La Maison de Frankenstein

Le scénario de House of Frankenstein a fait revivre dans un seul film tous les célèbres monstres des années 30 et 40 du vingtième siècle et a mélangé avec eux un cocktail d'intrigues amusant et jamais ennuyant. Joliment tourné, bien joué et bien interprété. Plein d'une nostalgie adorable. Mais ne vous attendez pas à un chef-d'œuvre dramatique dans l'esprit de Bride of Frankenstein. Le film n'est pas aussi fort, et n'a pas un cœur aussi grand. C'est juste un divertissement agréable pour les fans intéressés. (30/03/2003)

The classic Universal monsters together for the first time. The Werewolf, Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and even Kharis the Mummy. A childhood dream come true... Apart from the fact that they cut the Mummy before the movie was shot, Dracula is played by a tragic Carradine and the entire affair is absolutely superfluous and, mainly, very boring; Frankenstein’s Monster doesn’t his ten seconds (almost literally) of fame until almost the very end and although Chaney’s performance as the Werewolf is outstanding, it suffers from being sidelined. So instead of a “celebration" of monsters, we don’t actually get much more than another mad scientist. This time rather routinely performed by Boris Karloff. This means that J. Carrol Naish in the role of Karloff’s side-kick has no trouble in stealing the whole movie. House of Frankenstein is a mediocre movie through and through, none of its potential exploited at all. Still, it’s a good movie. But only good, nothing more. (11/03/2008)