House of Frankenstein (miniseries)

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.

House of Frankenstein
Written by	J. B. White
Directed by	Peter Werner
Starring	Adrian Pasdar Greg Wise Teri Polo C. C. H. Pounder Peter Crombie
Music by	Don Davis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Michael R. Joyce
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Editors	Tod Feuerman Scot J. Kelly
Running time	168 minutes
Production company	Universal Television Entertainment
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 2 (1997-11-02) – November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)

Plot

Characters

• Adrian Pasdar as Vernon Coyle, a police detective trying to solve a series of murders^[1]
• Greg Wise as Crispian Grimes, a Dracula-like vampire^[2]
• Teri Polo as Grace Dawkins, a newly bitten werewolf^[2]
• C. C. H. Pounder as Dr. Shauna Kendall^[2]
• Peter Crombie as Frankenstein's monster^[3]
• Miguel Sandoval as Detective Juan 'Cha Cha' Chacon^[2]
• Jorja Fox as Felicity, Grace's friend^[2]
• Richard Libertini as Armando
• Karen Austin as Irene Lassiter

Production

Shooting began during June 1997 in Los Angeles, California.^[4]

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."^[3] Variety said "Cliches pile up appallingly, familiar situations sneak in out of other would-be monster pics."^[2] The New York Times bluntly called it "Not scary" and claimed it ineptly borrowed from other films.^[5]