Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
Acting
Peter Cushing's final Frankenstein performance is deliciously ruthless.
Practical Effects
David Prowse's monster makeup before he became Darth Vader.
Production
Asylum sets so grimy you can practically smell the antiseptic.
Director
Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Shane Briant
Simon Helder
Madeline Smith
Sarah
David Prowse
Monster
John Stratton
Adolf Klauss, Asylum Direktor
Michael Ward
Transvest
Norman Mitchell
Police Sergeant
Elsie Wagstaff
Wild One
Patrick Troughton
Bodysnatcher
Clifford Mollison
Judge
Philip Voss
Ernst
Charles Lloyd Pack
Professor Durendel
Bernard Lee
Tarmut
Sydney Bromley
Muller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Peter Cushing's sixth and final portrayal of Baron Frankenstein for Hammer Films, closing a 15-year run.
David Prowse performed the monster just two years before donning the Vader suit, making this his warm-up for silent, imposing physicality.
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