{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) \u2013 Episode 109 \u2013 Decades of Horror 1970s","description":" "Touch it! Go on, touch it!" Get your mind out of the gutter. The speaker isn\u2019t talking about that \u201cit.\u201d Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they uncover the true story of Frankenstein in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) \u2026 or not. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 109 \u2013 Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge. IMDb   Director: Jack Smight Writers: Christopher Isherwood & Don Bachardy (teleplay), Mary Shelley (novel) Cast James Mason as Dr. Polidori Leonard Whiting as Dr. Victor Frankenstein David McCallum as Dr. Henry Clerval Jane Seymour as Agatha\/Prima Nicola Pagett as Elizabeth Fanshawe Michael Sarrazin as The Creature Michael Wilding as Sir Richard Fanshawe Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Lady Fanshawe Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Blair Margaret Leighton as Francoise DuVal Ralph Richardson as Mr. Lacey John Gielgud as Chief Constable (Police) Tom Baker as Sea Captain Yet again, the Decades of Horror 1970s Grue-Crew delves into the realm of television mini-series with Frankenstein: The True Story, broadcast in two parts in 1973. Bill points out exactly why the title is one of the biggest misnomers in film history. Chad had a problem with the creature (Michael Sarrazin) being so handsome in the beginning but enjoyed its deterioration as the film progressed. Doc opines that the 2-hour edited version available on Amazon Prime is a hot mess of bad editing and should probably be avoided. Jeff once again goes a bit fan-boy, this time for David McCallum. Your Grue-Crew universally enjoyed the cast and some of the set pieces and are withholding judgment until the March 24, 2020 Scream Factory release. Maybe a quality copy of the unedited version will restore the film they remembered. Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In three weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be Hammer\u2019s Twins of Evil (1971).  We want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans:  leave us a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at docrotten@decadesofhorror.com. ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"