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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

PG-13 02/11/1970 (US) 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.

Bert Batt

Screenplay, Story
Mary Shelley

Characters
Terence Fisher

Director
Anthony Nelson Keys

Story

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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
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on November 1, 2021

One of the best Frankenstein films

Hammer did 7 Frankenstein films in 17 years from the late 50s to early 70s:

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); 2. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958); 3. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964); 4. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967); 5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969); 6. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970); and 7. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974).

Peter Cushing played Baron Frankenstein in every one of these except "The Horror of Frankenstein" because it was a remake of the original story and they needed a much younger actor to play th... read the rest.

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