Hammer Horror. Terrence Fisher. Peter Cushing. Christopher Lee. A gloomy castle. Adapted from classic literature.
Wait. Didn’t I already watch this?
Hot on the heels of their Dracula adaptation comes Curse of Frankenstein and while Lee is once again the Monster, the roles are reversed somewhat as it clear in this adaption that Cushing’s Baron Frankenstein is the villain of the piece.
Young Frankenstein (Melvyn Hayes) hires a tutor (Robert Urqhardt) and then we flash forward and find Adult Frankenstein (Cushing) looking a dang site other than his tutor who no longer teaches his young charge the basic of reading, writing and arithmetic, but instead assists him with his crazy ass experiments to revive the dead. Giving live to a deceased pupper is one thing, but giving life to the weirdly blue tinged Christoper Lee is another.
Baron Frankenstein is shown to have zero qualms when it comes to crossing moral boundaries, heading all over the world to find bits and bobs for the monster’s bod, including orchestrating an unaliving or two to obtain his desired organ. And speaking of organs, he is also regularly gifting his own organ to maid Justine (Valerie Gaunt), despite his impending marriage to cousin (ewww) Elizabeth (Hazel Court).
Christopher Lee is both terrifying as the creature, yet also able to elicit sympathy, from his shabby treatment at the hands of the Baron. He gives me real Bub from Day of the Dead vibes.
Hammer Horror. Terrence Fisher. Peter Cushing. Christopher Lee. A gloomy castle. Adapted from classic literature.
Wait. Didn’t I already watch this?
Hot on the heels of their Dracula adaptation comes Curse of Frankenstein and while Lee is once again the Monster, the roles are reversed somewhat as it clear in this adaption that Cushing’s Baron Frankenstein is the villain of the piece.
Young Frankenstein (Melvyn Hayes) hires a tutor (Robert Urqhardt) and then we flash forward and find Adult Frankenstein (Cushing) looking a dang site other than his tutor who no longer teaches his young charge the basic of reading, writing and arithmetic, but instead assists him with his crazy ass experiments to revive the dead. Giving live to a deceased pupper is one thing, but giving life to the weirdly blue tinged Christoper Lee is another.
Baron Frankenstein is shown to have zero qualms when it comes to crossing moral boundaries, heading all over the world to find bits and bobs for the monster’s bod, including orchestrating an unaliving or two to obtain his desired organ. And speaking of organs, he is also regularly gifting his own organ to maid Justine (Valerie Gaunt), despite his impending marriage to cousin (ewww) Elizabeth (Hazel Court).
Christopher Lee is both terrifying as the creature, yet also able to elicit sympathy, from his shabby treatment at the hands of the Baron. He gives me real Bub from Day of the Dead vibes.
