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Revenge Of Frankenstein [1958]


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The Revenge of Frankenstein was an inevitability after Hammer Films had made an international star of Peter Cushing in The Curse of this sequel-rich franchise. The plot here is a braver twist on the story than the many follow-ups would take. The Creature doesn't make its presence known until the final reel, up to which point the only sense of lurking menace comes from Cushing's deliciously mannered performance as a disguised Dr Stein. A new name and a new town is a gamble sure to fail, and circumstances almost immediately conspire against the deceit. Also rattling around the brilliantly lit studio sets are Eunice Gayson and Francis Matthews, while Michael Gwynn gives everything he's got in stiff competition to predecessor Christopher Lee in the Creature role. It's subtle and simply screams out for enfranchisement--so of course Hammer dutifully made another five in the series.

On the DVD: The Revenge of Frankenstein comes with mono sound (all you're going to get from Hammer and 1958), but the 1.66:1 ratio is a treat. You also get a trailer (and a surprise additional movie trailer) plus 10 photos. --Paul Tonks


Excellent Hammer sequel
Review date: 2008-10-09 Rating: 8 out of 10

Warning!May contain spoilers!
This, the second in Hammer's long running Frankenstein series, starts off where The Curse Of Frankenstein finished, with the Baron on his way to the guilottine. He of course escapes, a hapless priest taking his place.
Three years later, we find him masquerading as Doctor Stein, operating two practices, one for the rich populus, which funds his work with the poor, and also his experiments. With the help of another Doctor, Hans Kleve(Francis Matthews) he attempts to transplant the brain of his physically deformed assistant Karl, into a perfect body. Everything appears to go well, until his creation(Michael Gwynne) suffers a brain injury in a fight, and starts to degenerate into a murderous flesh eater.
This film has a nice streak of black humour running through it, with the Baron's numerous pithy comments, and especially in the scenes at the beginning featuring Lionel Jeffries and Michael Ripper as a pair of incompetant graverobbers. This is a lovely double act, sadly short lived.
There are numerous good performances especially from Peter Cushing as Frankenstein, and Richard Wordsworth as a busy body Hospital cleaner, who spends most of his time poking his nose into other peoples affairs.
All in all, an excellent Hammer horror, and I will give it 4 out of 5. Next in the series was The Evil Of Frankenstein
NB: The DVD transfer is excellent, with the film looking great, shame about the lack of extras.

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Great Hammer black comedy
Review date: 2007-06-18 Rating: 10 out of 10

The Revenge of Frankenstein is the best of Peter Cushing's Frankenstein pictures, and probably rates as the finest movie inspired from Mary Shelley's oft-filmed novel. As well as being a first-rate Hammer Horror film, it is also a black-comic classic, and one of the most unique and memorable British films of the 1950s. Though conceived in a hurry to cash in on the success of The Curse of Frankenstein, this sequel improves on it in every way, and features the greatest performance of Peter Cushing's career, in which he transforms the fanatical, cold-blooded killer of the earlier film into a multi-layered, sympathetic, and all-too-human monster. Containing some great lines, jolting scares, and capped by a great twist ending, The Revenge of Frankenstein is a classic.

Scary or what!
Review date: 2004-01-01 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is a great classic, I won't give too much away about the film so all I am saying is there are so many twists to keep you glued to the screen and enough horror to make you jump in your seat with the drop of a needle. This is a excellent movie, you won't regret buying it.

Probably The Best Frankenstein
Review date: 2002-09-25 Rating: 10 out of 10

Out of all the Hammer Frankenstein films, this is probably the best. A great script and great acting from Peter Cushing and Francis Matthews hold the film together until its climax when the doctor is supposedly killed by the inmates of the hospital which he runs. Overall, its a great production. Fine acting support from Michael Gwynn; Eunice Gayson; Richard Wordsworth and Oscar Quitak, with a great script by Jimmy Sangster. Very atmospheric from first to last, it is clearly one of Hammer's best efforts. Picture and sound are rather good too. Should be seen on DVD though. As for the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, bit of a shame really. Still, its a good buy as a double purchase.

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Actor(s):
Eunice Gayson
Peter Cushing
Francis Matthews
John Welsh
Michael Gwynn

Creators:
Peter Cushing (Primary Contributor)
Francis Matthews (Primary Contributor)
Jack Asher (Cinematographer)
Anthony Hinds (Producer)
Anthony Nelson Keys (Producer)
Michael Carreras (Producer)
George Baxt (Writer)
Hurford Janes (Writer)
Jimmy Sangster (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5035822065130
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-08-19
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 87 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1958-06-01
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