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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Your blood will run cold when the monster rises!

19746.11h 35m

Overview

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Anthony Hinds, Mary Shelley
Produced by Roy Skeggs
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Top Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

Shane Briant

Shane Briant

Simon Helder

Madeline Smith

Madeline Smith

Sarah

David Prowse

David Prowse

Monster

John Stratton

John Stratton

Adolf Klauss, Asylum Direktor

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Transvest

Norman Mitchell

Norman Mitchell

Police Sergeant

Elsie Wagstaff

Elsie Wagstaff

Wild One

C

Christopher Cunningham

Hans

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Bodysnatcher

Themes & Keywords

suicideexperimentsurgeoninsane asylummad scientistmutesuicide by hangingsevered handbrain transplantfrankensteinhand transplant

About Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is a horror, science fiction film released in 1974 exploring themes of suicide, experiment, surgeon, insane asylum, mad scientist, mute. Directed by Terence Fisher, it stars Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith. Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

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