Hammer Horror – Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
A bodysnatcher is spotted exhuming a corpse for young surgeon Dr Simon Helder (Briant). Helder’s experiments are terminated when he is arrested for sorcery, and sentenced to five years imprisonment in an asylum for the criminally insane near Carlsbad. The asylum is ostensibly run by a corrupt director, but his strings are being pulled by the blackmailing Dr Carl Victor (Cushing). Victor is assisted in his duties as resident medical practitioner by the beautiful Sarah (Smith), a mute girl the inmates call “Angel”. Victor admits his true identity to Helder – he is Baron Victor Frankenstein, pursuing his depraved research safe in the knowledge that all bar a few of the asylum staff believe him to be dead. Helder becomes Frankenstein’s apprentice, and discovers that the Baron is using the body of hulking inmate Schneider as the basis for his latest experiment. The Monster is given new eyes, the hands of a craftsman and the brain of a brilliant suicide victim. The tormented Monster initially shows promise, but Schneider’s violent personality soon begins to assert itself…
Hammer Horror – Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Reviews
“Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is an excellent finale to the Frankenstein series. It’s arguably my second favourite of the series and that’s because everyone from the director to the actors to the guys who makes the coffee seem to be on top form. A fitting end to one of horror’s greatest and most overlooked series of films.” – Daily Dead
“Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell may have aged imperfectly, but it's tremendous, colourful, unsubtle fun. Featuring a great performance from Peter Cushing and a sympathetic monster in David Prowse, this is a wonderful release of an old not-quite classic.” – Horror Talk
“Terence Fisher shows that he hadn’t lost his touch. The very low budget (a real problem for Hammer in this period) is evident but art director Scott MacGregor does a pretty good job within those constraints and the movie has a brooding claustrophobic feel that is perfect for the madhouse setting.” – Cult Movie Reviews