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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

PG-13 05/22/1969 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 41m
64%
User
Score
6.7/10
70%
74/100

The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!

Overview

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

Terence Fisher

Director

Anthony Nelson Keys

Story

Bert Batt

Story

Mary Shelley

Characters

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Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Baron Victor Frankenstein

Veronica Carlson

Veronica Carlson

Anna Spengler

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Prof. Richter

Simon Ward

Simon Ward

Dr. Karl Holst

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Insp. Fritsch

Maxine Audley

Maxine Audley

Ella Brandt

George Pravda

George Pravda

Dr. Frederick Brandt

Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon

Police Doctor

Colette O'Neil

Colette O'Neil

Mad Woman

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Media

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed ≣ 1969 ≣ Teaser

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed ≣ 1969 ≣ Teaser

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed / Original Theatrical Trailer (1969)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed / Original Theatrical Trailer (1969)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1970 TV trailer

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1970 TV trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on November 4, 2017

I fancy that I am the spider and you are the fly, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is directed by Terence Fisher and written by Bert Batt. It stars Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Simon Ward and Freddie Jones. Music is by James Bernard and cinematography by Arthur Grant.

The fifth entry in Hammer Film's Frankenstein series is one of the best. Playing as a variant on the original Frankenstein sources, story finds Cushing's Baron Victor Frankenstein as an utterly repugnant individual who is prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve his medical goals. Morally and ethically bankrupt, Frankenstein blackmails young lovers Anna and Karl into helping him achieve his ultimate goal - with disastrously ghoulish results for all concerned.

Steered strongly by the hands of the un...

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A review by Wuchak

Written on November 1, 2021

_**One of the best Frankenstein films**_

Hammer did 7 Frankenstein films in 17 years from the late 50s to early 70s:

1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); 2. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958); 3. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964); 4. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967); 5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969); 6. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970); and 7. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974).

Peter Cushing played Baron Frankenstein in every one of these except "The Horror of Frankenstein" because it was a remake of the original story and they needed a much younger actor to play the role; they chose Ralph Bates (who superbly plays the love-to-hate satanist in "Taste the Blood of Dracula," released the same year).

We all know the basic Frankenstein tragedy: A brilliant scien...

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