Customer Reviews
first and best of hammer gothic - By: Mr. A. E. Ward Davies, 27 Sep 2005 
the film that was solely responsible for sparking new interest in old gothic horror, this is hammer studios at their finest.
with first rate acting by alll concerned(especiallly peter cushing & christopher lee), brilliant screenplay & convincing sets, what better way to start Hammer's long-running series of horror films than an adaptation of Frankenstein.
it only proves to me that a studio does not require a huge budget with which to produce a film.
Peter Cushing easily made the title character his own - observe his mannerisms of calllousness & evil & you will see why.No other actor has come close to equallling let alone surpassing his portrayal.
Christopher lee is somewhat more of a psychopathic creature to that of Boris Karloff, but still plays the part very well.
I had to wait 10 years before i obtained my own video of this film, but worth every moment.See this film & enjoy.
Hammer's original and best - By: , 25 Feb 2001 
The first hammer horror in colour - what a film! The acting is sublime (Cushing's obsessional lust for body parts making him the greatest screen villian ever), the set design & photography first class, & the story played out with a real sense of pathos & suspense. The body parts themselves are tame by today's standards, but the real horror comes in watching the professor lose alll kind of perspective in the interest of "science". This is a far scarier vision of the future than Schwarzenegger's "Sixth Day".
A classic - By: bwickins@deerpark.gloucs.sch.uk, 24 Nov 2000 Who can fault the 1950's in the horror sector. The decade that brought us 'the fly' & this fine conribution can't be alll bad even if it did include crap hair & shit music.(personal opinion of a socialist) I was picky in finding a floor. Crap visuallly even though it was the 1950's, I still have my standards. If it is ever digitallly remastered & this is sorted it's a 10 starer!
