Lady Frankenstein

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Lady Frankenstein, 1971.
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Lady Frankenstein, 1971.

Lady Frankenstein (dir: Mel Welles, 1971) was made in Italy with Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri ( under the pseudonym as Sara Bey), Paul Müller. The script was written by cult writer Edward di Lorenzo.

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[edit] The Frankenstein canon

The film is often compared with the Frankenstein cycle made by the Hammer Studios (1957-72), and may also have been an influence on Paul Morrisey's controversial Flesh for Frankenstein (1973).

[edit] Feminism

Di Lorenzo intended on presenting a feminist slant to the mad scientist genre, and succeeds in this goal. This may perhaps be seem as somewhat appropriate since the creator of the Frankenstein legend was a woman, Mary Shelley.

See also women in science fiction.

[edit] Space: 1999

The film appears to represent di Lorenzo's breakthrough in science fiction, and many of the ideas developed in this film were to be elaborated upon in the TV series Space: 1999. Elements of the film related to feminism and rationality as particularly addressed in "Ring Around The Moon", while "Missing Link" focuses more on the Frankenstein mythology in general by comparing it with Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

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