Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Peter CushingBaron Viktor Frankenstein
- Hazel CourtElizabeth
- Robert UrquhartPaul Krempe
- Christopher LeeThe Creature
- Melvyn HayesVictor
- Valerie GauntJustine
- Paul HardtmuthProf. Bernstein
- Noel HoodAunt
- Fred JohnsonGrandpa
- Claude KingstonLittle Boy
Recommendations
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Terence Fisher directs with efficiency, manifesting a feel for atmosphere with an occasional lyrical touch, creating modern gothic horror at its best. [29 Oct 1998] - 70
Variety
Peter Cushing gets every inch of drama from the leading role, making almost believable the ambitious urge and diabolical accomplishment. - 60
Empire
In its best scenes, it adds dynamism and British grit to a genre that had previously tried to get by on atmospherics and mood alone. It manages to be shocking without being especially frightening, and its virtues of performance and style remain striking. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Christopher Lee is excellent as the mute monster, but this is Cushing's film all the way. - 50
The New York Times
This one should be cold-cuts for old-timers who remember Boris Karloff as the get of Frankenstein, but it may tittilate the blissful youngsters.
