Details

Release year: 1958

Storyline

Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.

Top credits

Directors

Terence Fisher

Writers

Cast

Peter Cushing — Doctor Victor Stein
Francis Matthews — Doctor Hans Kleve
Eunice Gayson — Margaret Conrad
Michael Gwynn — Karl

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Did you know

• According to Peter Cushing in his memoirs, the chimpanzee that was used for the film took a liking to the actor. Every morning before work, she would greet the actor with a kiss.

• In 1958, the Daily Telegraph was so horrified by what they saw onscreen that they suggested the BBFC create a special new category for the film - "For Sadists Only".

• According to co-star Francis Matthews, the brain that was used for the laboratory scenes was taken from a sheep. Unfortunately, someone on the set forgot to store the brain in a fridge overnight and the smell the next morning was horrendous.