I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

I was a Teenage Frankenstein
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Herbert L. Strock
Produced by	Herman Cohen executive Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson
Written by	Kenneth Langtry
Based on	an original story by Kenneth Langtry
Starring	Whit Bissel Phyllis Coates Robert Burton Gary Conway George Lynn
Production company	Santa Rose Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures (USA) Anglo-Amalgamated (UK))
Release date	November 23, 1957 (1957-11-23)
Running time	74 mins.
Language	English
Box office	$310,000

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (a.k.a. Teenage Frankenstein) is a film starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates and Gary Conway, released by American International Pictures (AIP) in November 1957 as a double feature with Blood of Dracula. It is the follow-up to AIP's box office hit I Was a Teenage Werewolf, released less than five months earlier. Both films later received a sequel in the fictional crossover How to Make a Monster, released in July 1958. The film stars Whit Bissel, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway and George Lynn.

Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell), a guest lecturer from England, talks Dr. Karlton (Robert Burton) into becoming an unwilling accomplice in his secret plan to actually assemble a human being from the parts of different cadavers. After recovering a body from a catastrophic automobile wreck, Professor Frankenstein takes the body to his laboratory-morgue, where in various drawers he keeps spare parts of human beings. The Professor also enlists the aid of Margaret (Phyllis Coates), as his secretary, to keep all callers away from the laboratory.

Margaret, becoming suspicious of what is going on, decides to investigate and goes down to the morgue. She is panic-stricken by the monster (Gary Conway), who has been activated following the grafting of a new leg and arm. She dares not tell the Professor about her feelings and keeps silent for the present. On a couple of occasions, the professor takes discarded human body parts...and feeds them to an alligator concealed in a hidden chamber.

One night, the monster leaves the laboratory. He peers into a girl's apartment. The girl becomes hysterical and starts screaming; in his attempt to silence her, he kills her in panic and flees. The next morning, the hunt for the murderer is on. Margaret, angry at the Professor, tells him that she knows that the monster is responsible for the murder. The Professor, taking no chances—has the monster kill her and feeds her remains to the alligator. Dr. Karlton, sent out of town, knows none of this.