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| The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) | |
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| Baby Firefly | Apr 5 2013, 07:16 AM Post #1 |
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The Devil Himself
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![]() In prison and awaiting execution, Dr. Victor Frankenstein recounts to a priest what led him to his current circumstance. He inherited his family's wealth after the death of his mother when he was still only a young man. He hired Paul Krempe as his tutor and he immediately developed an interest in medical science. After several years, he and Krempe became equals and he developed an interest in the origins and nature of life. After successfully re-animating a dead dog, Victor sets about constructing a man using body parts he acquires for the purpose including the hands of a pianist and the brain of a renowned scholar. As Frankenstein's excesses continue to grow, Krempe is not only repulsed by what his friend has done but is concerned for the safety of the beautiful Elizabeth, Victor's cousin and fiancée who has come to live with them. His experiments lead to tragedy and his eventual demise. |
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| Kitty | Jul 8 2013, 02:11 PM Post #2 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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Total classic with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing! |
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| MonkeyParadise | Jul 13 2013, 03:17 AM Post #3 |
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Demon
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yes this interest me |
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| Dead Sorority | Jul 16 2013, 09:14 PM Post #4 |
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Sole Survivor
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I love Christopher Lee! |
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| Kitty | Oct 22 2013, 10:39 AM Post #5 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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So do I! |
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| Gorefest180 | Sep 17 2014, 05:15 AM Post #6 |
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Hero
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Sounds alright. |
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| Kitty | Sep 23 2014, 08:21 AM Post #7 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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It's a lot more than 'alright'!
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| Vanessa | Oct 26 2014, 04:57 AM Post #8 |
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Madman
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As much as I like Christopher Lee, I think Peter Crushing is my favorite part of this one. His portrayal of Victor Frankenstein is just such an important part of selling the new Hammer style of horror. |
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| JustAnotherWriterGirl | Jan 7 2015, 03:10 AM Post #9 |
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Opening Victim
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Count me in! |
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| SMZ | Jan 7 2015, 03:12 AM Post #10 |
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Whore
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Peter Cushing? I'm pretty sure he's been connected to Doctor Who in the past. |
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| GL84 | Nov 4 2015, 05:47 PM Post #11 |
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Killer's Therapist
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Overall this one was quite a bland and overrated effort without much to really like. The main thing here is that the film is just really boring for the main part of its running time and doesn't offer up much of anything throughout the entire first hour that gives this any kind of feeling about being a horror film. Though it nicely runs through the begging phase of the novel where he begins his research on human anatomy and the limits of science in that time period, these here don't make the connection that his drive to complete these experiments so they make no sense and instead render him into a state of madness performing these actions without that base. He simply comes off as a raving lunatic doing horrible atrocities simply because he wanted to, making for quite the unappealing supposed hero. This also manages another big flaw here in making the film feel so much like a period drama about a scientist keeping his friends and lover away from his work, and there's so many scenes here that feature this from their conversations about the abomination they've created, the growing threats to notify the authorities of his work or the need to procure the remaining parts here that there's barely any time with the actual creature on-screen who only has so little screen-time the pace is altered dramatically slower than what it should be and appears much longer than it really is. These facets here lower this one so significantly that even the few positives here aren't that appealing. The film's biggest virtue here is that the creature's time here is fun makes it worthwhile, getting the initial early resurrection in the laboratory, a great stalking in the forest where it hunts the travelers lost in the area before the two tracking it catch up to it, and the centerpiece attack at the end which is a nice action scene here with the creature stalking their friend and forcing some decent action to rescue her that ends with some solid Gothic action quite nicely. What really gives these a lot of their big impact is the grisly and genuinely haunting make-up work here which is really shocking with how this one goes about portraying the creation which here looks even more likely as a walking, stitched together corpse with all the sutures and cutting marks across the fact that it creates a shocking look. The last positive here is the decision to streamline the first half, as while it makes the actions here way too problematic being forced through all that would've been torture on the pace with the way it is already in here. Still, the flaws here are way to detrimental to save this one. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Vanessa | Jun 6 2016, 04:20 AM Post #12 |
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Madman
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This was never one of my favorites, but watching it so soon after Whale's Frankenstein films hurts it from the comparison. |
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| Baby Firefly | Jun 6 2016, 04:46 AM Post #13 |
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The Devil Himself
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I saw this a while ago (like four or five years ago) and didn't think it was anything too special. I might rewatch it soon though since I remember liking it more than some of the other, 'bigger' Frankenstein films. |
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| GL84 | Jun 7 2016, 03:30 PM Post #14 |
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I think you've gotten those mixed up since this is the big Frankenstein film that's not so good. So what if it brought Lee and Cushing together in a Hammer effort, that doesn't excuse the film from being rather dull and bland for the most part. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| KaijuSuspiria | Oct 20 2016, 03:52 AM Post #15 |
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Bludworth
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I like this one a lot, but it really only works if you view it as an origin story for Victor. If you're looking for a full story, it'll let you down. It almost feels like a TV pilot. |
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History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men
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| Lon Of The Dead | Oct 20 2016, 04:31 AM Post #16 |
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Killer's Therapist
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I've got a lot of love for Cushing and Lee, but Hammer Horror has always been hit or miss with me. They're usually very well-filmed and well-acted, but the writing has frequently left me wanting -- to the point where I stopped bothering with Hammer Horror after five or six films. This flick was a case in point. I loved the Monster's design, thought it was appropriately creepy, quite enjoyed the atmospheric locations and liked Lee's presence as the creature, but the story was half-baked and tedious. There could be better Hammer Horror films, but I'm not especially interested in finding out. |
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