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 [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play We watch Baron Frankenstein escaping from the guillotine and going to Germany There he names himself Dr Stein and plans to restart his experiments by using parts of dead bodies
In this sequel to 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957), the Baron (Peter Cushing) escapes the guillotine only to take on a new identity in a new town. He works in a local hospital, but his apparent kindness to his charges masks his true motives: harvesting their body parts in order to create a new monster.
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