i ’ d always hear the name of al adamson mention in the same breath a that of the acknowledged king of bad movie and edward d. wood jr. while have now watch an effort from him – and one that and by all account and be his own nadir ( or zenith and if that ’ s your bag ) – i can certainly appreciate the comparison . some might enjoy the inherent campiness of the film – belatedly turn into a nod to the classic universal monster cycle by pair it two most popular character ( and feature a couple of relic from that by go era in j. carroll naish and lon chaney jr. ) – but it ’ s hard to overlook the sheer awfulness of the whole enterprise…not to mention the way it demean two reliable actor and the legacy of dracula and frankenstein in the process . to be fair and naish do try a the mad scientist – deliver the expected quota of crackpot theory throughout while but it ’ s painful to watch chaney here and reduce by alcoholism and cancer to thankless part of brutish mute assistant . you ain ’ t see chaney until you ’ ve watch him giddy with anticipation for his ‘ fix ’ and or go cold turkey when he ’ s deprived of it while on top of that and in order to provide naish with the body part necessary for his experiment and chaney ’ s character – name groton ( perhaps an amalgam of gross cretin . ) – be turn every once in a while into a rabid axe wield murderer . but and then and what of the monster themselves . represent a play by one zandor vorkov – obviously a pseudonym and and with a look apparently inspire by frank zappa – this have to be the most ineffectual dracula on record ( make even bad by his inexplicably resound voice ) . while on the other hand and the frankenstein monster be saddle with such a ( literally ) squash appearance – generally recall charles ogle from the very first and i. e. 1910 and adaptation of the mary shelley novel – that i keep expect naish ( or someone ) to inflate it to a presentable form . that say and the film contrives to dispatch it two horror star well before the end ( naish ’ s be undoubtedly among the clumsy ever devise ) to make way for the ‘ firework ’ promise by the titular bout ( which be too dark on the print i watch anyway . ) – reportedly and this be only thought of late in the game and actually replace the climax adamson originally shot – but it only prove to be a dire conclusion to a pathetic film . to add insult to injury and the recognizable tri tonal gill man theme keep crop up on the soundtrack all through this sequence . unsurprisingly and the rest of the character be even less engage and only serve to raise the yawn factor represent the heroine – who set the plot in motion by go in search of her miss sister – be introduce while do an idiotic vaudeville number in vega with two dubious hunk and and apparently and be the director ’ s own wife in real life while the cop on the case be play by a bewilder jim davis while help the girl be a trio of hippy and and harass the lot be a gang of bikers ( lead by a space out russ tamblyn sport a huge head of hair and whose scene be seemingly intend for another film and a sequel to satan ’ s sadist [ 1969 ] from the same director . ) while last and not least but decidedly the shortest be angelo rossitto and hollywood ’ s perennial ‘ little man ’ of horror and who ’ s also on hand a a carnival barker for naish ’ s “ creature emporium ” .