Boris Karloff spiller hovedrollen som en af filmhistoriens mest legendariske monstre i denne film, som af mange opfattes som alletiders største gyserfilm nogensinde. Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) vover at eksperimentere med liv og død ved at skabe et menneskeligt monster (Karloff) af ligdele. Instruktøren James Whales fortolkning af Mary Shelleys roman og Karloffs medfølende portræt af Frankenstein uhyret, der søger sin egen identitet, gør Frankenstein til et mesterværk ikke kun i sin genre, men for evigt i filmhistorien.
Lionels mor bliver bidt af en giftig rotteabe. Som konsekvens forvandler hun sig langsomt til en zombie og begynder at jage venner og bekendte. Alle hun bider bliver også til zombier. Lionel har et mas med at nedkæmpe zombierne og samtidig skjule deres eksistens for omverdenen. I processen bliver han forelsket i Paquita, og hun må helst heller ikke finde ud af noget. Ikke en nem opgave, for zombierne bliver flere og flere.
Da den lovende medicinstuderende Dan averterer efter en sambo til sin lejlighed, svarer dr. Herbert West på annoncen. Herbert er højt begavet, men også excentrisk på en noget urovækkende måde. Det viser sig, at Herbert har udviklet et giftiggrønt serum, der kan vække de døde til live. Og da han og Dan afprøver mirakelmidlet i det lokale lighus, bryder zombiehelvede løs.
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
Da de engelske Hammer Studios startede på at genindspille de gamle Universal monsterfilm, ofte, som her, med Christopher Lee og Peter Cushing i ledende roller, blev det også begyndelsen på en ny skrækfilm-æra, der skæppede godt i selskabets kasse. Ingen af de nye film nåede vel højderne fra de bedste af de gamle, men disse havde det nye publikum alligevel glemt alt om. I denne, fra 1957, har Frankenstein historien har fået et blodigt pift opad.
Doktorene West og Cain arbejder stadigt på at genoplive de døde, men denne gang lykkes det dem at skabe den perfekte kvinde, ud fra dødt kød, og en ekskærestes hjerte.
The Revenge of Frankenstein går baron Frankenstein i ledtog med en læge i en lille tysk by, i hans seneste og mest skræmmende eksperiment med at skabe et monster ud af stumper og stykker fra flere lig, heriblandt hjernen fra en dværg. Men noget går galt, og monsteret ender som en kannibal, der må og skal udslettes.
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown in two installments on TV as part of the Wide World of Entertainment series.
A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night there as part of an initiation rite, supervised by two other girls. The crypt becomes a scene of horror as Raymar returns to life and deploys his horrifying telekinetic powers.
A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.
Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments.
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
A hunchback working in a morgue falls in love with a sick woman. He goes berserk when she dies and seeks help from a scientist to bring her back from the dead.
A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans -- who he views as unworthy of life -- for their body parts, specifically, their hearts.
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.