House of Frankenstein (miniseries)

{{Short description|1997 television miniseries directed by Peter Werner}}

{{Infobox television

| image = HouseofFrankenstein1997.jpg

| director = Peter Werner

| producer = Michael R. Joyce

| writer = J. B. White

| starring = Adrian Pasdar
Greg Wise
Teri Polo
C. C. H. Pounder
Peter Crombie

| music = Don Davis

| cinematography = Neil Roach

| editor = Tod Feuerman
Scot J. Kelly

| company = Universal Television Entertainment

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1997|11|02}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1997|11|03}}

| runtime = 168 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

House of Frankenstein is a 1997 television miniseries that revived Universal's threesome, the vampire, Frankenstein's monster and the werewolf. It starred Adrian Pasdar, C. C. H. Pounder, Greg Wise, Teri Polo and Peter Crombie. It first aired on NBC in two parts on November 2 and November 3, 1997.

Characters

Adrian Pasdar as Vernon Coyle, a police detective trying to solve a series of murders{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Bob|title=Welcome to the 'House of Frankenstein,'|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/11/01/welcome-to-house-frankenstein/50597359007/|website=The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|date=October 31, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2024}}
Greg Wise as Crispian Grimes, a Dracula-like vampire
Teri Polo as Grace Dawkins, a newly bitten werewolf
C. C. H. Pounder as Dr. Shauna Kendall
Peter Crombie as Frankenstein's monster
Miguel Sandoval as Detective Juan 'Cha Cha' Chacon
Jorja Fox as Felicity, Grace's friend
Richard Libertini as Armando
Karen Austin as Irene Lassiter

Production

Shooting began during June 1997 in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464998/house-of-frankenstein-1997/#notes | title=House of Frankenstein 1997 }}

Reception

Entertainment Weekly called it a "two-part silly dilly of a horror film" that "wobbles as badly as the vampire’s rubbery pointed ears."{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|authorlink=Ken Tucker|title=Movie Review: 'House of Frankenstein'; 'Cinderella'; 'Before Women Had Wings'; 'Murder, She Wrote'|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/10/31/movie-review-house-frankenstein-cinderella-women-had-wings-murder-she-wrote/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 31, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2024}} Variety said "Cliches pile up appallingly, familiar situations sneak in out of other would-be monster pics."{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Tony|title=House of Frankenstein 1997|url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/house-of-frankenstein-1997-1117329692/|website=Variety|date=October 29, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2024}} The New York Times bluntly called it "Not scary" and claimed it ineptly borrowed from other films.{{cite web|last=Gates|first=Anita|title=Television in Review; A Monster With a Lawyer? Now THAT Is Scary!|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/01/arts/television-in-review-a-monster-with-a-lawyer-now-that-is-scary.html|website=The New York Times|date=November 1, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2024}}