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Levey(Committed,Hellgate,Slumber Party 57)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.......</B></div> <div> <B>Music............Cardella DeMillo & Lou Frohman</B></div> <div> <B>Producer.........</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....Ted Tetrick</B></div> <div> <B>Makeup created by Grodon Freed</B></div> <div> <B>Prosthetic construction by Bill Munns</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dramatis Personae* </B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Stein.............John Hart (Longhorn)</B></div> <div> <B>Winifred Walker.......Ivory Stone</B></div> <div> <B>Malcolm...............Roosevelt Jackson </B></div> <div> <B>Eleanor...............Andrea King (The Beast with Five Fingers)</B></div> <div> <B>Nick Bolin............Bruno Stager</B></div> <div> <B>Monster Eddy Turner...Joe DeSue</B></div> <div> <B>Sgt. "Jackson"........Jim Cousar</B></div> <div> <B>Hospital Attendant....Bob Brophy</B></div> <div> <B>Girl in Dune Buggie...Dale E. Bach</B></div> <div> <B>Nightclub Singer......Cardella DeMilo</B></div> <div> <B>Nightclub Comedian....Andy C.</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Car.........Beverly Hagerty</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Car.........Daniel Faure</B></div> <div> <B>Police Lieutenant.....Don Brodie</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Bed.........Liz Renay (Desperate Living, The Thrill Killers)</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Bed.........Jerry Soucie</B></div> <div> <B>Hospital Receptionist.Yvone Robinson</B></div> <div> <B>Hospital Supervisor...Karin Lind</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Alley.......Marva Farmer</B></div> <div> <B>Couple in Alley.......Robert L. Hurd</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Critique: Rent "Blackenstein"! It's good, really. Like "Zombie's Lake" and "Boggie Creek II", this film is so bad it's good. The absolute joy that comes from these films is that they face their failure with a martyr's composure. As these films march toward their inevitable fate they never give in. This is the definition of sublimity. The audience is uplifted by the tragic combination of this heroic perseverance in the face of insuperable odds. It is as though none of the cast senses for a moment that the film isn't working. This is the most tragic and comical thing in the world. By the time the nightclub scene kicks in any lesser film would have given in and resorted to slapstick and other forms of self abasement. (See "The Boneyard" or "CHUD II") From the strange scene with the attendant mocking the basket case Eddie to Blackenstein's zip up George boots, we feel sure you'll enjoy this absurd period piece. From the laughable thirties style laboratory to the soon routine dismemberments the pace is blistering. The incredibly poor film quality was an absolute must here because if we could see anything clearly it would have looked appalling. Blackenstein is as beautiful and precious as a shooting star, which will leave you crying tears of joy when it fizzles out in the end. Without a peep. Levey's later works, as cheap as they are can't approach "Blackenstein" for crumminess, although a two film string featuring Ron Palillo (Kotter's Arnold Horschack) pique one's curiosity.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Plot Summary: In a traditional Frankenstein castle nestled in the hills of Hollywood, Malcolm the assistant (and butler) lets Winifred Walker PhD in Physics was a student of Noble prize-winning geneticist Dr Stein's. Has come to California to be near her fiancee, Eddy Turner, who lost his arms and legs in Vietnam when he stepped on a land mine. Stein agrees to go see Eddy at the hospital. Stein says he has been working with limb replacement and might be able to help him. Stein and Winifred get to work in the hybrid traditional Frankenstein and time tunnel laboratory. They start injecting DNA into Eddie to thirties style horror movie music. Stein says that the process isn't yet perfect, and without injections, a young looking patient would revert to a ninety year old. Another patient whose leg was replaced appears to have the leg of a tiger. In spite of the fact that the process is supposed to involve DNA injections, when Eddie's time comes up, traditional arc-lamps start fired up. One of the patients starts into a delirium. There are side effects. Whether arms are grafted on or whether the limbs simply grow is unclear. Malcolm has fallen in lust with Winifred, but when he declares it to her, she says she loves Eddie. Malcolm heads off to prepare a concoction. The final stages of the operation are in place, but what role will Malcolm's sabotage play? It seems that Eddie's fusion has been a complete success. Winifred prepares an injection of the tampered with DNA formula. A few days later, Stein reports that Eddie should be in a position to walk soon. Eddie reports that he doesn't feel right. Winifred notices that Eddie's brow ridges have a strange deformity. Tests show the transplant to be fine. They decide to increase the injections. Late at night, we hear the muffled groaning and see the stiff Frankenstein monster walk with arms outstretched. The first stop is the sadistic attendant back at the hospital. He is soon disarmed. The monster shuffles off, arm in hand. Eddie Monster pays a visit on a hollywood home. First the man of the house goes to investigate and  then the woman quickly follows suit as Eddie stops to toy with their entrails. The next day, there's a somber mood around the castle, though they don't seem to be checking up on Eddie in anything like a responsible manner. As Winifred lies asleep in the lab, Eddie shuffles past her into the night again. A few teenagers pull up for a spat and some seventies dialogue. In traditional seventies style, the female pays for this by having her neck broken by the randomly violent Eddie. At some point along the way, Eddie seems to have been put in a cage. Eventually the police show up at the castle asking about the local dismemberments. They once again neglect to lock Eddie up as soon he's out on the streets of LA, perhaps again due to the irresponsible and sulking Malcolm. You might enjoy the break in the action when a seventies nightclub act drones on for a while. Out in the alleyway, Eddie plays with some more entrails. When Eddie gets back to the castle, he finds Malcolm busy molesting Winifred. He eventually gets around to strangling him. Just when Winifred seems to be getting through to him, Stein blind sides Eddie with the usual effects as he is tossed aside like a doll with attendant damage to the lab. As the police arrive to discover the slain doctor and an upset Winifred, Eddie is off again carrying a victim from a garage. The police then bring in the canine cops, a fleet of snarling Doberman, and before you can believe it they defeat the Blackenstein. Fin.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>