Frankenstein Created Woman
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Anthony Hinds
1967/UK
Hammer Films
IMDb link
First viewing/Netflix rental
They Shoot Zombies Don’t They
[box] Baron Frankenstein: Everything we don’t understand is magic – until we understand it.[/box]
One of the better late Hammer Horror entries. Not to be confused with The Bride of Frankenstein!
As the film begins, a man is executed by the guillotine as his terrified son looks on. Later, Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is awoken from his cryogenic slumber raring to start reanimating the dead. Conveniently, the now grown son is executed in the same manner leaving his sweetheart Christina to commit suicide.
The Baron combines the body of the beauty with the brains of the decapitated lover. Christina is now out to get revenge on the sadistic town swells who caused both their misery.
As the Hammer Horror franchise matures, it becomes more hit or miss for me. This one was a hit. Cushing played Frankenstein over and over. This time he is so good that one hardly misses Christopher Lee. Terence Fisher’s direction certainly doesn’t hurt. Recommended to fans of this genre.
