@celeste_writes
A patient, formally daring work — the cinematography lingers on empty rooms longer than most audiences will tolerate, but those who stay are rewarded with the most haunting final act of the year.
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
"The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!"
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Quick Stats
6.3
TMDB Rating
132
Votes
1h 41m
Runtime
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Budget
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Key Crew
DirectorTerence Fisher
WriterBert Batt
CinematographyArthur Grant
ComposerJames Bernard
EditorGordon Hales
Production DesignBernard Robinson
Produced by
Hammer Film Productions
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Critics & Reviews
3 featured@jhalberg
I walked in expecting another genre exercise and walked out feeling like I'd been eavesdropping on a confession. The lead performance is genuinely singular — a career-defining turn.
@priya_a
A few too many scenes feel borrowed from a better film, but the soundtrack and the production design carry the rest. Solid recommendation for fans of slow-burn European thrillers.
Cast
Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Veronica Carlson
Anna Spengler
Freddie Jones
Prof. Richter
Simon Ward
Dr. Karl Holst
Thorley Walters
Insp. Fritsch
Maxine Audley
Ella Brandt
George Pravda
Dr. Frederick Brandt
Geoffrey Bayldon
Police Doctor
Colette O'Neil
Mad Woman
Frank Middlemass
Guest - Plumber
George Belbin
Guest - Playing chess
Norman Shelley
Guest - Smoking pipe
M
Michael Gover
Guest - Reading newspaper
Peter Copley
Principal
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Jim Collier
Dr. Heidecke
