I Watch Films: The Curse Of Frankenstein
Some classic Hammer Horror here; Peter Cushing as the Baron and Christopher Lee as the creature. The Baron is quite a nasty piece of work. Initially his only interest seems to be his medical experiments, the laudable if obsessive ability to bring people back to life. His tutor/assistant/collaborator Paul Krempe urges him to publish to let others benefit and offer suggestions, but instead Frankenstein goes further, wanting to create a creature. He journeys about the place after particularly good bits of anatomy.
Krempe decides to leave at the same time as Frankenstein’s cousin arrives to marry him. Unfortunately it seems Frankenstein has also got his maid into trouble, but he has a murderous undead creature so perhaps...
Anyway we know it goes wrong as the framing device of the film is that Frankenstein is in a cell, confessing before his execution.
Watch This: For old school horror, where it’s all about waiting for someone to make a terrible choice and uncover a dark secret
Don’t Watch This: If you want a good looking monster.
Film vs Book: No film of Frankenstein follows the book very closely and none capture the essence of the book, which came at a pivotal time for the novel etc. so I prefer to take the film as it is rather than compare.
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