Review of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) by D M — 20 Sep 2009

This film starts in a jail cell with the captive confessing his story to a priest. The story starts in his childhood, telling of how his fathered died and he was bequeathed a large sum of money and a title.

Bored of school, he hires his own tutor and soon the pair are exploring the sciences together. His obsession for knowledge transforms itself into madness as he searchers for a way to create life. Once he creates his monster he learns that it is psychotic, and uses it to solve some problems he is having, though (as we all expect), it becomes too much to handle.

Christopher Lee played the monster, which was a great departure from Karloff's portrayal.