Directed by:
Jimmy SangsterCinematography:
Moray GrantComposer:
Malcolm WilliamsonCast:
Ralph Bates, Dennis Price, Jon Finch, Joan Rice, Veronica Carlson, David Prowse, Kate O'Mara, James Cossins, James Hayter, Bernard Archard, Neil Wilson (more)Plots(1)
Coming at the tail end of Hammer Studios' Frankestein cycle (it was preceeded by the classic CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN, and FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED), HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN takes the familiar story in a much different direction than its predecessors. The film finds young Victor Frankenstein (Bates) becoming fed up with his boorish father and his boring classes. Longing to escape to Vienna to experiment in his lab, Victor offs his father and quits school. Soon Victor has successfully re-animated a turtle and begins work on his ultimate creation--a human made out of dead body parts. Taking place in a vaguely mod-ish 18th century where the characters carry on as if they were London during the swingin' 1960s, HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN has its tongue planted firmly in cheek. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ralph Bates
UK
Best movies:
Fear in the Night (1972)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Jon Finch
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Frenzy (1972)
Joan Rice
UK
Best movies:
One Wild Oat (1951)
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Veronica Carlson
UK
Best movies:
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The Ghoul (1975)
David Prowse
UK
Best movies:
Kate O'Mara
UK
Best movies:
Laser Killer (1968)
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
James Cossins
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Follow Me! (1972)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Bernard Archard
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Neil Wilson
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Early Bird (1965)
Norbert Schiller
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Geoffrey Lumsden
UK
Best movies:
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)