Movie
The Evil of Frankenstein
Overview
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Details
- Release date
- 1964-05-08
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hammer Film Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein
- Peter Woodthorpe as Prof. Zoltan
- Duncan Lamont as Karlstaad
- Sandor Elès as Hans
- Katy Wild as Beggar Girl
- David Hutcheson as Bürgermeister
- James Maxwell as Priester
- Howard Goorney as Drunk
- Kiwi Kingston as The Monster
- Caron Gardner as Burgermeister's Wife
- Tracy Stratford as Rena as a Child (uncredited)
- Tony Arpino as Body Snatcher (uncredited)
Crew
- Freddie Francis - Director
- Anthony Hinds - Screenplay
- Mary Shelley - Characters
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