The 20th Century Fox feature was based on ex-Army officer Edmund H.North""s adaptation of the 42-page 1940 short storyFarewell o the Masterby Harry Bates.(Bates"" short story was also reprinted in an anthology of science fiction stories in 1946 entitledAdventures in Time and Space.He had actually raised slightly more money than he cost of his last show, but Max downplayed the oversight.Frankenstein""s wife.[Mention of he film often drops the "The" from the film""s title.]The macabre, satirical film is generally considered one of the greatest horror films of all time - a spectacular, bizarre, high-camp, excessive, humorous, farcical and surrealistic film." Other crew members including the ship""s captain Lord Drinian (Gary Sweet), and various Minotaurs (Tavros and Jemain).Two live fawns in a small studio zoo were used as models for the young animated creatures, and many of the detailed drawings of the forest were based on photographs taken in the states of Maine and Vermont by Maurice "Jake" Day.