The Revenge of Frankenstein
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Francis Matthers Eunice Gayson Michael Gwynn Oscar Quitak |
| Music by | Leonard Salzedo |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher |
| Editing by | Alfred Cox |
| Distributed by | Hammer Studios |
| Release date(s) | June 1, 1958 (USA) |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Curse of Frankenstein |
| Followed by | The Evil of Frankenstein |
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The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn, Oscar Quitak and Eunice Gayson, and is directed by Terence Fisher. The rest of the cast included Richard Wordsworth, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Lloyd Pack, George Woodbridge and Michael Ripper.
It was a sequel to The Curse of Frankenstein, the studio's 1957 adaptation of Mary Shelley's original story.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Baron Frankenstein (Cushing) evades the guillotine with the help of a dwarf (Quitak) and sets himself up as a physician in Germany, under the new name of "Dr. Stein". Another young doctor in the town (Matthews) discovers his identity, and blackmails Frankenstein into allowing him to become his assistant. Together they continue with the Baron's experiments in life, providing a new body (Gwynn) for a deformed dwarf (Quitak).
[edit] Cast
- Peter Cushing (Dr. Victor Stein)
- Francis Matthews (Dr. Hans Kleve)
- Eunice Gayson (Margaret)
- Michael Gwynn (Karl)
- John Welsh (Bergman)
- Lionel Jeffries (Fritz)
- Oscar Quitak (Dwarf)
- Richard Wordsworth (Up Patient)
- Charles Lloyd Pack (President of the Medical Council)
- George Woodbridge (Janitor)
- Michael Ripper (Kurt)
[edit] Production
The film was shot at Bray Studios, back-to-back with Dracula (1958), using the same sets. Thus, for example, Dracula's crypt became Frankenstein's surgery, and the castle exterior became the outside of the Baron's laboratory.
Conductor and composer Leonard Salzedo was hired to write the score, and most of the regular Hammer crew returned in other roles, including Jack Asher as cinematographer, Bernard Robinson on design and Phil Leakey on make-up.
The script was novelized twice: once as a mass market paperback by Jimmy Sangster himself in 1959, and again by John Burke as part of his The Hammer Horror Omnibus paperback in 1966.
[edit] External links
- The Revenge of Frankenstein at the Internet Movie Database
- The Revenge of Frankenstein at All Movie Guide
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) • The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) • The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) • Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) • The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
