Okay Dracula... Okay Frankenstein...
Both of the classic monsters were given bad taste in this movie. Dracula had a 70s alfro and his hair was not combed back like on the cover poster of this film. To me, it did not look as though he was wearing a tuxedo like Bela Lugosi under his cape. However, the ring crest was cool to shoot out lazers and have the devil's face on it. No offence to Zandor Vorcav, but I don't like this version with his voice filling the whole air like a microphone.
As for Frankenstein's Monster, his face looked like a mummified dough boy and the stitches on his head looked like a belt wrap. The hair of his flat top seemed to be a little long as well. I do however like the bandages around his neck; that gave a good look to the monster. This Frankenstein Monster seemed to have been given the classic walk after all. At least he was better than Dracula.
The only few things I like about this film is Lon Chaney's last performance as a menacing zombie; part of it seemed to be inspired by his Wolf Man role even when he wore that mask in the spook house when we first see him. The other thing I like is the Creature from the Black Lagoon music. That music played during the King Kong vs. Godzilla film of 1962. It's kind of like the Wolf Man music and the Mummy music playing in the other monster movies as well. The last thing I like is J. Carrol Naish's performance as the last Frankenstein family member. In a way, his Dr. Daka role from the Batman 1943 film as an inpiration for this one; except that he is crippled and not Japanese.
The rest of the movie blows with the bikers, the 70s teenagers and the midget we see in front of the spook house all the time. All that stuff just brought bad taste to the monsters.
One last thing I have to ask.
Besides the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" trilogy, "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and this film, what other movies did this music play in if it did?
That's all I have to add.