Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 95 min ★ 6.1 Horror, Science Fiction

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

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Cast

Peter Cushing

Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

Shane Briant

Simon Helder

Madeline Smith

Sarah

David Prowse

Monster

John Stratton

Adolf Klauss, Asylum Direktor

Michael Ward

Transvest

Norman Mitchell

Police Sergeant

Elsie Wagstaff

Wild One

Christopher Cunningham

Hans

Patrick Troughton

Bodysnatcher

Details

Director

Terence Fisher

Tagline

"Your blood will run cold when the monster rises!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

November 4, 2013

★ 7/10

Neolithic Lobotomy Gone Astray. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is directed by Terence Fisher and written by John Elder (AKA: Anthony Hinds). It stars Peter Cushing, David Prowse, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith and John Stratton. Music is by James Bernard and cinematography by Brian Probyn. Working under the name of Doctor Victor, Baron Victor Frankenstein (Cushing) is head physician ...

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Wuchak

November 2, 2021

★ 5/10

_**Formidable monster and nice Gothic ambiance, but too simple and drab**_ Hammer Studios did 7 Frankenstein films in 17 years from the late 50s to early 70s as follows: 1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); 2. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958); 3. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964); 4. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967); 5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969); 6. The Horror of Frankenstein (1...

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

★ 5/10

Certainly the most colourfully gory of the Hammer "Frankenstein" films and I think therein lies the problem. This is simply a rehash of so many earlier iterations; but there is nothing at all left to your imagination. The ruthless Peter Cushing ("Baron Frankenstein") has some more scientifically accurate dialogue but Shane Brent as his able, deviously ambitious, assistant seems to offer little mor...