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 The Curse Of Frankenstein (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1957 / Director: Terence Fisher / Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee ... / DVD ... more  The Curse Of Frankenstein (DVD) ... released 11 October, 2004 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PALNewest Review: ... (the block head and the 'bolts' in the neck) and threatened to sue if Hammer did use it, so they had to come up with ... more ... a new look for the monster, and indeed they did. In this movie the monster is played by Christopher Lee, although Bernard Bresslaw was apparently in the running for the part in the early days. Peter Cushing plays the mad scientist who creates the monster, here known as Victor Frankenstein. With his colleague and friend Paul Krempe, played by Robert Urquhart, Frankenstein plays God and creates life. As with most Frankenstein films, this movie plays with the storyline as originally created by Mary Shelley for ...more |
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The Curse Of Frankenstein (DVD): Horrific Hammer Horror (252 words)
by sharktrager - written on 11.11.00 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Made in 1957, this was the first of Hammer's cycle of Frankenstein movies. Universal Studios, which had made the black and white sequence of Frankenstein movies in the 1930s would not allow Hammer to use the make-up effects which they had created and which the general public associated with the character (the block head and the 'bolts' in the neck) and threatened to sue if Hammer did use it, so they had to come up with a new look for the monster, and indeed they did. In this movie the monster is played by Christopher Lee, although Bernard Bresslaw was apparently in the running for the part in the early days. Peter Cushing plays the mad scientist who ...
