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Once hounded from his castle for creating a monstrous living creature, Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) returns to his ancestral home in Karlstaad, determined to continue his experiments into the creation of life. High in the mountains, Frankenstein and his faithful assistant, Hans, stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in ice. He is brought back to life, but Frankenstein is forced to employ a hypnotist, Zoltan, to complete the process. Unbeknown to Frankenstein, Zoltan now controls the creature and has plans to use him to rob and pillage the local villages. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell, or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
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The third of Hammer's Frankenstein series starring Peter Cushing is generally considered to be the weakest. It has no link to any other film in the series and actually contradicts previous entries 'Curse of...' and 'Revenge of...' by inventing a new back story. Cushing is as good value as ever and it probably contains the best laboratory set of any Hammer Frankenstein. As usual with 60's Hammer, it looks georgous and is put together with the kind of skill other budget studios could only dream of. This film is proof that even a bad Hammer is still enjoyable 40 years on. --~Brett Campbell
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The 1-star rating is not for the movie, but for the DVD (from Slam Dunk Media, ASIN: B000W2223O). Incredible, that in 2011, anyone is still selling these cropped versions of movies (the sides are cut off, so that a great deal of image is lost). I'm glad I didn't pay much, but it's a waste at any price, suitable only for the rubbish bin, because I love this movie too much to watch a butchered version. Avoid!
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I have been looking forward to this release for a long time. I have the Region 1 version, but I can only watch this on my computer, so to have a version I can play on my TV would be great. What a disappointment, it's FULL FRAME and not in the correct widescreen format it should be in. These DVDs are for a specialist market, who expects certain standards; and the correct format is one of them. I hope they put this right for future releases, otherwise it's back to watching my Region 1's on the computer.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Produced in 1963, when Hammer Films were concentrating just as much on contemporary thrillers and children's adventure films as they were on their more noted gothic horror output, Freddie Francis' The Evil of Frankenstein is one of the company's most problematic movies, and also one of their least popular horror films. A wrong-headed attempt to repeat the box office success of their first two Frankenstein pics, this effort displays none of their inventiveness, brashness, or jet-black humour. With both original director Terence Fisher and screenwriter Jimmy Sangster absent, the film's script totally ignores both the plots of Hammer's two earlier Frankenstein movies, and the previous characterisation of the title character by Peter Cushing. Francis' film has far more in common with the Universal Frankensteins of the 1930s and 40s (note the huge laboratory set, lumbering monster, and rioting villagers as three examples), and as a result, the movie remains by far the least impressive and least enjoyable of Cushing's six appearances in the role of Baron Victor Frankenstein, who is here a whining, exhausted-looking bore, and nothing at all like the cold, calculating anti-hero of Fisher's films. With such names as Jack Asher (Director of Photography), Bernard Robinson (Production Designer) and James Bernard (Composer) also missing from the credits, it is safe to say that this dull, stale film was certainly the work of Hammer's `B-team', and it shows.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
going against critics
the critics have really picked this film to pieces but i love it, of all the frankenstein films this is my favourite. Read more
Published 3 months ago by jed
Defrosting the Monster!
I really enjoyed The Evil of Frankenstein. I've seen all of the Hammer Frankenstein films and I think this one stands up very well amongst them. Read more
Published 4 months ago by j.r
Don't understand...it's one of the best!
I too really do not understand just why this film has so much critiscm thrown at it as it is one of the very best Hammer Frankenstein films to come out of the studio! Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. MERAKLI
Decent movie
I have to say I don't know why this movie gets such poor reviews. It's a decent storyline about Baron Frankenstein who discovers his monster trapped in ice. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2009 by Fussy Bloke
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