The Curse of Frankenstein
Horror • NR • 1957 • 1 hr 23 min
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I prefer the Universal Frankenstein, but damn is this one awesome.
Hammer's first version of the Frankenstein legend is one of there best.
A fun re-imagining of the classic story. Great gothic sets and a stand-out performance by Peter Cushing. A must see for classic horror fans
Great movie! Very interesting even with it not having the monster through most of it!
Hammer's use of color brings a richness of this film. The Cushing/Lee pairing is staple of horror.
Fantastic reimagining of the classic Mary Shelly story with standout performances from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
truly beautiful filmmaking that reimagines its source material without giving it a disservice
I was not expecting to like this as much as I did. All I am saying is Paul is just as culpable.
Most of the old Frankenstein movies are good, first two are the best though
Left not feeling much. If you’re a fan of classic movie monster stuff, this is very much in line with others in the genre
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Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
