yes and there be life before darth vader . dave prowse and these day relegate to autograph show ( his signature represent dave prowse be darth vader ) and play the oddly sexual frankenstein monster in this rather cheesy flick . his frankie spring forth with a shapely ( and clean shaven ) and buff chest and define ab and and tree trunk thigh and biceps . from the neck up and he pretty unappealing and but from chin down and he would be a big hit at a gay disco and barely clothe in what look like boxer brief . also of note and flash some skin represent kate omara play a buxom housekeeper . kate have play the devilish sister of two of the great character ever to grace the small screen represent dynasty alexis carrington and absolutely fabulous patsy stone . here she have a fairy substantial role ( in a less than substantial film ) a victor frankenstein housekeeper and concubine . victor inherit her and along with the house and and keep her around even though she can not cook . he do explain why and indirectly represent when see her for the first time in a while and he comment and appreciatively and that she put on some weight in a couple of place . if her costume in this scene have be cut any low and we would see her belly button . this one certainly wasn not ever in the running for an oscar and but for what it be and it not exactly unwatchable . it a modern retelling of a classic tale update to of course include plenty of sex and gore . like most hammer film and it beautifully produce and the set be pretty convincing ( mostly ) though i find the castle ( and the film in general ) to be too well light to be very spooky . i be strike by one interesting little tidbit represent this film be release by mgm about the same time the studio distribute dan curtis house of dark shadow and which have a bit of a hammer feel to it while and the lovely blonde actress feature in horror of frankenstein ( veronica carlson a elizabeth ) bear a striking resemblance to nancy barrett and similarly feature in hod a sexy vampire carolyn stoddard . i be sure it a coincidence and but their makeup and hairstyle be slightly similar and and they simply remind me of each other .