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Cut Scenes
Frankenstein
vs. Baragon (1965)
| Frankenstein
vs. the Giant Octopus |
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Battling with the monstrous reptile
Baragon, Frankenstein found himself in a death
struggle. The gargantuan human drove the creature
to the ground, wrapping his thick tree trunk-like
arms about Baragon's scaly neck. Frankenstein
choked and twisted as the quadruped beast flailed
wildly. Time crawled by until finally, with
one twist, it was over. Bones snapped and the
body grew limp. Roaring into the sky, Frankenstein
lifted the dead corpse and cast it into a ravine.
Heaving his arms upward, he proclaimed his victory
to the world. The celebration was short lived,
though, as the creature spotted a huge octopus
advancing toward him. Moving over the rocky
terrain, the Giant Octopus challenged the now
weakened Frankenstein. Not one to back down,
the giant flung himself into his many limbed
foe. A mistake that would cost him his life.
Wrapping its suctioned tentacles about arms
and legs, the undersea animal pulled the humanoid
down. The gargantuan human fought back, managing
to free himself and flip the oozing mass of
the Giant Octopus over. Yet the battle was already
won before it started. Grabbing Frankenstein
once again, the octopus began to drag its enemy
to the nearby water. Perched ontop of a cliff,
the Giant Octopus fell, taking its entangled
prey with it. Onlookers watched from above as
Frankenstein rose above the waves several times,
but the advantage was no longer his. Dragged
underwater, the giant's screams were unheard,
only slight trickles of surfacing bubbles marked
its passing. |
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| Background |
| Henry G. Saperstein, an executive producer on
the film, was so impressed by Toho's Giant Octopus
in the 1962 film King
Kong vs. Godzilla that he wanted the
creature to return in his 1965 film. The scene
was written and filmed so that the Giant Octopus
would appear on land and finish Frankenstein
off after his battle with Baragon. However,
the scene was rejected, in both the Japanese
and US cuts, in favor of a less anti-climatic
approach where the film closes with the defeat
of Baragon. The Giant Octopus would return to
the big screen, though, in the film's sequel,
The
War of the Gargantuas (1966). |
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