I cannot claim to know much of anything about the director,actors,or genre. However,I can say that I loved this film.A film is supposed to entertain-and that is exactly what this film does.It truly must be seen,words cannot do it justice.There are so many things about this film that are laugh-out-loud funny I don't know where to begin.This is considered a"B" movie but it's really not badly made. The direction was good,the movie moved along.The acting was decent.The camera-work-cinematography was solid.The lighting was fine for about half the film. The dialog is inane and usually unintentionally funny..It is often way- too- much ! Dracula's appearance and voice was great.Frankenstein is also interesting. This film is a lot of fun to watch,very amusing on so many levels. If you have an honest sense of humor this film cannot miss for you.

Al Adamson's Dracula Vs. Frankenstein is a monster mash that is more horrible than horror. However, this shoddily made piece of sholock is amusing and memorable. Dracula Vs. Frankenstein is a real bad and cheap exploitation film, but it still is fun and delivers the goods for some extremely campy entertainment. J. Carrol Naish and Lon Cheney Jr. are actually good in this as Dr. Frankenstein and his henchman. This is also their final appearances in film. Zandor Vorkov is hilarious as Count Dracula and brings an ultra cheesy and awesomely bad performance that must be seen to believe. He certainly camps it up big time and is hilarious to watch. The rest of the cast is real bad and very funny as well. This cult classic combines (then contemporary) hippie and biker culture and still tries to sell this as a Gothic horror picture. Dracula AD this is not, or a good a cohesive film it isn't either. Al Adamson was a terrible film maker and like the rest of the films of his I have seen, they are of similar quality. However, this garbage does have an appeal. It has a modern remastered DVD and is more memorable and entertaining than a whole lot of stuff.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)** 1/2 (out of 4) Count Dracula visits the ailing Dr. Frankenstein (J. Carrol Naish) and asks him to bring the monster back to life so that he can use him to bring in fresh blood. The doctor and his mute assistant (Lon Chaney, Jr.) agree but soon the monster goes off on his own and turns against Dracula. Yes, this is a really poorly made film but I seriously doubt that director Adamson and producer Sam Sherman were making this to try and nab a Best Picture Oscar. I'm fairly certain that they wanted to deliver an entertaining drive-in picture and that's exactly what they've done. It seems Adamson just took suggestions from a suggestion box and threw everything except the kitchen sink into this film and its surreal nature really makes it stand out in the genre. We've got one of the ugliest monsters ever, Dracula's weird voice and a drunken (and depressing to watch) Chaney going around with an axe. The movie has an incredibly low budget but this just adds to the charm of the film. The movie remains entertaining due to all the weirdness but I think Adamson would have made a better film if he would have cut out scenes of the couple trying to uncover the truth and stuck in more monster mania. Heck, even the dwarf is more entertaining than a lot of the scenes involving the couple. This was both Naish and Chaney's final film, which is pretty sad when you consider the type of film this is. I think both men bring a lot of fun to the film but as I said earlier, it's rather sad seeing Chaney in such bad shape due to his alcoholism. Naish actually manages to turn in a pretty good performance. When the showdown between Dracula and the monster finally happens it's a bit of a mixed blessing. The way the two fight and the outcome are very entertaining but the scene is shot so dark that it's hard to see some of the action, which is a shame. In the end, this film is pure camp and isn't meant to be judged as an Orson Welles film. If you enjoy drive-in trash then this is one of the best out there.

"Dracula vs. Frankenstein" is a mostly cheesy creature feature.**SPOILERS**After a strange disappearance, cabaret-singer Judith Fontaine, (Regina Carrol) determines that a local carnival might have something to do with it. As Dr. Duryea, (J. Carrol Naish) and his assistant Groton, (Lon Chaney Jr.) use a sideshow exhibit in the carnival as a cover for their experiments with human blood, he is able to reanimate the dead in a special process. Soon, Count Dracula, (Zandor Vorkov) visits them to help him restore the Frankenstein Monster, (John Bloom) and requiring more blood for the process, they require more bodies to procure it. As news erupts over this, she decides to investigate the matter, and finds that the monsters are all loose from the experiments. With the creatures loose in the countryside, they all try to get away before anything can be done.The Good News: This is a really cheesy film in every way. From the make-up on the monsters to the general plot direction to the fight at the end, this here really piles on the cheese. The lumpiness on the Frankenstein mask is the most obvious, which features a really lumpy look and really looks cheesy. Only because of the large size and lumbering walk does it make the creature visible as to what it should be. The fact that the beach is obviously done on a set makes the cheesiness all the more apparent, and all the scenes in the lab aren't that much better, yet they work because of the cheesiness. The fact that so many of it's tolerable scenes occur there makes it all the more weird that it does. The first encounter, where the victim is stalked by off-screen noises only to become decapitated, is really great, as is the segment where the bikers are knocked off while attempting to rape the woman, is really nice and does have enough worthwhile to make it interesting. The opening sequence, where the monster is uncovered in a fog-enshrouded cemetery is a nice atmospheric moment, and the final meltdown looks really great. These moments of cheese really help the film.The Bad News: This here doesn't have a whole lot of flaws. The film's ability to completely throw around it's plot is something to get around. This is due to there being so many different elements to this. This one incorporates a detective story, a mad scientist revenge story, a biker gang and a separate one involving the two monsters. That's a large amount to get involved in, and by jumping around to each of them it feels really cobbled together, as it never really seems to gel together. This one could potentially do so, and there is an attempt, but it still feels really jumbled. There's several scenes that really try the viewer's patience, most importantly the musical numbers which are really painful to endure. These stretch out the film longer than it should be. There's several others here that are just as hard to get through, but these here are the big ones. The last flaw is the really obvious cheese. This may become really obvious when viewing the lumpy Frankenstein, which looks like a shriveled face and never once comes close to the look of the classic creature or inspiring chills at all. It's more laughable than anything else and becomes an example of the cheese. This is also something that not all will get and some will claim that it's an outright flaw to begin with, and is immediately unable to overlook it, simply because it's there/ these here are all the flaws with the film.The Final Verdict: This here is a mostly cheesy film that derives most of it's positives and it's negatives from that factor. That alone should be the main watchable ploy, as if it appeals to you, then this one should be given a chance, yet if it doesn't, then this won't be worthwhile viewing.Rated R: Violence, Language, Brief Nudity and attempted Rape