People are voting emotionally.

Good concept, poorly executed.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is moping inside a jail cell, awaiting execution by guillotine for his crimes. Desperate for somebody to believe his story, he calls in a priest (Alex Gallier) and relates his sad tale. He'd been determined to realize his dream of contriving a man made being, and succeeded to some degree, bringing a scar faced brute (Sir Christopher Lee) to deadly life. But his associate / tutor Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart) had developed a severe case of scruples, deciding that absolutely nothing good could come of their activities.This was the film that really made the fortunes for Britains' famed Hammer Studios. They truly gave the Gothic horror a fresh coat of colorful paint in the 1950s, and set a standard in period detail and set decoration that they would maintain for over the next decade and a half. Even after period horror was no longer in vogue, they gamely continued in their pursuits. They played up the sex appeal of the material with their attractively costumed, lovely female cast members, and also upped the level of on screen violence.Hammer makeup expert Phil Leakey gave the towering Lee an appropriately gruesome face to behold, no matter if it's not iconic as Jack Pierces' work was in the Universal horrors of the 30s and 40s. Director Terence Fisher does a commendable job that would help see him become a favorite in house filmmaker for Hammer. And that laboratory equipment is quite fun to look at; there are some potent images here for fans to enjoy.Cushing is, as always, wonderful, and he makes a character that otherwise would come off as a coldly stubborn, dangerous fool a definite degree of likability. Lee does a fine job, equally menacing and somewhat sympathetic. Beautiful Hazel Court is our appealing leading lady, and Urquhart is excellent as the moral centre to Mary W. Shelley's classic tale. Valerie Gaunt, Paul Hardtmuth, and Melvyn Hayes are among those in an engaging supporting cast.Although not as thickly atmospheric as it might have been in black & white, "The Curse of Frankenstein" does entertain in a straightforward, quickly paced manner.Seven out of 10.

The essential Frankenstein movie.Based on Mary Shelley's famous novel. A scientist, Dr Victor Frankenstein (played by Peter Cushing) is researching how life can be given / regiven to dead animals. He hits upon the idea of creating a human life by combining body parts from dead people. His research is ultimately successful, but at what cost...?Surely one of the most well known horror-stories of all time. Modern versions are more about the aftermath of Frankenstein's creation, and turn into empty action movies. This version is probably the purest version in terms of telling the original story.Solid plot, good direction. Peter Cushing is great as Dr Frankenstein. Good support from Robert Urquhart, Hazel Court and Valerie Gaunt. Christopher Lee gives his career-defining and - shaping performance as the creature.

This is a great movie. This is a remake and it is great. Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster out of dead body parts. In this version he robes grave. He killers people to use to make his monster. He uses the monster to kill people when it is to his advantage. Somme young might think because a movie is old it is not scary. And they would be wrong. This is one of the scariest movies ever made. This movie has great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This movie is based on one of the best horror stories ever told. And it is one of the best horror movies ever made. It is a must see. This is one of the best remakes ever.

The original 1931 Boris Karloff/James Whale version of Frankenstein, and sequel Bride of Frankenstein, are outstanding, but with the invention of colour British Hammer (Horror) Studios cashed in on having red blood in this remake of the classic Mary Shelley story, directed by Terence Fisher (Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles). Basically Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is awaiting execution for his crime of murder, he tells his story to a Priest (Alex Gallier). He starts from when he was a young man, Young Victor (Melvyn Hayes) inherited the Frankenstein estate following the death of his parents, he has had sole control as Baron since the age of five, this surprises Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart), who the boy has hired to become his tutor, particularly in the field of science. Two years pass and Victor has learned all that Krempe can teach him, they collaborate on scientific experiments, and are one night successful in an experiment to bring a dead dog back to life, Victor suggests that they could bring a human to life, creating a human being from scratch. Krempe assists at first, but he withdraws following the scavenging of human remains to put this new body together, the body parts of this creature are assembled from a hanged robber's corpse, with hands and eyes purchased from charnel house workers, but for the brain Victor wants one with a lifetime of knowledge. With difficulty in finding a brain by practical methods Victor invites ageing and distinguished Professor Bernstein (Paul Hardtmuth) to the house, and in a moment of madness he pushes him from a staircase, it appears like an accident to others, after the burial Victor goes to the vault and back to his laboratory, but Krempe finds out what he did, there is a scuffle and the brain is damaged. With all parts assembled, including the damaged brain, Victor proceeds to bring his creature to life, but the monster (Sir Christopher Lee) does not have the professor's intelligence and tries to attack him, Victors locks up the violent and psychotic monster. But the monster manages to escape, and wanders into the woods, where it kills an old blind man, Grandpa (Fred Johnson) to a Little Boy (Claude Kingston), Victor and Krempe hunt it down, Krempe shoots it and they bury the body in the woods. While Krempe leaves town, Victor digs up the body and revives the monster, he uses it to murder his housemaid Justine (Valerie Gaunt), whom he had been having an affair with, she was threatening to tell the authorities about his strange experiments. The monster manages to escape again and threatens Victor's fiancée Elizabeth (Hazel Court), but Victor catches up to it on the roof, burning it with a lantern and causing it to fall into a bath of acid, completely dissolving its body, leaving no proof that it ever existed. Victor is arrested and imprisoned for the murder of Justine, Krempe is at the prison and comes to visit him, Victor begs him to testify, as the only other person that knows the truth, but knowing he is insane Krempe refuses, meaning that Frankenstein is led away to be executed by guillotine, it is uncertain whether his story is true or the ravings of an homicidal lunatic. Also starring Noel Hood as Aunt Sophia, Marjorie Hume as Mother and Sally Walsh as Young Elizabeth. Cushing is great as the demented doctor who believes he is creating a scientific breakthrough, he returned in five sequels, and Lee is menacing as the silent and deadly monster, the design and script are very well done, and being the first colour film from the studio it delivers on the gruesome scenes, it is a great horror film. Very good!