An above average follow-up to "The Curse of Frankenstein" is one of the true Hammer horror classics, bringing Peter Cushing back to the role of Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein, nearly guillotined for his creation of a murderous monster, and manipulating his way out of being separated from his head. I didn't quite buy the way he manages to get out of his sentence as you see him heading to the gallows, but dramatic license has to be taken on occasion. Plus the movie's a ton of fun so that works too.
Michael Gwynn is the monster this time around, a handsome man (allegedly a priest) who went to the guillotine in the promise of a healthier body, but it's a violent minded hunchback who's brain he gets. Francis Matthews is Cushing's assistant, brilliant in doctoring but dimwitted in making sensible decisions, and Eunice Gayson is his love interest who is obviously to be a target of the creature. Colorful and terrifically gothic, this has its flaws, but the overall presentation is never anything less than exciting.
Michael Gwynn is the monster this time around, a handsome man (allegedly a priest) who went to the guillotine in the promise of a healthier body, but it's a violent minded hunchback who's brain he gets. Francis Matthews is Cushing's assistant, brilliant in doctoring but dimwitted in making sensible decisions, and Eunice Gayson is his love interest who is obviously to be a target of the creature. Colorful and terrifically gothic, this has its flaws, but the overall presentation is never anything less than exciting.