THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958) – Episode 165 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“How can I do me dance without me legs?” Or how can you be a pickpocket without your arm? Dr. “Schtein” doesn’t seem to care. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in the second of Hammer’s Frankenstein films: The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 165 – The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

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Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling’s brain into a perfect body, but the effectiveness of the process and the secret of his identity soon begin to unravel.

 

• Directed by: Terence Fisher
• Writing Credits: Jimmy Sangster (written by); Hurford Janes (additional dialogue by); George Baxt (additional dialogue) (uncredited)
• Produced by: Michael Carreras (executive producer); Anthony Hinds (producer); Anthony Nelson Keys (associate producer)
• Music by: Leonard Salzedo
• Cinematography by: Jack Asher (director of photography)
• Editing by: Alfred Cox
• Production Design by: Bernard Robinson
• Makeup Department: Philip Leakey (makeup artist) (as Phil Leakey)
• Selected Cast:
  • Peter Cushing as Doctor Victor Stein
  • Francis Matthews as Doctor Hans Kleve
  • Eunice Gayson as Margaret Conrad
  • Michael Gwynn as Karl (New Karl)
  • John Welsh as Bergman
  • Lionel Jeffries as Fritz
  • Oscar Quitak as Dwarf (Original Karl)
  • Richard Wordsworth as Up Patient
  • Charles Lloyd Pack as President
  • John Stuart as Inspector
  • Arnold Diamond as Molke
  • Marjorie Gresley as Countess Barscynska (as Margery Gresley)
  • Anna Walmsley as Vera Barscynska
  • George Woodbridge as Janitor
  • Michael Ripper as Kurt
  • Ian Whittaker as Boy
  • Avril Leslie as Girl

It’s Doc’s choice of films for this episode, so it should be no surprise the film chosen is the Hammer/Peter Cushing classic The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). A rare event for Hammer, this feature is a direct sequel to its predecessor, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), beginning with Victor Frankenstein escaping the guillotine. A dastardly chap, that Frankenstein. A new series of shenanigans begins as Frankenstein, now known as Doctor Stein, continues his experiments. A surprisingly serious take on the character and Shelley’s story follows Peter Cushing’s Doctor Frankenstein instead of Christopher Lee’s Monster. Check out what the Grue Crew shares about this fantastic early Hammer horror entry.

At the time of this writing, The Revenge of Frankenstein is available for streaming from multiple PPV sources. It is also available on physical media as a Blu-ray in the Hammer Films – Ultimate Collection, a 20-film set from Sony. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Chad, is Fiend Without a Face (1958)! The Grue Crew can’t wait!

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