The Curse of Frankenstein

Director: Terence Fisher

1957 / 83min / 4K DCP

Cherished by no less a personage than Martin Scorsese for its “totally uncalled for” graphic violence, The Curse of Frankenstein was a watershed film for both Fisher and Hammer, earning 30 times its budget back in the US alone and establishing the studio as the world’s preeminent purveyor of Gothic horror. Awaiting the guillotine, Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) ruminates on the catastrophic fallout of his attempt at creating an exemplary being from scavenged bits of the dead, which results in his cracked creation (Christopher Lee) going on a murderous rampage. Extravagantly colorful, generous with the gruesomeness, and performed with zest—all the hallmarks of Hammer in its prime are in place here, in a shining new 4K restoration.

Distributor: Warner Bros

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