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Name: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Released: 1970-2-1
Cast: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

PG-13
1h 37m
1970

70%

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In this horror thriller, Peter Cushing stars as Baron Frankenstein, the mad scientist who creates yet another grotesque monster--supposedly in the interest of science--when he transplants the brain of an insane doctor into a different body. Note: A controversial rape scene was only added in at the last minute, after shooting was nearly complete, because Hammer studio head Sir James Carreras thought the film lacked "sex."

Director:

Terence Fisher

Producer:

Anthony Nelson Keys

Writer:

Bert Batt

Cast:

Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley, George Pravda

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

70%

Reviews

Radio Times

Alan Jones

Jones is astonishing as the anguished victim of the transplant, whose wife fails to recognise him and rejects him, prompting his revenge plan.

An extraordinary film that presents a new sample of the talent of a director that hides a very suggestive ethical / aesthetic balance. [Full Review in Spanish]

This 1969 effort might be the worst picture in the entire Hammer Frankenstein cycle, losing sight of the character of the obsessed scientist in an effort to score some cheap thrills.

For those of us who love Hammer horror, this is an unmarred example of all the reasons why.

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Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

Hammer's fifth of seven Frankenstein films might be the best one in the series.

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