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This penultimate entry in Hammer's 'Frankenstein' series is the only one not to feature Peter Cushing as the misguided Baron. Instead, Ralph Bates takes on the role of Victor Frankenstein, the scientist whose attempts to create life result in a murderous monster going on the rampage in the local community. Cushing returned for the final instalment, 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' (1973).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Top Print and a very informative commentary track add to the enjoyment of this disc.
A short interview with Veronica Carlson is fascinating as are her superb paintings.
In all a very good DVD.
A short interview with Veronica Carlson is fascinating as are her superb paintings.
In all a very good DVD.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By jed
Format:DVD
not quite sure what to make of this film it is well made well acted and well filmed but is not the traditional hammer film.It is a mixture of horror and comedy a severed arm giving a two finger salute is an example of this.theres plenty of bulging boobs and a good number of deaths which should keep the traditional hammer fan happy.the reason it was not well recieved i think it was ten years or so ahead of its time, if it had been released about the time of american werewolf it would have been thought more of.the acting cast range from ralph bates and kate omara to david prowse the overall quality of acting is probably better than most of hammers frankenstein movies but it has lost two things one being atmosphere the other peter cushing.It is a good film just not for the purist,it is a irreverent retelling of the original frankenstein and certainly worth the small price tag.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Different approach divides Hammer Horror followers but it's not without merits.
24 Jan 2011
By Spike Owen
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Format:DVD
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The Horror Of Frankenstein is out of Hammer Studios and directed by Jimmy Sangster. Based around the famous characters created by Mary Shelley, the screenplay is co-written by Sangster with Jeremy Burnham. It stars Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price, Graham James & David Prowse.
After a dastardly deed sees him inherit the family estate, Victor Frankenstein continues with his anatomy experiments......
Originally released as part of a double bill with Scars Of Dracula, The Horror Of Frankenstein saw Hammer Studios take a different approach with the titular monster. Gone was Peter Cushing, who in a publicity shoot was seen "handing over the reins" to the next generation, and in came a more comedic and talky take that takes in the permissive society and the British Welfare State! Sangster's movie should be viewed as a comedy with horror elements, it's clear from the outset that the makers here have tongue firmly in cheek. What else can you derive from a film that has a dismembered hand flicking the V's? Or a casual observation that Kate O'Mara has gained weight in the breast department? I kid you not, and it is damn funny.
The most interesting thing about the film is the young Frankenstein himself, perfectly essayed as being a dandy egotist by Bates. He is in fact the villain of the piece. Here is a man who kills innocents with single minded glee, just so he can create life; deliciously bonkers really. The sexiness comes from O'Mara and Carlson who seem to have entered a "who has got the biggest cleavage contest", while Dennis Price of Ealing fame is wonderfully colourful as a grave robber happy to let his wife dig the graves! Yes it's a wacky movie alright.... Read more ›
The Horror Of Frankenstein is out of Hammer Studios and directed by Jimmy Sangster. Based around the famous characters created by Mary Shelley, the screenplay is co-written by Sangster with Jeremy Burnham. It stars Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price, Graham James & David Prowse.
After a dastardly deed sees him inherit the family estate, Victor Frankenstein continues with his anatomy experiments......
Originally released as part of a double bill with Scars Of Dracula, The Horror Of Frankenstein saw Hammer Studios take a different approach with the titular monster. Gone was Peter Cushing, who in a publicity shoot was seen "handing over the reins" to the next generation, and in came a more comedic and talky take that takes in the permissive society and the British Welfare State! Sangster's movie should be viewed as a comedy with horror elements, it's clear from the outset that the makers here have tongue firmly in cheek. What else can you derive from a film that has a dismembered hand flicking the V's? Or a casual observation that Kate O'Mara has gained weight in the breast department? I kid you not, and it is damn funny.
The most interesting thing about the film is the young Frankenstein himself, perfectly essayed as being a dandy egotist by Bates. He is in fact the villain of the piece. Here is a man who kills innocents with single minded glee, just so he can create life; deliciously bonkers really. The sexiness comes from O'Mara and Carlson who seem to have entered a "who has got the biggest cleavage contest", while Dennis Price of Ealing fame is wonderfully colourful as a grave robber happy to let his wife dig the graves! Yes it's a wacky movie alright.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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"Tomorrow we shall initiate a new series of experiments. Something harmless, like splitting the atom, perhaps?"
Dispensing with Peter Cushing's services and intended to revitalize the series with a younger generation of stars as the studio headed into the uncertain 70s, The Horror of Frankenstein instead found itself on the wrong half of a double-bill with the inferior Scars of Dracula and much detested by many Hammer purists for its tone. Which is a great shame, because this is one of Hammer's best and most delightful latter films as long as you're not expecting the traditional horror film of the title - there may be one of the highest body counts in a Hammer film, but it's not frightening. Instead, despite a wonderfully crude moment with a reanimated hand and the odd joke at the expense of Kate O'Mara's cleavage ("You've put on weight in a couple of places"), rather than pure camp or gothic chiller, this is an elegant comedy of murders with much dry wit. If anything, the influence here is more Kind Hearts and Coronets as the presence of Dennis Price as a grave robber who leaves all the digging to his devoted wife attests. Ralph Bates' young Frankenstein is a sociopath with good table manners but no great purpose: creating life from various assorted body parts isn't a quest to free man from the shadow of mortality, it's just something he wants to do, and if that means killing a tortoise, his father or his best friend then he'll do it without his heart skipping a beat. As the sleeve notes to Anchor Bay's Region 1 DVD note, it's easy to see him as a forerunner of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman.... Read more ›
Dispensing with Peter Cushing's services and intended to revitalize the series with a younger generation of stars as the studio headed into the uncertain 70s, The Horror of Frankenstein instead found itself on the wrong half of a double-bill with the inferior Scars of Dracula and much detested by many Hammer purists for its tone. Which is a great shame, because this is one of Hammer's best and most delightful latter films as long as you're not expecting the traditional horror film of the title - there may be one of the highest body counts in a Hammer film, but it's not frightening. Instead, despite a wonderfully crude moment with a reanimated hand and the odd joke at the expense of Kate O'Mara's cleavage ("You've put on weight in a couple of places"), rather than pure camp or gothic chiller, this is an elegant comedy of murders with much dry wit. If anything, the influence here is more Kind Hearts and Coronets as the presence of Dennis Price as a grave robber who leaves all the digging to his devoted wife attests. Ralph Bates' young Frankenstein is a sociopath with good table manners but no great purpose: creating life from various assorted body parts isn't a quest to free man from the shadow of mortality, it's just something he wants to do, and if that means killing a tortoise, his father or his best friend then he'll do it without his heart skipping a beat. As the sleeve notes to Anchor Bay's Region 1 DVD note, it's easy to see him as a forerunner of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman.... Read more ›
By Ken Raus
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This is a 42 year old film and a vintage modernist take on the genre in that the monster is mannish rather than a completely repellent disaster although it rampages when free like any Golem does in all the other similar films.
Ralf Bates plays Frankenstein with affected glee in his posh accent although all the actors are too old to play teen students which makes the whole camp thing very odd but that said,the other actors,particularly the very lovely Carlson play their busty parts quite earnestly and the latter even carries this Carry On Frankenstein almost alone,apart from the huge Green Cross Man Darth Vader Dave Prowse,sadly now very ill...Dennis Price is very oily good value and Kate O'Mara is the ideal maid.
I bought this,Frankensteinly,for the extras which include a short interview with Veronica and shows her artwork and it includes a trailer and a commentary but no German dub,which,for a film set in Germany,is a miss...perhaps only for the completist Hammer fan,I agree but still good horror fun,particularly if you like the sillier take on the theme.
Ralf Bates plays Frankenstein with affected glee in his posh accent although all the actors are too old to play teen students which makes the whole camp thing very odd but that said,the other actors,particularly the very lovely Carlson play their busty parts quite earnestly and the latter even carries this Carry On Frankenstein almost alone,apart from the huge Green Cross Man Darth Vader Dave Prowse,sadly now very ill...Dennis Price is very oily good value and Kate O'Mara is the ideal maid.
I bought this,Frankensteinly,for the extras which include a short interview with Veronica and shows her artwork and it includes a trailer and a commentary but no German dub,which,for a film set in Germany,is a miss...perhaps only for the completist Hammer fan,I agree but still good horror fun,particularly if you like the sillier take on the theme.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
a half watchable misfire.
i understood before watching "horror of frankenstein" that it was an attempt by hammer to produce something different.
sadly, the results were less than successful. Read more
sadly, the results were less than successful. Read more
Published 9 months ago by jeremiah harbottle
4.0 out of 5 stars
'Amateur Anatomy!? - It's Smut!!'
Harshly disregarded by critics and fans alike, time has been kind to Jimmy Sangster's tar-black comedy re-jig of the original Hammer breakthrough Frankenstein film. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2008 by Paul Ess.
3.0 out of 5 stars
The standard Frankenstein ingredients ... plus a bit of humour
This Hammer film is known for its rather humorous take on Frankenstein - but I wouldn't say it was a comedy; far from it, it's just that it has a few lighthearted moments that you... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2008 by LXIX
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of Hammers best
This 1970 nth sequel from Hammer is a poor relation to their original classic with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2007 by S J Buck
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