Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Director:

Terence Fisher

Writer:

Anthony Hinds (writer)

Release Date:

15 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Ultimate in Evil!

Plot:

Baron Frankenstein has acquired the dead body of a young maiden, Christina, and all it lacks is the spark of life...

Plot Keywords:

Execution | Soul | Beautiful Woman | Genius | Doctor

Cast

Peter Cushing	...	Baron Frankenstein
Susan Denberg	...	Christina
Thorley Walters	...	Doctor Hertz
Robert Morris	...	Hans
Duncan Lamont	...	The Prisoner
Peter Blythe	...	Anton
Barry Warren	...	Karl
Derek Fowlds	...	Johann
Alan MacNaughton	...	Kleve
Peter Madden	...	Chief of Police
Philip Ray	...	Mayor
Ivan Beavis	...	Landlord
Colin Jeavons	...	Priest
Bartlett Mullins	...	Bystander
Alec Mango	...	Spokesman

Also Known As:

And Frankenstein Created Woman (UK) (working title)
Frankenstein Made Woman

Runtime:

86 min | USA:92 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1967) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1991) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2003) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

Last film of Philip Ray.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Christina meets Anton she is wearing white nail varnish, all the rage in the swinging 60's but not in the 19th century in which the Film is set.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

A Terrific Fisher Hammer

There's more going on in this little Hammer than meets the eye. The script reaches for something beyond the usual Frankenstein story, and Terence Fisher accommodates with keenly focused, at times inspired, direction. Start thinking about what is inferred when the soul of a boy, the son of a murderer, is transfered to the body of a crippled, deformed girl. The resulting action does not follow a clear and easy "good verses evil" scenario. Within the confines of a Hammer movie's melodrama, Fisher, a classical stylist and at times a superb artist, often created magic. This is one of those times. The performances are all equally compelling. Cushing gives the Baron more texture here than in any of the other films, I think. Thorley Walters is a good foil, and his befuddled affection and respect for the Baron makes some of this really rather touching. Arther Grant's photography has never been better. I urge viewers to watch the film with an open mine. This is not the usual horror film; it's more a fantasy, a fairy tale.