The Horror of Frankenstein

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DanTheMan 2 Offering a Young Frankenstein before Young Frankenstein, Horror of Frankenstein is the penultimate entry in Hammer's series on the good doctor, swapping the sauve sociopathic tendencies of Peter Cushing for an arrogant psychopath portrayed by Ralph Bates. An often awkward and anaemic affair with an occasional lighthearted touch, writer-director Jimmy Sangster tries his hand at turning the Baron into a sexually voracious anti-hero with a macabre sense of humour that is sold on Bates' great if irritating performance. The other performances I would have to single out are easily, the always-gorgeous Veronica Carlson, Kate O'Mara's Alys (The Rani herself) and Graham James' Wilhelm, oh and there's even David Prowse outside of the Darth Vader costume as the Monster; it's certainly offputting but the man does at least carry an imposing stature that is befitting the role. There's plenty of blunt and dark humour found throughout but it crumbles towards the end with awkward horror pitted against rather bland sheepishness where the monster is nothing more than a robotic killer. But it was good fun while it lasted. Hammer almost had something special. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/16/23 Full Review Liam D Taking a far more darkly comedic root but this isn't as great as the doctor's greatest experiments Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/16/22 Full Review Audience Member Rated R version of home alone Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Victor FRANKENSTEIN is depicted as a sociopath obsessed by his scientific experiments in this movie adaptation of the classic story, which is told in a dark yet carefree manner. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member The only Hammer Frankenstein film to not feature Peter Cushing in the title role, and that fact hurts it immensely. Ralph Bates isn't horrible, but he just isn't Peter Cushing. He also portrays the Baron as a womanizer, which just doesn't fit the part to me. I always think of Frankenstein and romance as something he puts on the back burner, and has it destroyed in some ways due to his horrific experiments. The plot of this is similar in many way to the first Hammer Frankenstein film, which makes it easy to say: watch "The Curse of Frankenstein" instead, for a better execution of this plot and a better actor in the title role. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit shallow for a Frankenstein retelling, it takes a while to get going and the ending is unremarkable. Decent characters, but not Hammer's most memorable. The monster's make up is quite decent, though we only see the monster in the last 30 minutes of the film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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