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{{Infobox television
| image          = HouseofFrankenstein1997.jpg
| director       = [[Peter Werner]]
| producer       = Michael R. Joyce
| writer         = J. B. White
| starring       = [[Adrian Pasdar]]<br/>[[Greg Wise]]<br/>[[Teri Polo]]<br/>[[CCH Pounder|C. C. H. Pounder]]<br/>[[Peter Crombie]]
| music          = [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]]
| cinematography = Neil Roach
| editor         = Tod Feuerman<br/>Scot J. Kelly
| company        = [[Universal Television|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 Pictures|Universal's]] threesome, the vampire, [[Frankenstein's monster]] and the werewolf. It starred [[Adrian Pasdar]], [[CCH Pounder|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.

== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=May 2025}}

== Characters ==
*[[Adrian Pasdar]] as Vernon Coyle, a police detective trying to solve a series of murders<ref name="standard">{{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}}</ref>
*[[Greg Wise]] as Crispian Grimes, a [[Count Dracula|Dracula]]-like [[vampire]]<ref name="scott"/>
*[[Teri Polo]] as Grace Dawkins, a newly bitten [[werewolf]]<ref name="scott"/>
*[[CCH Pounder|C. C. H. Pounder]] as Dr. Shauna Kendall<ref name="scott"/>
*[[Peter Crombie]] as [[Frankenstein's monster]]<ref name="tucker"/>
*[[Miguel Sandoval]] as Detective Juan 'Cha Cha' Chacon<ref name="scott"/>
*[[Jorja Fox]] as Felicity, Grace's friend<ref name="scott"/>
*[[Richard Libertini]] as Armando
*[[Karen Austin]] as Irene Lassiter

== Production ==
Shooting began during June 1997 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464998/house-of-frankenstein-1997/#notes | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412160309/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464998/house-of-frankenstein-1997#notes | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 12, 2021 | title=House of Frankenstein 1997 }}</ref>

== 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."<ref name="tucker">{{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}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said "Cliches pile up appallingly, familiar situations sneak in out of other would-be monster pics."<ref name="scott">{{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 (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 29, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' bluntly called it "Not scary" and claimed it ineptly borrowed from other films.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0127378|title=House of Frankenstein 1997}}

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[[Category:1997 television films]]
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1990s American television miniseries]]
[[Category:American television films]]
[[Category:Dracula films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Los Angeles Police Department]]
[[Category:Films directed by Peter Werner]]
[[Category:Films scored by Don Davis (composer)]]
[[Category:Films set in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Frankenstein films]]
[[Category:American horror television films]]
[[Category:NBC original films]]
[[Category:American serial killer films]]
[[Category:Vampires in television]]
[[Category:Television series about werewolves]]
[[Category:Universal Monsters]]
[[Category:1997 horror films]]
[[Category:1990s serial killer films]]
[[Category:1997 American films]]
[[Category:Frankenstein television series]]

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