Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 10/01/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 83 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Curse of Frankenstein was the "breakthrough" picture for the fabled
Hammer Studios. Told in flashback, the story centers around Baron Victor Frankenstein (
Peter Cushing), a dangerously arrogant scientist who takes it upon himself to play God. Using portions of dead bodies, Victor fashions a synthetic monster (
Christopher Lee) with a bad attitude. In a radical departure from the Frankenstein canon, it is the imperious Victor who orchestrates the film's two murders by "borrowing" the brain of a learned professor, then leaving his next victim at the mercy of the monster. In 1958, the film spwaned the sequel
Revenge of Frankenstein.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
