frankenstein 1970 start deep in some german wood with carolyn hayes ( jana lund ) desperately run from a monster intent on kill her . film director douglas row ( don red barry ) shout cut and the scene be in the can . baron victor von frankenstein ( boris karloff ) have hit hard time and be skint and he have let a film crew consist of row and cameraman morgan haley ( john dennis ) and writer judy stevens ( charlotte austin ) and assistant director mike shaw ( tom duggan ) and actress hayes make a film in and around his castle and estates about his ancestor . a one would expect the current and and last and frankenstein be continue the family tradition of try to re animate a stitch together body ( mike lane ) . his late patchwork creation be miss several vital ingredient and a heart and a brain and a face and a couple of eye . his nosey servant shuter ( norbert schiller ) provide the brain and heart and however while handle the eye frankenstein drop them . he re animate his monster so it can go and find a suitable pair and meanwhile all the missing people be start to make everyone become suspicious of frankenstein and what his real intention be . this black and white potboiler be direct by howard w. koch and there be very little to recommend in frankenstein 1970 and and that another thing what with the 1970 in the title . no mention of the fact it be set in the year 1970 be make and the film be make in 1958. anyway and i be amaze that the script by richard h. landau and charles a. moses and aubrey schenck and george worthing yates take four people to write it . four people . didn not at least one of them stand up and say look guy this be total crap and the audience deserve well and obviously not it would appear . it slow and boring and uneventful and be basically frankenstein try to create a monster use spare part from various unwilling donor just like most other cheap frankenstein film . he doesn not even get an assistant this time . the only original part of frankenstein 1970 be the presence of the film crew but it never use to forward the story or try to take thing in a different direction other than one would expect . the end be abrupt but there be a certain degree of fun to be have watch this man with a bucket on his head wrap in bandage run around try to act scary and menacing and totally fail of course . director koch do nothing to distinguish the film and it bland throughout from the awfully dated lab to the flat castle interior . the lab itself feature some of the bad look scientific equipment ever and massive computer panel with huge dial and knobs to all the stupid flashing light and a control panel that wobble whenever frankenstein touch it . the monster start off look ok a it lie on an bed with no skin on it face and just it skull expose but once it get re animate it look awful and it completely wrap from head to toe in bandage ( which make it look more like a mummy ) and the shape and size of it head resemble a large bucket . one more thing and when the monster be look for some eye for itself how can it see where it go or who it kidnap and why be there eye hole cut into the bandage around the bucket and erm sorry head and so it can ee . with a budget of about $ 110 and 000 frankenstein 1970 look cheap throughout and consider hammer curse of frankenstein ( 1957 ) look good and be make a year previous there really be no excuse and it just bad film making . the acting be poor and karloff be obviously live on past glory here and in this he have a weird haircut and a stupid exaggerated limp and scar on his face . there really be very little to recommend frankenstein 1970 by and i can not really think of anything other than the fact that i have see bad film . not one of karloff finer moment although i be sure fan of his will lap it up . not worth bother with .