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| The Horror of Frankenstein | 
 enlarge | Director: Jimmy Sangster
Actors: Ralph Bates, Kate O'mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price, Jon Finch
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 73916
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 95
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD11649D
UPC: 013131164992
EAN: 0013131164992
ASIN: B00005KHJQ
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1971
Release Date: August 7, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Different kind of monster March 28, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is actually like a dark spoof of Curse of Frankenstein. The humor is hereand there throughout the film. Ralph Bates plays the young Baron, instead of being obsessed with his work like Peter Cushing was, Bates sees the science as tinkering. I found this film very amusing, just try to think that this is not part of the series. A lesser actor could not have pulled this one off, this is a testement to Ralph Bates because he makes this film. Give it a chance, but don't take it too serious.
Good departure.... January 17, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Overall this movie is entertaining to watch and has a few funny scenes. I think some people expected this to be a "serious" Hammer movie but I liked the departure that they took. You have to give a movie that makes fun of itself a lot of credit. And the way the creature is killed off is a riot! This is pretty much sort of a goof on the Frankenstein story so people should just take it for what it is; a silly film, with a few laughs thrown in!
 Hairy Dog Joke January 4, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some people just can't get this film. First, don't even try to compare it to the Cushing films, this one obviously wasn't intended to be anything like them. Second, it isn't some comedy meant to be filled with laughs, it is a subtle parody. The cast is perfect for the way the characters were intended to be portrayed, and the ending is quite clever, a purposefully anti-climactic finish that puts the dot at the end of this clever hairy dog joke of a film. I detract one star because, though I was surprised at the uniqueness of the film, it isn't one I'd watch repeatedly like the Cushing films.
 very disappointing to fans May 26, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not really an entry in the Hammer series, this is a misguided attempt by the studio to relaunch the series with new, younger actors and lots of (usually juvenile) black humour. It didn't work, and Cushing was brought back for a final entry. Here, his place is taken by Ralph Bates in what is essentially a comic remake of Curse of Frankenstein. The late Bates, a wonderful actor in other films, does what he can, but the role of Victor is written as such a supercillious, cowardly, petulant prima donna that it would be difficult for anyone to find any interesting shadings in the character. David (Darth Vader) Prowse is given nothing to do as the monster, essentially just a silly looking strongman. There's some nice humor involving two gravediggers, but really the only reason to watch this is Kate O'Mara's brilliant performance. Voluptuous, decadent, and full of truly depraved beauty, O'Mara manages to neatly walk away with the whole movie, scheming her way to a rather unpleasant end. She's great, the rest of this misfire isn't.
 A Great Hammer Film April 14, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This would be a Good addition to any Hammer Collection Peter Cushing is a great Baron Frankenstein he is The Best by the way but we all need to have a break even Cushing Ralph Bates makes a Good Baron....by the way this is not a sequel to any of the Previous Frankenstein/Cushing Movies
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