Review of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) by Brendan A — 25 Jul 2010
The first of Hammer's "Frankenstein" movies is still one of the best. The cause of much moral outrage on its initial release- unfounded as usual, by outdated old know-it-alls (this is one of the first movies to show blood in Technicolour), today its recognized as a genre classic.
Peter Cushing is excellent in his first outing as Baron Frankenstein, in this entry the epitome of evil, who doesn't have second thoughts about murdering his visitors in order to procure a brain for his creation- unfortunately, the brilliant brain he places in his creature is badly damaged by one of his colleagues who objects to the Baron's experiments, thus making the first truly man-made human (Christopher Lee, in his only appearance as the monster) a crazed murderer.
Still an entertaining movie, but in these times where horror films rarely pan away from the gore and mutilation it's very tame. Great fun to watch in the small hours of the morning if you have insomnia.
This review of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) was written by Brendan A on 25 Jul 2010.
The Curse of Frankenstein has generally received positive reviews.
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