Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Terence Fisher Digital Life VHS

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
starring: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters
directed by: Terence Fisher

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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790736068
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0790736063
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: July 28, 1998
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 56369
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 11, 1970

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Peter Cushing delivers his most cold-blooded portrayal of the mad Baron in his fifth turn as Dr. Frankenstein. Abandoning his latest experiment after a drunk stumbles into his secret lab (upsetting a severed head) he hurriedly finds new lodgings with a sweet young thing (Hammer glamour babe Veronica Carlson) whose boyfriend (Simon Ward, in his film debut) works in the local sanitarium. Frankenstein blackmails the lovers into complicity with his latest experiment, resorts to kidnapping and murder for his subjects, turns accomplice Ward into a killer, and even rapes Carlson in a coldly brutal scene. The goriest film of the series kicks off with a flamboyant beheading with a scythe (seen only as a spray of blood across a window) and is full of bloody brain surgery, conveniently offscreen but vividly suggested in the slurping sound effects of surgical saws and drills and the gallons of blood left in their wake. Freddie Jones is heartbreaking as Frankenstein's latest creature, a once-insane scientist who awakens to find himself cured but trapped in a grotesque, alien body. When he attempts to communicate with his wife, half hiding in a dark corner while she peers around and sees only a monster, director Terence Fisher offers the most affecting moment of pathos in the entire series. Cushing and Fisher reunited for one more film together, the seventh and final film in the series, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. --Sean Axmaker

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- Baron Frankenstein is the Jason Voorhees of the 1960's
In this splendid Hammer Production, Peter Cushing portrays a most evil, merciless Baron Frankenstein; he will kill anyone in order to ensure the success of his latest experiment: the transplanting of a brain from one human to another. He wields sickles, knives, and torches as he dispatches anyone who interferes. Peter Cushing reminds me of Vincent Price when he portrayed Dr. Phibes in his revenge movies. From its blood-splaterring beginning to its fiery end, this movie continues to shock and horrify. I'm surprised it didn't receive an "R" rating. As always, with a Hammer movie, the film and audio quality are excellent. The sets are lavish. The acting is superb. Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward protray a gorgeous couple who are in love and are being held captive against their will by the baron. They are forced to help him carry out his evil plans. This gothic horror has it all and is a definite must see for ... Read More

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- What a fine horror film!
The Hammer Horror films have a tendency to take the suspense edge off so that the viewer can enjoy the saga as it unrolls. That's what I especially like about all their productions. And this one was simply superb in that realm, as well as in so many other facets.

First, the cinematography is just spectacular which is a hallmark for Hammer. There's nothing cheap or cheesy about this well-crafted film. The color saturation is just as I liked it. The sets were incredible.

Second, I enjoyed the story. With just a tiny glitch or two, it was as plausible as any horror flick of the era and moreso than most. Of course, they always get into trouble with selling the idea of the simplicity of a brain transplant, but HEY -- that's what Frankenstein ALWAYS does and we just have to eat that one! Mary Shelly gave the movie people no choice when she envisioned her early monster.

Third, I was sated ... Read More

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- VILE Abomination!!
Hammer's 5th Baron Frankenstein film is, by far, their nastiest-- and in some ways, I must admit, perhaps their cleverest. Gone is any pretense of sympathy in the character-- in this, he's devolved into irredeemably evil. What kind of a "hero" (protagonist at best) DECAPITATES an innocent passer-by to aid in an experiment? Long way from digging up dead corpses, isn't it! What horrible fate brought dear, sweet, gentle Peter Cushing (Van Helsing in HORROR OF DRACULA and others, Sherlock Holmes in HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, a 60's tv series & MASKS OF DEATH) to such an utterly dispicable (and frighteningly convincing) portayal??? With such an outrageous title, you kinda know what you're in for. The film really lives up to (or is down to?) its name.

Focused on brain transplants, the Baron blackmails a young couple to help him. What follows involves theft, murder, 2 kidnappings, another murder, deceit, rape ... Read More

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- Believe it or not, one of the BEST "Frankenstein" films!
Hammer did 7 Frankenstein films from the late 50s to early 70s:

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973)

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

In any event, we all know the basic Frankenstein story: A mad scientist is obsessed with creating life from an assortment of body parts. Eventually he succeeds and his creation goes ... Read More

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