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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 chocked 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 victory 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 cut, 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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