Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
Spanish poster
Directed byJesús Franco
Screenplay byJesús Franco
Story byJesús Franco
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé Climent
Music byBruno Nicolai
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Chamartin Producciones y Distribuciones (Spain)
  • Imperial Films (Portugal)
  • Cocinor (France)
Release dates
  • 4 October 1972 (1972-10-04) (Stiges)
  • 17 October 1972 (1972-10-17) (France)
  • 18 November 1972 (1972-11-18) (Spain)
  • 4 March 1974 (1974-03-04) (Portugal)
Running time
85 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • France
  • Liechtenstein

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein is a 1972 horror film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Alberto Dalbés, Carmen Yazalde andn Luis Barboo.

The film follows Dr. Rainer von Frankenstein (Price), who successfully captures Count Dracula (Vernon). Along with the Doctor's monster (Fernando Bilbao) the doctor controls the vampire for his own evil ends. The film is a co-production between Spain, Portugal, France and Liechtenstein.

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in 1972. The film received a lukewarm review in La Vanguardia, which praised the cinematography while finding it interfered with the narrative of the film. It received more generally negative reviews from Variety, L'Écran fantastique and El Mundo Deportivo.