Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), relates how he comes to be on death row, awaiting the guillotine. We flashback to Victor as a young man when he employs a tutor, Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart). Paul becomes a friend and co-scientist in their experiments which eventually lead to the resurrection of dead tissue. But Paul draws the line at grave robbing and quits. At this moment Victors cousin Elizabeth (Hazel Court) comes to live with them, with plans to marry Victor. Paul tries to warn her off, but when it is obvious that she is staying, he decides to try and protect her. Meanwhile Victor is locked in his lab successfully re-animating a grotesque being (Christopher Lee). A creature none to happy to be alive and all too eager to show everyone. It's bound to end in trouble...This was the film that launched the Hammer horror style upon the world, gory, and sexy (for the time), adaptions of famous horrors. All in vivid colour! An historic film, and more importantly an enjoyable film for lovers of gothic horror and it has my favourite ever creature make up.
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