Shelley's Creation

Dr. Breedlove speaks :

Since the Scot Robert Louis Stevenson was born a year be fore Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley died, one can imagine he wrote his own mad scientist tale under her influence. You could certainly say the same for Anglophile H. P. Lovecraft, who was actually from Rhode Island.

The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hyde
(1971) Ranma 1/2 was beaten to the punch by this revamp, which has Jekyll being either a crazed monster or a bisexual nympho whenever Hyde throws one back. Rene Bond plays the nympho.
Feature-length, Color, $20.00

Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
(1974) Originally shot in SpaceVision 3D, this 2-D version still heaves its share of heads around. Morrissey directs human curio Udo Kier as the baron.
94 min., Color, $29.98

Captive Wild Woman
(1943) John Carradine learns the hard way that a jealous woman is a dangerous thing, but a lovesick lady orangutan can really bend you out of shape. Acquanetta plays the orangutan.
61 min., B/W, $14.99

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
(1972) Brilliant Hammer twist on the old 1-2 built around lookalikes Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick.
94 min., Color, Rated PG, $9.98 EP only

Frankenhooker
(1990) Henenlotter patchwork. Check the talking box.
90 min., Color, not available

Frankenstein
A Dan Curtis Production... Restored to full-length, with Robert Foxworth late of Falcon Crest and John Karlen, who played Willie Loomis on Dark Shadows.
120 min., Color, $29.98 on CLV laser *or* tape same price

Frankenstein General Hospital
(1988) Since we put in J&H... Together Again below, we had to add what Maltin calls the single worst Frankenstein ripoff ever accomplished in the English language. Mark Blankfield strikes (out) again.
92 min., Color & B/W, Rated R, not available

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
(1973) Harry Novak's "sinema" ripoff sets up, well, a castle full of freaks & films them for awhile. All that and Genz the Evil Dwarf.
89 min., Color, $20.00

Gothic
(1986) Ken Russell directed Natasha Richardson in her debut performance as Mary with, if you'll pardon the borrowed expression, "more dead babies than an Alice Cooper concert."
90 min., Color, Rated R, $14.99

Haunted Summer
(1988) Gothic redux, two years later, but with more romantic conviction thanks to Ivan Passer. Laura Dern and Eric Stoltz are good foil for the delicate Phillip Anglim.
106 min., Color, Rated R, $9.99 EP only

Kiss Me Quick (aka Dr. Breedlove)
(1964) It took two directors to handle all the babes in this burlesque show, at least one of whom is named "Kissme" (get it?)... The low-rent Stan Laurel From Outer Space is one more bit of proof that American pop culture should implode and swallow everything with it by the year 2000.
67 min., Color, $20.00

Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again
(1982) Mark Blankfield mixes the Nutty Professor with his own Phreaky Pharmacist character and comes up with a strange brew. Remember, you saw the first signs of the Blankfield revival right here...
87 min., C olor, Rated R, $59.99

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994) Coppola decided he had a formula for this type of remake and Branagh took him up on it. Cape Fear on ice. Sincere period detail a la Henry V. All this and beefcake in the creation scene!
123 min., Color, Rated R, Closed-Captioned, $97.99 Laser $39.99

The Monster and the Girl
(1941) Sort of like Hardcore with a gorilla transplant playing George C. Scott, with Cliff "Insufficient Sweetie" Edwards in a cameo (you won't miss the voice).
65 min., B/W, $14.99

Phantom of the Paradise
(1974) Brian DePalma quotes from every horror convention imaginable, but his crowning pastiche achievement is the one, the only, the frankensteinian... Beef!
92 min., Color, Rated PG, $14.99

Re-Animator
(1985) Jeffrey Combs really knew how to sweat it out in this rewarding horror comedy (Recut, Color, Unrated, $19.99) and paired with the inevitable sequel, 1990's Bride of... (99 min., Color, Rated R, $14.99) ...holy crawli ng eyeballs!

Rocky Horror
(1975) Yeah, what's the point of putting it on video? But how could we leave out that wild and untamed Miss/ter Thang played by Tim Curry?
95 min., Color, Rated R, $19.99

Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound
(1990) Maybe Corman spending enough money to get John Hurt to play a time-travelling scientist and Bridget Fonda to stand in for Mary Shelley isn't as much fun as wringing blood from a stone with Coppola and N icholson, but we hadn't heard from him in decades, so...
85 min., Color, $14.99

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
A restored full-length Dan Curtis version with Jack Palance before he was hip all over again.
120 min., Color, $29.98 on tape *or* CLV laser

The Vindicator
(1986) An injection of Metropolis-style robotics, thanks to a Stan Winston creation, updates this version -- plus Pam Grier, who's always a welcome sight.
88min., Color, Rated R, $79.99 on video

Young Frankenstein
(1974) Another Brooks review, gorgeous as any of the Uni pictures, plus fun musical numbers. "Wait! I was gonna make espresso!"
105 min., B/W, $14.99