House of Frankenstein 1997
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House of Frankenstein 1997 (also called simply House of Frankenstein in some advertisements) is a television mini-series that revives Universal's
classic threesome, the vampire (in the original, Dracula
), Frankenstein's monster
and the werewolf (in the original, Lawrence Talbot
aka the Wolf Man). This reinterpretation is set in late 1990s Los Angeles
, with the action revolving around a nightclub named House of Frankenstein that is full of vampire
s. It first aired on October 28, 1997 on NBC
, which also produced it.
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
classic threesome, the vampire (in the original, Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
), Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. The creature is often erroneously referred to as "Frankenstein", but in the novel the creature has no name...
and the werewolf (in the original, Lawrence Talbot
Larry Talbot
Lawrence Stuart "Larry" Talbot is a fictional character and antihero who appears as the protagonist of the 1941 Universal film The Wolf Man, where he was portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr...
aka the Wolf Man). This reinterpretation is set in late 1990s Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, with the action revolving around a nightclub named House of Frankenstein that is full of vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
s. It first aired on October 28, 1997 on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, which also produced it.
Characters
- Crispian Grimes (Greg WiseGreg WiseGreg Wise is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in many British television works, as well as several feature films .- Early life :...
) a Dracula-like vampire who is known to the police as a serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
nicknamed "The Midnight Raptor". He is the millionaire owner of the nightclub House of Frankenstein, which is secretly a haven for vampires.
- Frankenstein's monster (Peter CrombiePeter Crombie-Life and career:He appeared in such films as Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Se7en, My Dog Skip and The Doors. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld...
) is based on the novelFrankensteinFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
more than previous movie incarnations of this character. He is discovered frozen in a block of ice and planned as an exhibit for House of Frankenstein, then escapes.
- The Wolf Man is unlike the Universal character in that he is evil when he is in human form. This specific werewolf is a servant of vampire Crispian Grimes, and transforms into an actual wolfGray WolfThe gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...
. He has little screen time, being killed off early on in the story.
- Vernon Coyle (Adrian PasdarAdrian PasdarAdrian Kayvan Pasdar is an American actor, voice artist, and film director. He is known for playing Jim Profit on the TV series Profit, for his roles in Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Mysterious Ways and as Nathan Petrelli on Heroes. Additionally, he directed the feature film Cement...
) is a police detective trying to solve the case of "The Midnight Raptor."
- Grace Dawkins (Teri PoloTeri PoloTheresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo is an American actress known for her role of Pam Focker in the movie Meet the Parents and its two sequels, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers...
) is a newly bitten werewolfWerewolfA werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
who is also the love interest of detective Vernon Coyle and the heart's desire of Crispian Grimes. She has much more screen time than the Wolf Man does.