Eric Stevenson This movie features the heart of Frankenstein that later grows into a person. Actually, Frankenstein was the name of the doctor. Actually, he was just a medical student and not a doctor. Whatever, this film has Frankenstein's monster grow into a giant. There's a bunch of destruction going on that's blamed on him, but it's then revealed to be caused by another monster. The effects are really bad.We get these scenes that obviously took place on a bluescreen. You can even see the bits of blue coming out of the sides of the screen. It's pretty typical of a Japanese monster movie. I'll give credit that it is a well paced film. The action is set up pretty well, even though it's bad in execution. I don't know how I missed this for Giant Monster Month. **

O2D I had a feeling that making this my first Frankenstein movie was going to be a mistake and I was very right. The premise of a giant Frankenstein in Japan isn't too far fetched but the story is very weak and there's lots of plot holes. First of all, I have never seen a Frankenstein movie and I immediately recognize the monster but for some reason the people in the movie don't. They claim he's been running wild in Hiroshima for 15 years but all of a sudden he's very easy to catch. At first he's the size of a regular teenager but a day later he's 5 stories tall and he manages to escape. The guys sent to investigate how he got free decide that normal size handcuffs are too big for a 5 story monster.WHAT?!?!!?!? They employ all the usual Toho staples including using ancient camera tricks to get us to believe he's a giant, but he just looks like a scrawny teenager no matter what they do. To top it all off, they have one American and every one else is dubbed.Why?? My favorite part is that when the other monster shows up, people just call it "another monster". I always hated when a new monster showed up in Godzilla and all the people knew it's name. If you like Godzilla you will like this movie.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie seems like a silly project on paper but the eventual movie is nevertheless still quite fun to watch.This movie is a Japanese attempt to blend in the Frankenstein creature with the Japanese monster movie-genre. It's like Frankenstein meets Gojira, only the creature in this movie is named Baragon, who looks like a giant armadillo, or of course better said a guy in a rubber suits that looks like a giant armadillo.It's all quite silly of course but yet the movie works on a certain level of entertainment. You could basically say that this movie is just as good and fun to watch as basically any other Japanese monster movie from about the same time period.You could tell that in the first halve of the movie they somewhat tried to remain faithful to the Frankenstein movie. They also tried to give the character a heart and let him struggle with the same emotions and difficulties the character has always struggled with in the Mary Shelley novel and all of the Frankenstein movies and tried to make the movie somewhat intelligent and scientific. It's not like it ever works out well enough or becomes believable but this is mostly because they did not go all the way with it. After all, it seemed more important for them to make a monster movie, so here we have a Frankenstein creature that suddenly starts to grow 4 times his normal size and battles Baragon, a prehistoric creature from the depths of the Earth, who has been awakened by oil drillers.Therefore the lovers of these Japanese monster movies will be the ones to most likely enjoy this movie. It all builds up to its obvious ending, in which the Frankenstein creature battles the man in the rubber suit. The fight is literally laughable to watch but this is of course also part of the charm of movies such as this one.It's all pretty silly but it was fun to watch!6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

vtcavuoto I recently purchased the film and haven't seen it in years. It was entertaining if not a bit ridiculous in parts but that's what makes these type of films fun! The premise goes like this: the heart of the Frankenstein monster is kept alive in a protein solution(it is later revealed that the heart can never die). When the Nazis steal it, it is brought to Hiroshima immediately before the atomic bombing of that city. 15 years later, a wild boy is discovered and it is the Frankenstein monster. The heart was radiated from the atomic blast and the heart grew into human form. The boy is studied by American Doctor Nick Adams and Japanese Doctor Kumi Mizuno(the two paired up together in Godzilla vs. Monster Zero). The boy escapes while continuing to grow until he reaches typical monster height. Baragon arrives and the two battle it out to the end. The dubbing is quite good for an import film and the DVD audio/video is sharp. The Frankenstein make-up does look a bit silly but that adds to the charm of the movie. Acting and direction is what you would expect from Toho Studios(actually it is pretty decent here). If you are a fan of Toho Studios monster films, you will enjoy this.