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22/05/1969 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 41m
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The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!

Overview

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.

  1. Terence Fisher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Cushing

    Baron Victor Frankenstein

  2. Veronica Carlson

    Anna Spengler

  3. Freddie Jones

    Prof. Richter

  4. Simon Ward

    Dr. Karl Holst

  5. Thorley Walters

    Insp. Fritsch

  6. Maxine Audley

    Ella Brandt

  7. George Pravda

    Dr. Frederick Brandt

  8. Geoffrey Bayldon

    Police Doctor

  9. Colette O'Neil

    Mad Woman

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2017-11-04
I fancy that I am the spider and you are the fly, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is directed by Terence Fisher and written by Bert Batt. It stars Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Simon Ward and Freddie Jones. Music is by James Bernard and cinematography by Arthur Grant.

The fifth entry in Hammer Film's Frankenstein series is one of the best. Playing as a variant on the original Frankenstein sources, story finds Cushing's Baron Victor Frankenstein as an utterly repugnant individual who is prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve his medical goals. Morally and ethically ba...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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