Peter Cushing's Baron Frankenstein is at it again, experimenting with brain transplantation. However, when the mad doctor puts insane Dr Brandt's brain into the head of another,... more
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Horror - Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Jorge Montesi, Don Taylor, John Moore, Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over
Advantages: Darkly cynical horror thriller with superb direction and performances Disadvantages: Film = none, DVD = threadbare vanilla release
Hammer's Frankenstein cycle was a far superior product than the concurrent Dracula franchise. Both ran from the buoyant boom days of the late 50s through to the stagnation of the horror studio in the early 70s.
Unlike the unsteady Dracula outings where the vampire was reduced to occasionally appearing from the shadows to hiss and snap at big bosomed wenches, Frankenstein was always the one with most potential for character development, and above ... ...lesser and lesser adventures.
Frankenstein though remains resolutely Fisher's saga, and of the seven films made, he directed 5, and the less said about the non-canonical 'Evil of' and 'Horror of' the better. Under the guidance of Fisher, the tales interlinked, and we were able to witness the descent into madness of the Baron, where once he was a man striving to revolutionise medicine, and do good deeds, by the time of the final hurrah - 'Monster ...
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Actor(s): Peter Cushing, Simon Ward, Veronica Carlson, Maxine Audley, Thorley Walters, Freddie Jones, George Pravda
Director(s): Terence Fisher
Genre: Horror
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1969
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
Franchise Name: Hammer
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Plot: When a doctor is killed at a mental asylum the evil Baron Frankenstein seizes the chance to transplant his brain into the meek body of Doctor Richter. But the bloody operation creates an entity of evil which shatters the lives of everyone.
DVD Description
Peter Cushing's Baron Frankenstein is at it again, experimenting with brain transplantation. However, when the mad doctor puts insane Dr Brandt's brain into the head of another, will he get the expected results
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 21/06/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: D 031840
Barcode: 7321900318402
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Trailer
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