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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969 · 101 min

A grim, methodical descent into cruelty and madness, with a chillingly amoral protagonist and a tragic monster, leaving a lingering sense of dread.

Tagline
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.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Written by
Bert Batt
Starring
Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley, George Pravda, Geoffrey Bayldon
Music
James Bernard
Cinematography
Arthur Grant
Runtime
101 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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