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1969·Horror·1h 41m
7.0
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Directed by Terence Fisher
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Cast

Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Veronica Carlson
Veronica Carlson
Anna Spengler
Freddie Jones
Freddie Jones
Prof. Richter
Simon Ward
Simon Ward
Dr. Karl Holst
Thorley Walters
Thorley Walters
Insp. Fritsch
Maxine Audley
Maxine Audley
Ella Brandt
George Pravda
George Pravda
Dr. Frederick Brandt
Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey Bayldon
Police Doctor
Colette O'Neil
Colette O'Neil
Mad Woman
Frank Middlemass
Frank Middlemass
Guest - Plumber
George Belbin
George Belbin
Guest - Playing chess
Norman Shelley
Norman Shelley
Guest - Smoking pipe

Crew

Terence Fisher
Terence Fisher
Director
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Characters
Peter Diamond
Peter Diamond
Stunts

Popular Reviews

19 reviews
PoochieVince
PoochieVince
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Peter Cushing is really carrying this one on his back, but honestly, it was pretty boring overall. A lot of shouting and weirdly aggressive vibes, but not much actually happens to keep things interesting.

​Also, didn't realize until after that this was the fifth entry in a series lol. I haven't seen any of the others so I have nothing to compare it to, but I don't think it would have really made a difference anyway. Hammer movies seem to just do their own thing.
Peter Cushing is really carrying this one on his back, but honestly, it was pretty boring overall. A lot of shouting and weirdly aggressive vibes, but not much actually happens to keep things interesting.

​Also, didn't realize until after that this was the fifth entry in a series lol. I haven't seen any of the others so I have nothing to compare it to, but I don't think it would have really made a difference anyway. Hammer movies seem to just do their own thing.
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OLYMPUS MAXIMUS
OLYMPUS MAXIMUS
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
With every Hammer Frankenstein film that passes, they each blend in more and more, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed doesn’t stand out for me in any way, especially considering that its predecessor is one of my favorite films in the whole franchise, at least Peter Cushing is still extremely solid, he owned the character
With every Hammer Frankenstein film that passes, they each blend in more and more, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed doesn’t stand out for me in any way, especially considering that its predecessor is one of my favorite films in the whole franchise, at least Peter Cushing is still extremely solid, he owned the character
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Nick
Nick
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
take the sci fi general ideas of the last film and take the cool gender part of it out and u get this movie. it’s not bad

6/10
take the sci fi general ideas of the last film and take the cool gender part of it out and u get this movie. it’s not bad

6/10
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Aaron Townsend
Aaron Townsend
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Took a million years to find this online so I’m mostly just annoyed about that tbh
Took a million years to find this online so I’m mostly just annoyed about that tbh
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anna
anna
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
me before watching this: a character named anna! awesome!me later: 😕
me before watching this: a character named anna! awesome!me later: 😕
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