The Evil of Frankenstein [Blu-ray]

Director: Freddie Francis Freddie Francis

Overview

Hardly the best of Hammer Studios' Frankenstein epics, The Evil of Frankenstein is too much the mixture as before to be truly memorable. Back in business once more is Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), who finds his fabled monster (Kiwi Kingston) frozen in a block of ice. Once the creature is thawed out, the Baron, worried that the big lug might develop a mind of his own, engages the services of a hypnotist (Peter Woodthorpe). Instead of keeping the monster docile, the hypnotist decides to use old "Frankie" for his own evil designs, and we're off and running again. At 84 minutes, Evil of Frankenstein was too short for a two-hour network TV slot, so Universal (the film's American distributor) tacked on 13 minutes of pointless additional footage, featuring timorous villagers Steven Geray, Maria Palmer and William Phipps. The film was followed by a vastly superior sequel, Frankenstein Created Woman.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/19/2020
UPC:	0826663208405
Original Release:	1964
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	15,266

Special Features

New Audio Commentary with Filmmaker/Film Historian Constantine Nasr; "The Making of The Evil Of Frankenstein" - Narrated by Edward de Souza and Featuring Interviews with actors Peter Cushing and Caron Gardner, Associate Director Hugh Harlow, Script Continuity Pauline Harlow, Wayne Kinsey and Art Director Don Mingaye; "A Moment with Caron Gardner" ; Theatrical Trailer; Still Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Cushing	Baron Frankenstein
Kiwi Kingston	The Creature
Peter Woodthorpe	Prof. Zoltán the Hypnotist
Sandor Eles	Hans, Frankenstein's Assistant
Katy Wild	Beggar Girl
David Hutcheson	Burgomaster
Duncan Lamont	Chief of Police
James Maxwell	Priest
Caron Gardner	Burgomaster's Wife
Howard Goorney	Drunk
Timothy Bateson	Hypnotized Man
Alister Williamson	Landlord
Tony Arpino	Bodysnatcher
Frank Forsyth	Manservant
Kenneth Cove	Cure
Michelle Scott	Little Girl
Anthony Blackshaw	Burly Constable
David Conville	Young Constable
Steven Geray	Dr. Sergado
Maria Palmer	Rena's Mother
Tracy Stratford	Rena as a Child
Patrick Horgan	David Carrell
Derek Martin	Roustabout
Robert Flynn	Roustabout
Anthony Poole	Roustabout
James Garfield	Roustabout
Bill Phipps	Rena's Father
Don Banks	Composer

Technical Credits

Anthony Hinds

John Elder

Les Bowie	Special Effects
Freddie Francis	Director
Anthony Hinds	Producer,Screenwriter
John Elder	Screenwriter