I had been wanting to view this notorious film ever since catching its trailer on the "Extra Weird Sampler" DVD from Image a couple of years ago; however, now that I have, I found the experience not nearly as rewarding in a 'so bad it's good' way as I had anticipated. With so much that is wrong here, it is almost a pity the end result is not more entertaining; in fact, I would go so far as to say this is the nadir of the Italian Gothic Horror genre! Former matinée' idol Rossano Brazzi is Count(!) Frankenstein who experiments on Neanderthal beings (apparently, they can still be found in certain European caves!) with the help of his henchmen – lecherous dwarf Michael Dunn (a long way from his Oscar-nominated role in SHIP OF FOOLS [1965]), top-hatted(!) Gordon Mitchell, Luciano Pigozzi and the obligatory hunchback (who has the hots for Pigozzi's unattractive wife)! For what it is worth, here we get the luxury of two cavemen (who naturally get to grips practically at first sight!): one has a prominent dome-shaped forehead and the other is played by an 'actor' under the hilarious assumed name of Boris Lugosi! Edmund Purdom, another veteran presence, has little of substance to do as the local Police Chief (in the classic tradition of Universal horror movies, the townsfolk are forever on the point of picking up their torches to storm the Frankenstein castle!) but he does get to utter the would-be profound closing line: "There is a bit of the monster in all of us"!! Also involved, needless to say, are two girls – one is Frankenstein's daughter (played by the attractive offspring of hack film-maker Demofilo Fidani) and the other her best friend, who catches the eye of both the Count and one of the Neanderthals! – with a penchant for skinny-dipping in the steaming waters of the caves. After being banished from the castle for setting the Police onto Frankenstein's grave-robbing antics by way of his tiny footprints, Dunn takes to the caves himself and proceeds to instruct the Lugosi character (who seems to have nothing on his mind but the profuse consumption of raw meat!) into the ways of love-making; his first attempt, however, results in the horribly mangled body of a local girl!! As I said at the start, the film is certainly among the goofiest of its kind ever made (a poor extra named Mike Monty playing a "Paisan" is even credited twice during the end credits!) but, unfortunately, not that much fun while it is on – the fact that helmer Randall was more typically employed as a producer, and whose sole directorial effort this proved to be, may have had something to do with it.