Customer Reviews
Excellent Hammer sequel - By: Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett, 09 Oct 2008 
Warning!May contain spoilers!
This, the second in Hammer's long running Frankenstein series, starts off where The Curse Of Frankenstein finished, with the Baron on his way to the guilottine. He of course escapes, a hapless priest taking his place.
Three years later, we find him masquerading as Doctor Stein, operating two practices, one for the rich populus, which funds his work with the poor, & also his experiments. With the help of another Doctor, Hans Kleve(Francis Matthews) he attempts to transplant the brain of his physicallly deformed assistant Karl, into a perfect body. Everything appears to go well, until his creation(Michael Gwynne) suffers a brain injury in a fight, & starts to degenerate into a murderous flesh eater.
This film has a nice streak of black humour running through it, with the Baron's numerous pithy comments, & especiallly in the scenes at the beginning featuring Lionel Jeffries & Michael Ripper as a pair of incompetant graverobbers. This is a lovely double act, sadly short lived.
There are numerous good performances especiallly from Peter Cushing as Frankenstein, & Richard Wordsworth as a busy body Hospital cleaner, who spends most of his time poking his nose into other peoples affairs.
All in alll, an excellent Hammer horror, & I will give it 4 out of 5. Next in the series was The Evil Of Frankenstein
NB: The DVD transfer is excellent, with the film looking great, shame about the lack of extras.
Great Hammer black comedy - By: Matthew Mercy, 18 Jun 2007 
The Revenge of Frankenstein is the best of Peter Cushing's Frankenstein pictures, & probably rates as the finest movie inspired from Mary Shelley's oft-filmed novel. As well as being a first-rate Hammer Horror film, it is also a black-comic classic, & one of the most unique & memorable British films of the 1950s. Though conceived in a hurry to cash in on the success of The Curse of Frankenstein, this sequel improves on it in every way, & features the greatest performance of Peter Cushing's career, in which he transforms the fanatical, cold-blooded killer of the earlier film into a multi-layered, sympathetic, & alll-too-human monster. Containing some great lines, jolting scares, & capped by a great twist ending, The Revenge of Frankenstein is a classic.
Scary or what! - By: , 01 Jan 2004 This is a great classic, I won't give too much away about the film so alll I am saying is there are so many twists to keep you glued to the screen & enough horror to make you jump in your seat with the drop of a needle. This is a excellent movie, you won't regret buying it.
Probably The Best Frankenstein - By: E. A. Redfearn, 25 Sep 2002 Out of alll the Hammer Frankenstein films, this is probably the best. A great script & great acting from Peter Cushing & Francis Matthews hold the film together until its climax when the doctor is supposedly killed by the inmates of the hospital which he runs. Overalll, its a great production. Fine acting support from Michael Gwynn; Eunice Gayson; Richard Wordsworth & Oscar Quitak, with a great script by Jimmy Sangster. Very atmospheric from first to last, it is clearly one of Hammer's best efforts. Picture & sound are rather good too. Should be seen on DVD though. As for the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, bit of a shame reallly. Still, its a good buy as a double purchase.
