Rotten
The film shatters, with awkward horror pitted against rather bland sheepishness. But it was good fun while it lasted. Hammer almost had something special.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
The Horror of Frankenstein
The dead shall rise again!
1970 · 1h 35m · R
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Jimmy Sangster
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The Horror of Frankenstein
Overview
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
Director and cast
- Jimmy Sangster Director
- Ralph Bates as Victor Frankenstein
- Kate O'Mara as Alys
- Veronica Carlson as Elizabeth Heiss
- Dennis Price as The Graverobber
- David Prowse as The Monster
- Jon Finch as Lt. Henry Becker
- Bernard Archard as Prof. Heiss
- Graham James as Kassner
- James Hayter as Bailiff
- Joan Rice as Graverobber's wife
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