The Evil of Frankenstein
May. 08,1964 NROnce hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
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To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
The third of the Hammer Frankenstein films , it revolves around with the mad doctor Baron Frankenstein : Peter Cushing who along with his helper: Sandor Eles arrive at his family castle near the small town Karlstaad , where once again undergo the fantastic experiments in the creation of life. Fortuitously finding his monster from time ago preserved in ice and thawing him out .But the Baron requires the services of a mean illusionist called Zoltan : Peter Woodthorpe who subsequently sends the creature to rob gold to the townspeople. Meanwhile , the chief of police : Duncan Lamont investigates the weird deeds .Decent Frankenstein entry has thrills , fights , action , terror and chills .Preceded by The revenge of Frankenstein and followed by Frankenstein created woman. At the end happens the ordinary as well as violent confrontation between Baron Frankenstein and the townspeople with the unexpected consequences . Enjoyable interpretations all around .Exceptional , as usual, the great Peter Cushing as the famous Baron who finds once again the ugly monster and he brings it back to life .Peter Woodthorpe plays magnificently the vengeful and greedy mesmerist Zoltan who seeks vendetta and punishment against the chief of police and the burgomaster using secretly the hunk monster .Duncan Lamont plays a chief of police with whom Zoltan seeks vengeance and he finds out the strange events . While Sandor Eles plays the Frankenstein's eager assistant, Eles also acted in another successful Hammer film : Countess Dracula. Finally, Kathy Wild plays a beautiful mute beggar. The picture displays a colorful cinematography by John Wilcox and an evocative as well as atmospheric musical score by Don Banks . The motion picture was professionally directed by Freddie Francis who usually worked with Peter Cushing . He was a good director and a prestigious cameraman . Freddie made a lot of terror films (many of them starred by Cushing) such as : The creeping flesh, Craze , The skull, Witness madness, The ghoul, Son of Dracula , Legend of the Werewolf, Trog, Dracula has risen from the grave , Torture garden, Hysteria, Doctor Terror , Nightmare , The brain, They came from beyond space, Doctor and the devils , 1972 Tales from the crypt ,1996 Crypt tales . Freddy was also an important cameraman with notorious titles as The straight story , Rainbow , Princess Caraboo, Fear Cape, Glory , Brenda Starr, The man in the moon, Her alibi , Suspense, Elephant man , Night must fall and Room at the top.
Out of all the "Frankenstein" movies actor Peter Cushing made for Hammer Studios, "The Evil of Frankenstein" is considered by many critics to be the weakest of the series. That doesn't mean it's automatically a BAD movie. If you've liked the other in the series, and have a taste for Cushing and Hammer, you'll probably get some reasonable enjoyment out of the movie as I did. All the same, I did think the movie could have been a lot better. The main problem with the movie is the script, specifically when it comes to various actions that the characters make. There are a lot of stupid decisions and actions. For example, when the authorities in the town find out that Dr. Frankenstein has returned, they don't think of looking for him in his long abandoned castle for a very long time. Even Dr. Frankenstein himself seems significantly stupider than in other entries of this series, like when he is trying to stay undercover but confronts (twice) someone in the town who stole his property.But as I said in my summary line, there is still some fun here. Cushing is entertaining as usual, and as stupid as the movie may get at times, I admit I was never bored. If you are willing to accept a good many groaner character actions, the movie does entertain - just not as much as it could have, though.
This film from the Hammer Frankenstein series has been much maligned in the past - probably based on the monster's look which, would likely not please those looking for good visual effects.Hammer were barred from copying any details from the Universal films of the 30s and '40s, including the famous monster make-up. As this film was distributed by Universal, Hammer had free rein to copy elements from the franchise, most noticeably the style (if not the application) of the creature's make-up and the laboratory sets. This gave the picture an extremely authentic look and feel.Lead Peter Cushing was meticulous about the technical details of the role, going as far as to seek advice on holding the scalpel correctly when performing medical scenes. - and this shows.The plot and production is where the piece excels. The Baron, now skinflint holds on to the eagerness of his assistant Hans in continuing his experiments to re-animate life. Though, this is not possible without the help of a mystic, Zoltan. Unfortunately, said mystic, fueled by his own hate and greed, sends the creature into the town to pillage and kill. The townspeople turn on Baron Frankenstein, leaving him desperate to find a way of ending the terror.One of my favourite Hammer films beginning to end.
Like its monster, the third of Hammer's Frankenstein series is a bit of a mess that clumsily stumbles around doing a lot of damage, ultimately ruining all the hard work that has gone before. Some of the blame must go to director Freddie Francis, whose work was never on a par with that of Terence Fisher, his predecessor in the series, but the sub-par script by the usually reliable Anthony Hinds also plays a big part in this film's failure.Rather than follow on from the excellent The Revenge of Frankenstein, where the baron was last seen practising in London under the name of Dr. Franck, this one opens with Viktor (Peter Cushing) and his loyal assistant Hans (Sandor Elès) being hounded out of a European village for their ungodly work and secretly returning to Karlstaad, where they intend to gather up some of the baron's belongings in order to raise some cash. Unfortunately, Viktor discovers that, in his absence, his home has been plundered by the local Burgomaster, which makes him so angry that he blows his cover (an action that seems extremely out of character for one as clever and as cunning as he).A deaf/mute beggar girl (Katy Wild) offers Viktor and Hans refuge in her cave, where the pair discover the baron's creature from years before, perfectly preserved, frozen in a glacier (a silly idea borrowed from Universal's Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man). After thawing out the monster, the scientists enlist the help of devious fairground hypnotist Zoltan (Peter Woodthorpe) to stimulate its dormant brain; having done so, Zoltan takes control of the beast, sending it into town, first to steal gold, and eventually to kill. The film finishes in a rather laughable fashion with the creature getting drunk and going on the rampage (we've all done it).This is all so cheesy that it might have been a lot of trashy fun (although definitely not in keeping with Hammer's usual classy style), but Francis's storytelling is lacklustre and his direction uninspired, and with none of the great imagery and sumptuous colours that Fisher would have brought to the table, it all proves rather boring. Cushing aside, the performances are all rather hammy, as if the actors knew that they were dealing with a substandard script. Worst of all is the film's cruddy monster (first seen in a flashback that has no bearing on either of the previous films), which looks like someone has jammed a cereal box on the actor's head and then plastered his face with papier mâché.