The Evil of Frankenstein

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Ron L Jun 8, 2018 Peter Cushing returns as the good doctor in Hammer's third Frankenstein film. In this one, Frankenstein and his assistant return to his home town and find the monster he originally created. He revives him, but becomes involved with an evil hypnotist who uses the monster to his own ends. This one is an oddity in the series since it's not really in continuity with the other films. Hammer had a new distribution deal with Universal which allowed them to use aspects of the Universal Frankenstein films here. As a result, the monster here looks more like Karloff's monster and the circumstances of his creation look more like the Universal film. I'm not a fan of this version of the monster ... in fact, the make up is just awful. Generally, this is a more restrained and by-the-numbers outing, and the least successful in the series for me. See more

Leia S Oct 15, 2017 Another rubbish Hammer film. Only Cushing and the sets make this just about watchable. A terrible monster, lame characters and pretty awful script! See more

Kylo S Sep 15, 2017 Not the best entry of the Hammer Horror Frankenstein movies, but it's still an interesting adaptation of the story, thanks a lot to Cushing. Man, the makeup is horrendous though... See more

Draco W Oct 24, 2015 I have not yet seen Hammer's The Revenge of Frankenstein, which was released between Curse and this one. I am confident that there is little continuity between the plots, so it doesn't matter. Director Freddie Francis was a cinematographer before he was a director. I think that is evident here. Hammer now had a deal with Universal for distribution in the US, so the makeup of the Creature attempts to recreate the Jack Pierce design, but it is BADLY done. This movie makes more references to Universal horror pictures than other Hammer horror films do. I suspect that Francis with his camera background requested/demanded (?) extra time or money for the Art Director and his team because the film looks good as the camera moves around the village festival and the lab equipment in Frankenstein's run-down castle once it is restored. This is a top contender for favorite mad scientist's lab set. I could easily give this a higher rating if it wasn't for the ill-advised makeup work on the monster and the unoriginal performance by Kiwi Kingston. I enjoy the plot involving Zoltan the hypnotist (Peter Woodthorpe) planting criminal ideas of revenge in the innocent creature. Both Baron Frankenstein and his re-re-animated creature are simply misunderstood. See more

Finn M Feb 4, 2014 So bad it's good! Worst makeup I've ever seen passed as good on a decently produced film.

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