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The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

Horror · Science Fiction · 1957

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

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The Curse of Frankenstein

“The creature created by man and forgotten by nature!”

1957 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 23m

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6.8 / 10

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Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Written by

Jimmy Sangster

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Baron Victor Frankenstein

Hazel Court

Hazel Court

Elizabeth

Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart

Paul Krempe

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

The Creature

Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes

Young Victor

Valerie Gaunt

Valerie Gaunt

Justine

Paul Hardtmuth

Paul Hardtmuth

Prof. Bernstein

Court is in session

Put The Curse of Frankenstein on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.