human junk out weighed her fear of them and it cost a lot of issue’s. So after they couldn’t send her to boarding school, they sent her away for safety of the pod. An is much happier as a result, freedom, a whole basement to herself and can make a mess. She is sad about the locals running away from her though.

Was terrorized by Jay (a Frankenstein with Siren parts) who loved her voice and just how strong she was when they were little as An was told to stay away from boys and sirens so he caused her a bit of panic. When they got older hey bonded on human video games and the two developed a small friendship but lost contact after graduation. Re-connecting however has bubbled up a few unwanted feelings.

Ann Hilda Jekyll- Daughter of Dr Jekyll and a witch, Double-N now lives with her friends in the an old castle conducting experiments and creating potions. Even trading/selling her potions for some small change. Uses potions to hide her witch side (in this AU she’d have green skin and other ‘witchy features) just don’t let her use her dads concoction. She becomes a real witch lol

Which is ironically how Larie became attracted to her. Larie a science experiment himself (with extra parts from a gargoyle to fly with and horns) began to bug her. Mostly because he was bored an she was easy prey, until she takes her ‘medicine’. Then her other side knocked him threw a window, fixed up his wounds an apologized to him. He was just so taken back that he fell in love.         So he began to pursue her and then lost touch at graduation (Double-N bolted out the door). Meeting again has caused a lot confusing feeling because he hasn’t given up but has grown a lot.

Anny Nosferatu- Obviously a vampire but unfortunately for Anny she’s a direct descendent of Nosferatu, which hasn’t helped her image. Being stuck between her families high expectations, comparisons to her much crueler older sister, and Karen mocking her as being the lesser Vampire, it’s not hard to see why she jumped at the chance to leave. Anny also say this as a way to prove herself that she’s just as good so she enjoys terrorizing the locals.

Met Tee when they were really little and he had gotten lost. Being the first experiment out of his brothers and having gorgon parts caused people to freak out at his eyes that hypnotize people instead of turn them to stone. Anny being the outcast herself stood up for him and they became friends until she’s forced to leave. A few years later they met again, but she forgot him and he hadn’t given up. Like the other’s they lost contact after graduation (Anny clung to Double-N’s broom as the bolted out the door). But now she’s back and he’s hot, help.

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Will do the Kanker brothers and the rest of the Cul-de-sac (maybe some oc’s) on other post’s. This is it for now, tell me what monsters you’d think the girls or the other kids would be.

[mondoradiowmse]

10/25/23 Mondo Radio Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's special edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Haunted House Boogie" - the 2023 Mondo Radio Halloween Horrorshow! If you dig these spooktacular sounds, don't forget to also follow the show on Facebook and Twitter!

Artist - Song - Album

Larry And The Blue Notes - Night Of The Phantom - Back From The Grave, Vol. 1

Chris Williams & The Monsters - The Monster - Vampires, Cowboys, Spacemen & Spooks: The Very Best Of Joe Meek's Instrumentals

Los Sleepers - Zombie - Más Rock And Roll

The Sonics - The Witch - Introducing The Sonics

Screaming Lord Sutch - I'm In Love With Dracula's Daughter - Forgotten Freak Outs: Lost Halloween Hits (1954-1977)

John Zacherle - Dinner With Drac - Hurry Bury Baby (Single)

The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den - Monster Rock 'N Roll Show

Los Africanos - Monster Party - Dean Rudland Presents: Let's Boogaloo!, Vol. 6

The Shaggs - It's Halloween - Philosophy Of The World

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross With The Ike Isaacs Trio - Halloween Spooks - High Flying

Jack Rivers - Haunted House Boogie - Haunted House Boogie (Single)

Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - Halloween - Halloween (Single)

Robert Maxwell - Pumpkin Yellow - A Song For All Seasons

Peter Pan Orchestra & Chorus - Casper The Friendly Ghost - An Adventure In Make Believe

Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra - Twilight Zone - Halloween Hits

Christopher Lee - Count Dracula & His Vampire Bride - Voices Of Terror

Russ Huddleston And Robert Smith Jr. - Sacrifice - Manos: The Soundtrack Of Fate

Chinstrap Music - Attack Of The Giant Leeches - Sounds To Come: Music & Sound Design From Science-Fiction & Horror, 1940-1970

The Witchdoctors - Rollin' In Your Grave - Witchdoctors À Go-Go

Bad Brains - Fearless Vampire Killers - Bad Brains

Die Kreuzen - Halloween - Century Days

The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck (Single Mix) - Bad Music For Bad People

Dummy Club - Teenage Corpse (Live) - Lest We Forget: Our Night To Remember

Misfits - Halloween - Legacy Of Brutality

Tense Experts - Cemetery Secrets - Tense Experts

Comateens - The Munsters Theme - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween

The Born Losers - Werewolves On Wheels - Halloween Hootenanny

Gene Page - Blacula Strikes! - Blacula (Music From The Original Soundtrack)

Goblin - Zombi - Zombi (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)

John Carpenter - Bela Lugosi - Lost Themes II

Moira Scar - De/Monster/A-Tiff - Scarred For Life

Dylan Palme - Intro To Horror - Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Mark Castle - Zombies! - Zombies! (Single)

Ian Brown - Thriller - Thriller (Single)

Ministry - Every Day (Is Halloween) (Original 12" Version) - Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Single)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Halloween - Juju

David Bowie - Scary Monsters - Vampires Of Human Flesh

Babe Ruth - Jack O'Lantern - Babe Ruth

Skyhooks - Horror Movie - The Skyhooks Tapes

The Specials - Ghost Town - This Are Two Tone

Eddie Golden III - Halloween All The Time - Halloween All The Time

Apache Tomcat - Scariest Monster Competition - Halloweenie EP

Elvira - Outro - Elvira Presents Monster Hits