The Evil of Frankenstein
Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Released
- 1964
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1964
Storyline
Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.
Top credits
Peter Cushing — Baron Frankenstein
Peter Woodthorpe — Zoltan
Duncan Lamont — Chief of Police
Sandor Elès — Hans
Did you know
• According to the Blu-ray's 'making of' featurette, Peter Cushing (Victor Frankenstein) is vigorously cutting away at a cabbage during the title sequence. It was originally used to emulate the crunching sound of slicing through bone, but this was eventually censored with the title music. Cushing, being very adamant on the technical details of his performance, always demanded the presence of technical advisors on set. During the surgical sequences, he wanted to make sure he used the scalpel correctly. He was also quoted to "want to convince any doctors in the audience."
• In The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Hammer were barred from copying any details from the Universal films of the 1930s and '40s, including the famous monster make-up. This film, however, was distributed by Universal, and so Hammer had free rein to copy elements from the Universal franchise, most noticeably the creature's make-up and the laboratory sets.
• "The Evil of Frankenstein" was a box office disaster when released. A lot of the criticism was focused upon the poor dialogue and the miscasting of Kiwi Kingston as the creature.
User reviews
The antipathy for this film has always baffled me
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) ***
The Evil of Zoltan!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
