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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

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1969 film by Terence Fisher

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6.3

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.

Released: 1969-05-22101 minDir: Terence FisherHorror, Science FictionPart of: Frankenstein (Hammer) Collection

Cast

  • Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein
  • Veronica Carlson as Anna Spengler
  • Freddie Jones as Prof. Richter
  • Simon Ward as Dr. Karl Holst
  • Thorley Walters as Insp. Fritsch
  • Maxine Audley as Ella Brandt

Themes

  • rape
  • mad scientist
  • victorian england
  • murder
  • grave robber
  • grave robbing
  • brain transplant
  • frankenstein

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

5,957 votes

Year
1969
Runtime
101 min
Genres
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English language
Based on
Frankenstein
Cast member
Norman Shelley
Cinematographer
Arthur Grant
Narrative location
Europe
Duration
98
FilmAffinity ID
165840
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publication date
1971-01-14
title
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
review score
70%
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