Frankenstein Created Woman

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Summary: Frankenstein Created Cinderella!
Review: OK, first off, this is NOT, NOT, NOT a conventional Frankenstein movie. Frankenstein (the icily attractive and very gifted Peter Cushing) overhauls the deformed body of a dead girl, making her into a gorgeous blonde and using the soul of her lover (which Frank trapped in his lab) to reanimate the body. The result is a naive, gentle girl who periodically goes into attack mode, hunting down the men responsible for the lover's execution & the girl's suicide and slaying them with very sharp knives. This movie is among, other things, a slasher turned inside out, a Burtonesque study of a dysfunctional pseudo-family, and the world's most twisted take on Cinderella...if that appeals to you, check it out. PS-the skin quotient is fairly low, and the gore level nothing unusual, but it manages a few moments of mild creepiness,and it's superbly acted as well.

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Summary: Cushing created Hammer.
Review: Peter Cushing as the Baron.This time,Baron Frankenstein starts off with another bizarre experiment.He intends to take souls from fresh corpses,and give them new life,in another body.In order to do this,the Baron,and his colleague Dr.Hertz,need two fresh corpses.A bizarre string of events unfold,and inevitably,the experiment takes place,with mixed results.Without the presence of Cushing,it's average in every respect.For the film,3.0/5.The picture quality on this disc is excellent,no defects at all,no grain.Sharp throughout.No problems,4.0/5. The sound quality is also without fault,a Dolby Digital (Mono) track is sufficient to re-create the classic Hammer feel.3.5/5. Overall,a reasonably entertaining film,certainly not Peter Cushings best outing as the Baron,but a great transfer from Anchor Bay,maybe one to at least consider for Hammer fans.And remember,even bad Cushing,is good.

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Summary: Do you have anything in a redhead?
Review: That evil genius is up to it again! This time trapping the souls of the recently departed or decapitated and transplanting it with beautiful ferocity. A young man loses his head....over a disfigured young girl, who in turn throws herself over a bridge into the frigid waters below. The good doctor (Cushing) and his inebriated partner, (Thorley Walters) collect her body, and his soul. And viola' REVENGE. The most interesting scene is where the monster keeps the severed head of her boyfriend on her nightstand. (Thank God we have polaroids) to each his/her own. You gotta see it widescreen.

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Summary: Vintage Hammer. Babes, severed heads AND Peter Cushing!
Review: The fist time I saw this movie, at the tender age of 10, it left a lasting impression that has no doubt skewed my view of the world. Here was a former Playboy Bunny trying desperately to contain herself in a typical Hammeresque period costume, running around the Village exacting revenge in a series of bloody murders. The grisly climax contains a scene where she talks to the severed head of her (former) boyfriend. She was, of course, Frankenstein's newest creation. I recently watched this again, curious as to how I would react 30 years later. Aside from a terrible ending (this movie doesn't end so much as it stops), the movie still holds up pretty well. Fans of the Hammer genre, and fans of Peter Cushing will no doubt enjoy this one. Good wacky laboratory sequences, a fun cast of characters (some of which you are glad to see die) and Denberg as the best looking creature yet.

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Summary: Frankenstein Creates a Boring Woman
Review: The most interesting thing about this DVD was that it wouldn't play on my DVD player. When it was inserted into the Sony 7000 it said "Insert Disc". But it plays fine on my PC. Was it a quirk or the curse of Frankenstein? Speaking of "The Curse of Frankenstein" that's the Hammer film that I want on DVD; it's a classic rivaling the Boris Karloff films from the 30s. As horror films go this one won't make it past mediocre. If you can sleep without a night light there's nothing here that will horrify. Another turn off is that it violates truth in advertising. Susan Denberg appears scantily clad on the front and back covers leading one to believe that she might reveal something of herself in the movie. Hardly! She spends all of her on camera time dressed like Grandma Moses with a cold. Keeping her boyfriend's head is a touch that Mary Shelly would have appreciated. When her husband Percy drowned she cut out his heart and kept it with her for the rest of her days.

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Summary: Frankenstein Creates a Boring Woman
Review: The most interesting thing about this DVD was that it wouldn't play on my DVD player. When it was inserted into the Sony 7000 it said "Insert Disc". But it plays fine on my PC. Was it a quirk or the curse of Frankenstein? Speaking of "The Curse of Frankenstein" that's the Hammer film that I want on DVD; it's a classic rivaling the Boris Karloff films from the 30s. As horror films go this one won't make it past mediocre. If you can sleep without a night light there's nothing here that will horrify. Another turn off is that it violates truth in advertising. Susan Denberg appears scantily clad on the front and back covers leading one to believe that she might reveal something of herself in the movie. Hardly! She spends all of her on camera time dressed like Grandma Moses with a cold. Keeping her boyfriend's head is a touch that Mary Shelly would have appreciated. When her husband Percy drowned she cut out his heart and kept it with her for the rest of her days.

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Summary: WARNING
Review: this Anchor Bay DVD appears to have serious flaws as almost all of the originally pressed discs no longer play correctly.....those of you who have these discs, Please check them in your dvd players as 9 out of 10 of them have suffered a form of corruption that doesnt allow them to work anylonger...........the worst news of all is that ANCHOR BAY dont apparently have the license to release this title again at the moment, so those of us who have dumped our Elite Laserdiscs are rather stuck with a dud dvd. Anchor Bay who are normally so excellent about handling themselves ought really to start something about refunding those of us who are stuck with a dud disc - clearly something they MUST have had some idea about.

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Summary: The Hammer Films Hit a New Low.
Review: This film seems almost a waste of Peter Cushing's talents as an actor for here he plays the Baron, trying to save the soul of a woman by giving her a new life and body (Yeah, happens all the time). Cheesy performances and a second rate script signaled the begining of the end for these movies and the studio that made them.