classicsoncall
In yet another twist on the Frankenstein mythos, the Baron (Peter Cushing) turns a disfigured character into a normal looking human being, while the brain transplant standard is replaced here by a soul transplant. It makes me wonder if James Brown might have been a fan.The first thing I noticed when the Baron was removed from his self imposed cryogenic sleep was how easily his assistant Wertz (Thorley Walters) was able to move his frozen arms away from his chest. But at least the Baron redeemed himself with his latest theory, the idea that one's soul stays with the body for a time if suspended in a death like state. This all comes in handy when another of the Baron's aides is put to death for a murder he didn't commit. When Hans' (Robert Morris) execution by guillotine is witnessed by his girlfriend Christina (Susan Denberg), the distraught young woman commits suicide by drowning.The whole soul transference business didn't make a lot of sense to me but it made for an interesting tale of revenge and murder on the part of the transformed Christina. She takes out the three dandies that ridiculed her and beat her father to death and did it in pretty elegant style if you consider the new look as a blonde bombshell she acquired along with the soul work over.Well I guess none of it has to make any sense if you're a Horror film fan, and coming into this year's Halloween celebration, these flicks were all over the place. There are enough horror elements here for those who like to see blood, and for romance fans, this wouldn't be the first time a guy lost his head over a girl.
jacobjohntaylor1
This a sequel to The evil of Frankenstein. It is a great movie. It is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It this movie Doctor Frankenstein brings back a women who killed herself. She is possessed by the ghost of her boy friend who was executed for a murder he did not do. Now he is out for revenge. This is one of the scariest movies ever made. The evil of Frankenstein is a little better. But still this is a very scary movie. Frankenstein must be destroyed is also better. But still this a great movie it is very scary. The revenge of Frankenstein is also better. But still this is a great movie. It is very scary.
Martin Bradley
I suppose it was inevitable that Hammer would tackle some sort of remake of "The Bride of Frankenstein" at some stage but the not very subtlety titled "Frankenstein Created Woman" goes down a somewhat different route. Firstly it is the Baron himself who is resurrected, (well he was only 'dead' for an hour), by an unlikely Thorley Walters and his handsome, if not very bright, assistant Hans, (Robert Morris), so he can continue with his nefarious schemes. However, this time, instead of some hulking creature he conjures up a sexy and scar-free Susan Denberg into whose body he transposes the soul of the unjustly guillotined Hans. (A nice twist is that Denberg was scarred before being brought back to life rather than after). Given that it could have dipped into the ridiculous at any moment Terence Fisher's film is surprisingly intelligent, (it's got a superb pre-credit sequence and a nicely handled revenge theme). Anthony Hinds wrote the first-rate script under the pseudonym John Elder and once again Peter Cushing proves himself a formidable Dr Frankenstein. It may not be particularly frightening in the conventional sense but it still leaves a clammy feeling nevertheless.
AaronCapenBanner
Terence Fisher directed this fourth "Frankenstein" film in the Hammer series that sees Peter Cushing return as Baron Frankenstein, still experimenting with life, though now interested in the soul, and when it departs the body, which he recently experimented on himself with the help of his new assistant Dr. Hertz(played by Thorley Walters) His young helper Hans(played by Robert Morris) gets into trouble with the law and is hanged; his distraught girlfriend(played by Susan Denberg)whose father was the murder victim, drowns herself only to be resurrected by Frankenstein with the mind of Hans! Together(sort of) they set on a campaign of revenge against the real killers... Ambitious sequel is nicely directed and acted(if contrived), with the Baron in a mostly benevolent mood; pity it didn't last...
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