The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Penniless, Baron Frankenstein, accompanied by his eager assistant Hans, arrives at his family castle near the town of Karlstaad, vowing to continue his experiments in the creation of life. Fortuitously finding the creature he was previously working on, he brings it back to a semblance of life but requires the services of a mesmerist, Zoltan, to successfully animate it... (imdb)
Franchise: Frankenstein (Hammer)
Country: UK
Directed By: Freddie Francis
Written By: Anthony Hinds
Starring: David Hutcheson, Peter Cushing, Duncan Lamont, James Maxwell, Sandor Elès, Peter Woodthorpe, Katy Wild, Caron Gardner, Kiwi Kingston
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The Evil of Frankenstein belongs to 13 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 50 stars)
2. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 36 stars)
3. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
4. Hammer (public - 8 stars)
5. UK Horror (public: moderated by bizarre_eye - 2 stars)
6. Hypnosis Hypnotism Hypnotist (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
7. Biopunk (public: moderated by mattburgess - 2 stars)
8. Deafness (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
9. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror 1960s (public: moderated by RoyalB - 1 star)
10. Frankenstein Movies (public: moderated by TrixRabbi - 1 star)
11. Frankenstein's Monster (public: moderated by iceblox)
12. Cool Ass Cinema's 11 Worst Hammer Horror Films (public: moderated by mattburgess)
13. Owned (BD) (private: bizarre_eye)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Jan 28 |  |
Gymnopedie | 50 15% |
| Jan 04 |  |
ikkegoemikke | 48 26% |
| Dec 20, 2020 |  |
julesfmb | 73 83% |
| Dec 19, 2020 |  |
Steamlord | 30 9% |
| Nov 23, 2020 | tyoda | 41 33% |
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| Oct 05, 2020 |  |
EmeraldGuard | 60 25% |
| Jul 17, 2020 |  |
BadCosmonaut | 3 22% |
| Jul 13, 2020 |  |
TheShiznit | 32 25% |
| Apr 28, 2020 | flipperrbm | 4 37% |
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| Sep 02, 2019 | TheMooseman | 25 19% |
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| Aug 30, 2019 |  |
wintersunset | 60 31% |
| Aug 06, 2019 | braddad68 | 78 4% |
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This one was tough to get through. Mainly because Frankenstein's Monster looked so strange. Good dramatic music was about the only thing it had going for it.
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| Aug 04, 2019 |  |
Travisbickle | 80 39% |
| Mar 22, 2019 |  |
DarrenCB | 40 8% |
| Mar 19, 2019 |  |
Eignarom | 59 27% |
| Sep 18, 2018 |  |
FancyMike | 3 22% |
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This is a very good looking movie, I love the sets, costumes, and of course the monster. Overall pretty simple and straightforward but it was a very pleasant watch and I'm really starting to see what people love about Peter Cushing. The townsfolk showing up with pitchforks to a castle already on fire was a nice play on the '31 film
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| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
CMQuinn | 70 49% |
| Jul 23, 2018 |  |
Gymnopedies | 50 16% |
| May 01, 2018 | Metalfist | 30 5% |
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| Apr 23, 2018 | chone | 50 28% |
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| Apr 20, 2018 |  |
ssavage | 65 37% |
| Feb 20, 2018 |  |
Videogirl88 | 57 19% |
| Feb 17, 2018 | coldesser | 70 43% |
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| Feb 03, 2018 |  |
INDYATMN | 70 25% |
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Cushing's a fantastic actor whose doctor is never less than compelling even when the story drifts & Hammer studios maintains a level of quality on all fronts that well exceeds their B-movie peers, but this spends literally half the film in a prelude that could've been done in 10 minutes. Aware that they're carving a franchise, the studio tries to make the doctor more sympathetic by inserting a shady opportunist into the mix who vies for control of the monster, but 1/2 the film's been wasted.
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| Nov 20, 2017 |  |
mightysparks | 50 39% |
| Oct 23, 2017 |  |
cminferno | 66 25% |
| Mar 09, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 57 37% |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Zeno | 72 21% |
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| Oct 04, 2016 | LesterGroans | 56 19% |
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| Jul 04, 2016 | boothmillard | 45 20% |
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| May 24, 2016 |  |
avgcrtckr | 39 23% |
| May 24, 2016 |  |
filmaffinity | 57 36% |
| May 21, 2016 |  |
kubrickvari | 65 52% |
| Mar 17, 2016 |  |
NightGoat72 | 75 84% |
| Feb 26, 2016 | ramshackled | 70 22% |
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| Jan 02, 2016 |  |
horrormaniak | 30 1% |
| Dec 11, 2015 | MichaelOKeef | 80 89% |
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| Nov 26, 2015 |  |
Tony Irwin | 87 82% |
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The lab scenes are everything I'd hoped for: bubbling glass jars of coloured liquid, electrical sparklers, stage smoke, creaking steam pipes. And Cushing: my goodness he's mesmerising!
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| Nov 23, 2015 |  |
Ag0stoMesmer | 2 46% |
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Really like Cushing's doc in this but the plot and monster make-up were garbage.
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| Oct 01, 2015 | Malcym | 4 16% |
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| Jul 20, 2015 | bensonmum2 | 40 21% |
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| May 13, 2015 | preppy-3 | 60 38% |
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| Oct 27, 2014 |  |
adamj1982 | 60 34% |
| Oct 02, 2014 | plantedtrees | 72 24% |
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| Sep 11, 2014 | Bluladder | 65 4% |
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| Mar 16, 2014 |  |
MadMan | 61 13% |
| Feb 09, 2014 |  |
ChrisReynold | 63 56% |
| Feb 08, 2014 | sahume2029 () | 59 36% |
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| Feb 01, 2014 |  |
bizarre_eye | 69 59% |
| Oct 08, 2013 |  |
BillyShears | 65 42% |
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The Mediocrity of Frankenstein
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| Aug 23, 2013 |  |
afx237vi | 40 23% |
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Underwhelming entry in Hammer's Frankenstein series, which, for some reason, completely ignores the previous two films. Cushing is a minor character for a large part of the runtime and the plot is muddled and disjointed. The idea of the monster being used as a weapon was interesting, but it wasn't conveyed well; all the hypnosis stuff was pretty dumb. The make-up on the monster was awful, too.
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| Aug 10, 2013 |  |
Sheldrake | 40 23% |
| Jul 19, 2013 | donquixotic | 60 51% |
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| Mar 18, 2013 | Cronos | 60 59% |
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| Mar 11, 2013 |  |
Abba | 55 13% |
| Jan 31, 2013 | finney28 | 60 43% |
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| Dec 11, 2012 | pjdevitt | 82 40% |
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| Sep 28, 2012 | revolverjgw | 75 13% |
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| Aug 14, 2012 | DLawrence | 76 50% |
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| Jul 21, 2012 | e-ball | 60 26% |
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| Jun 07, 2012 | filmcricket | 45 28% |
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| Jan 13, 2012 | JohnnyHarker | 6 49% |
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| Nov 21, 2011 |  |
JooJoo | 2 16% |
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So much is wrong with this plot. Once again, I'm fooled into thinking this entry, a reboot (thus allaying my fears of the last one's terrible ending having anything to do with this), could actually shape up decently, when the plot holes and poor characterizations pile up. At least this one didn't take 3/4 of it to dash my hopes, got it over much quicker. They decided to go back to the classic Frankenstein monster this time around, but the make-up job is horrible.
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| Sep 05, 2011 |  |
ribcage | 51 27% |
| Apr 12, 2011 |  |
Red_Falcon_ | 56 9% |
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Peter Cushing did a decent job here but even he couldn't do much to salvage a film with as bad a plot as this one.
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| Feb 08, 2011 | Bavafreak | 70 37% |
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| Oct 14, 2010 | roger1 | 76 3% |
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| Oct 11, 2010 | lostinlodos | 50 13% |
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| Aug 30, 2010 | aaaaaaarrggg | 57 46% |
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Okay entry in Hammer's Frankenstein series with Cushing in good form as the Baron.
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| Aug 23, 2010 | nuotio | 45 21% |
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| Apr 02, 2010 | Pingy | 88 56% |
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| Mar 08, 2010 |  |
RadioFreeLee | 59 28% |
| Oct 15, 2009 |  |
joseywales | 62 38% |
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Lower tier Frankenstein sequel from Hammer films.
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| May 25, 2009 | SoylentGreen | 3 50% |
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| May 12, 2009 |  |
ZombieBuffet | 60 49% |
| May 09, 2009 |  |
imdb | 57 30% |
| Jan 27, 2009 |  |
stanthecaddy | 43 8% |
| Dec 15, 2007 |  |
x-human | 67 25% |
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Never phoning it in Peter Cushing is enigmatic as always playing the beset Baron; his opening credits single shot surgery sequence is testament to that. Unfortunately Cushing was the only one who remotely tried as the rest of the film is an effortless waste of celluloid. The Creature's design here is supposedly based on the Karloff flat-top yet it looks so far removed Universal might as well not have authorized it and appears to be created by the makeup man's kindergartner out of paper mache.
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| Oct 31, 2007 |  |
supergloo | 6 27% |
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Somewhat ironically entitled since Dr. Frankenstein here is actually much more sympathetic than he normally is. An interesting variation on the usual "Frankenstein-creates-a-rampaging-monster" film.
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| Mar 19, 2007 |  |
TheDiceman | 40 18% |
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Passes the time.
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| Average Percentile 31.8% from 80 Ratings |  |
