The age of Hammer Horror begins.
This is one of my holdovers from the Halloween period, that I am slotting in here in between major releases.
I thought this film had a cool vibe, and I liked that it did something different with the source material and though exploring Frankenstein’s madness, here played by Peter Cushing, was an interesting road to walk down. Seeing him do more and more evil things to bring the monster to life, losing his soul along the way, was a fascinating piece of juxtaposition for the later actions of the monster.
I would say that the film has pacing issues and could have done with a closer edit, there were scenes that went on for too long and others that could have been cut out entirely, this was somewhat offset by the strong framing of the man condemned to die at the beginning and then revisited at the end, but not enough.
Overall, the film certainly looked good and did something different with the source material but the pacing and some of the dialogue just held it back of being more than it is.
3/5
Pros.
The style
The new twist
Cushing
Cons.
The pacing
Weaker dialogue
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