The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (3,502 ratings)

Curse of Frankenstein was the "breakthrough" picture for the fabled Hammer Studios. Told in flashback, the story centers around Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), a dangerously arrogant scientist who takes it upon himself to play God. Using portions of dead bodies, Victor fashions… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jun 25, 1957 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine

    The film is a little too confined and stagey, but Cushing skilfully conveys the Baron's sociopathic monomania with flashes of those intense blue eyes.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Revitalized the British film industry.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    A sterling exemplar of the best of everything that made Hammer so special.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Further developments of Hammer Studios as a spook-house Ealing

  • Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter

    ... established new style for horror -- bold, bloody, beautiful-- that completely broke tradition with the cobwebby classics of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    This film produced by Hammer Studio's is just a little different then most of the Frankenstein stories. Hammer Studio seem to always create a great cast of actors and actresses, this film is no exception. Frankenstein's monster wasn't only created once but twice in this… More

  • AJ V


    Another Frankenstein movie, but with the great Hammer Horror cast, with Cushing and Lee as the stars. It's pretty good, but the original Frankenstein is better.

  • Conner R


    While I certainly used to hold this in higher regard than I do now, it's still a really good movie and focuses on the actual humanity of Dr. Frankenstein. Peter Cushing does a great job at being the most cold and calculated human being, that is where the horror is present in the… More

  • Stella D


    hammer's version of the familiar story with the always awesome peter cushing as the baron. i have to say i much prefer karloff's monster to christopher lee tho

  • David L


    Like most of the classic tales, Frankenstein has had a twist put on it by the fantastic Hammer studios. It has actually been done by Hammer many times, but this film is the one that sticks closest to the original source material. That's not to say that it sticks to it entirely,… More

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