The Curse of Frankenstein

"The Curse Of Frankenstein" of 1957 truly is essential for every Horror lover to see. While this first entry to Hammer's ingenious Frankenstein series is not one of my personal favorite Hammer Productions, it were this film and the following... Full review

In 1934, during the boom of British cinema, businessman William Hinds, decided to enter the industry and create his own film company, "Hammer Productions Ltd.", where he would produce several movies before being forced into bankruptcy due to the end... Full review

Ever since Mary Shelley wrote her classic novel of the infamous Baron Von Frankenstein in the late 19th century, efforts to bring the creature to the visual screen have been negligible. In the 1930's Universal finally managed it with the... Full review

"The Curse of Frankenstein" is most entertaining version based very freely on Mary Shelley's classic story.Terence Fisher makes another fine job here in the direction for Hammer films with the classical monsters of Universal as he did also with "The... Full review

It's very difficult for me to judge if my opinion on The Curse of Frankenstein would be higher if I were to watch it coming from a different background/history. This latest viewing I believe is only the second time that... Full review

Although not Hammer's absolute finest production, Curse of Frankenstein it is their one film (or maybe along with Horror of Dracula) that single-handedly regenerated the European horror-boom in the second half of the 1950's. Approximately two decades after the immensely... Full review

'The Curse Of Frankenstein' is a landmark horror movie for several reasons. Firstly, though Hammer had already released 'The Quatermass Xperiment', a science fiction movie with some horror elements, it was the studios first real entry into the genre which... Full review

What more can be said? A milestone in horror movie history with gore, great acting, atmosphere, direction and music. I just can't understand how a monumental film such as this only rates a 6.6. Unbelievable. Undoubtly the ones who voted... Full review

This was Hammer Films opening entry into their Horror re-imagining of classic Universal Studios Monsters and it is still one of the best. Here we get a new take on the familiar Frankenstein myth with the young Frankenstein coming from... Full review

This is a film that almost never was. Originally planned as a 'quota quickie', and, as Terence Fisher stated. "As a send-up," it ended up changing the British Film Industry for all time. It had gone international. Fisher owed Hammer... Full review

A detective clutching a Manchester rooftop in a tense crime showdown is not an image that conjures up the corny horror for which the British company Hammer Film Productions became famous. ... Full Article

To celebrate this classic revival, here are some excerpts from an interview with Christopher Lee talking about the two films, conducted in 1984, when Mr. ... Full Article

In an article focusing on a wave of horror films from the United Kingdom, Variety notes that Hammer Films, the recently reborn company that once upon a time fashioned Gothic classics like CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN , THE TWO FACES OF... ... Full Article

Before Hammer studios gained notoriety with The Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula , they spearheaded this black-and-white chiller (among a few others) that has since been overshadowed by the company's salutiferous heavyweights. ... Full Article

Warner Home Video ($19.98 each) 1957's The Curse of Frankenstein and 1958's Horror of Dracula remain significant as much for what they ushered in as for what they were. ... Full Article