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Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Reviews

1973

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The sixth entry in Hammer Films' Frankenstein series, this film finds Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) in charge of a lunatic asylum. When young doctor Simon Helder (Shane Bryant) is institutionalized for attempting to create synthetic life, Frankenstein is delighted: now he'll have an assistant for his own diabolical .. Read more

Starring	Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith
Director	Terence Fisher
Genres	Horror

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- Cheaply made and very ghoulish horror comic in the unattractive setting of an asylum; very little entertainment is provided.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  very very good
  
  Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell was not famed Hammer Studios' final film, but it in many ways represents the swan song of the premiere maker of ... read more »
  
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  - 15 Jan 2005 at 19:03
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  Full uncut version required
  
  I would have awarded this movie a much higher rating as it is a decent Hammer flick, but this is the US cut version. Key moments removed by censors to protect ... read more »
  
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- - Wychwood
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  - Huntingdon
  - 20 Oct 2011 at 18:29
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  psychological
  
  Technology aside, in this version frankenstien monster is created by surgical means in lunatic asylum. It is gothic in various ways and it features monster that... read more »
  
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- - juradino
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  - London
  - 29 Jan 2010 at 19:54
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  brilliant
  
  What a great film. Although I love the Hammer films in general, the Frankenstein ones are the best. Peter Cushing, a hideous monster, and the gorgeous Shane ... read more »
  
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  - kent, england
  - 25 Nov 2009 at 19:50
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  Enjoyable.
  
  Enjoyed film, love Peter Cushing, he was very good in this film, plot was ok the usual OTT acting from some but that was the charm of thr hammer films.
  
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  - radford
  - 03 Feb 2009 at 19:03
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  Oh dear..
  
  I LOVE HAMMER, let's get that straight. However, it's a no no. Apart from Pete's immaculately tailored wardrobe and his reliable, always superb ... read more »
  
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  - Watford
  - 06 Jan 2009 at 00:20
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  Criminally underrated
  
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  This is the final film in Hammer's 'Franknstein' series - in fact, one of their final ever productions, at least to date.
  
  Filmed on a ... read more »
  
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  - Branston
  - 27 Dec 2008 at 14:04
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  Their Masterpiece?
  
  This film astounded me. How did I not come to see it sooner? I already knew well, of course, that ... at its best ...Hammer's achievement runs higher than ... read more »
  
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- - Nigel Wilson
  - Helmsley, North Riding of Yorkshire.
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 08:13
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  Classic late Hammer film
  
  One of the best Frankenstein films that Hammer made and Peter Cushing goes out in style. Has some good gory bits with brain transplants and the like. Pity the ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 26 Oct 2007 at 12:35
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  One of the last hammers
  
  This is one of the last hammer horrors that involves frankinstein. This is also the last film directed by the late terrence fisher. Bernard lee (M) from the ... read more »
  
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  - Eastbourne East Sussex
  - 29 Dec 2005 at 15:23
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  frankenstein and the monster from hell
  
  this film was very good. I enjoyed it all the way through.
  
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  - 08 Dec 2005 at 19:14
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  very very good
  
  Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell was not famed Hammer Studios' final film, but it in many ways represents the swan song of the premiere maker of ... read more »
  
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  - wakefield
  - 15 Jan 2005 at 19:03
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  Frankenstein and the Monster from the BBFC.
  
  The final instalment in the Hammer Frankenstein series is marred in this DVD by cuts not made by the good DR F.
  
  A scene where A hand is being ... read more »
  
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- - sean day
  - Leigh, Lancashire, England.
  - 04 Nov 2004 at 18:27
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  not bad
  
  a bit old fashioed but good for it's age
  
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  - banbury
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 22:13
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  frankenstein and the monster from hell
  
  this film was very good. I enjoyed it all the way through.
  
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  - england
  - 08 Dec 2005 at 19:14
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  One of the last hammers
  
  This is one of the last hammer horrors that involves frankinstein. This is also the last film directed by the late terrence fisher. Bernard lee (M) from the ... read more »
  
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  - Eastbourne East Sussex
  - 29 Dec 2005 at 15:23
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  Classic late Hammer film
  
  One of the best Frankenstein films that Hammer made and Peter Cushing goes out in style. Has some good gory bits with brain transplants and the like. Pity the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 488266
- - a customer
  - Glasgow
  - 26 Oct 2007 at 12:35
- - 0
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  Their Masterpiece?
  
  This film astounded me. How did I not come to see it sooner? I already knew well, of course, that ... at its best ...Hammer's achievement runs higher than ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 667955
- - Nigel Wilson
  - Helmsley, North Riding of Yorkshire.
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 08:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Criminally underrated
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  This is the final film in Hammer's 'Franknstein' series - in fact, one of their final ever productions, at least to date.
  
  Filmed on a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 677643
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  - Branston
  - 27 Dec 2008 at 14:04
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  Oh dear..
  
  I LOVE HAMMER, let's get that straight. However, it's a no no. Apart from Pete's immaculately tailored wardrobe and his reliable, always superb ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Watford
  - 06 Jan 2009 at 00:20
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  Enjoyable.
  
  Enjoyed film, love Peter Cushing, he was very good in this film, plot was ok the usual OTT acting from some but that was the charm of thr hammer films.
  
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  - radford
  - 03 Feb 2009 at 19:03

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Critics' reviews
- Cheaply made and very ghoulish horror comic in the unattractive setting of an asylum; very little entertainment is provided.
- 32394
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Fisher's last film is a disappointment. Using the already well-proven formula, it offers the Baron this time as a... read more on Time Out
- 45693
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16

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