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Still, I'll betcha caught it at the right age and it still has enough going for it to tap that vein. Sorry about the dime-store psychology, but I think this ones a tough-sell to the uninitiated.


You'd be right about my being the correct age when I caught it, as well as the tough sell for the uninitiated. But again -- so? This may be said of many, indeed MOST, of the 50s films we vintage monsterkids like, so why pick on this one? This would fit 90% of our favorite monster movies. How many non-initiated "regular folk" do you know who love the Creature or Godzilla? I don't look at being into a movie as a child a liability; I think it's a gift, because as we get older we become way too cynical and judgmental toward our films.

But it isn't an exact science; I didn't enjoy everything I watched in the genre when I was a kid. There are also movies I didn't appreciate until later when I was grown.

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As I've aged, I actually found it little bit of a bummer to realize that actors such as Boris and Bela could be given to shooting over the top or phoning it in.


Boris would phone it in, but not Bela. Both actors could go over the top, but I've never felt this was a bad thing.

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Granted a lot of that is weak scripts, tiny budgets, and indifferent direction, but there are some who rubber-stamp everything there in as a monster-kid-must.


Well, I do think FRANKENSTEIN 1970 is a film that monsterkids should have some fun with, and I feel sorry for those who can't.
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