Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
68
Balasaur Score
Mixed
1969 · Movie · 1h 41m · PG-13
The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 70%, Metacritic 74/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others. Number 3 of 4 in its series by score.
Synopsis
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic74/100
134 audience votes
Key crew
- Terence FisherDirector
- Bert BattScreenplay
- James BernardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter CushingBaron Victor Frankenstein
- Veronica CarlsonAnna Spengler
- Freddie JonesProf. Richter
- Simon WardDr. Karl Holst
- Thorley WaltersInsp. Fritsch
- Maxine AudleyElla Brandt
- George PravdaDr. Frederick Brandt
- Geoffrey BayldonPolice Doctor
- Colette O'NeilMad Woman
- Frank MiddlemassGuest - Plumber
- George BelbinGuest - Playing chess
- Norman ShelleyGuest - Smoking pipe
Stills
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Themes
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