Dr Simon Helder (Shane Briant), is sentenced to be imprisoned in an insane asylum, for trying to continue the work of Baron Frankenstein. When he arrives he recognises the director as the Baron and confronts him with this. Frankenstein on finding Helder is also a Dr enlists his help to create a man from inmates body parts.The sixth and last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, but not a bad effort, retaining a wonderfully bleak look and feel and Peter Cushing giving a great performance, enhanced by his gaunt look. He was still grief stricken at the death of his wife the year before by all accounts and he feeds this into the overworked pathos of the Baron. Just when you think they've got nowhere else to go with the franchaise Hammer manages to add another twist to the Frankenstein story. They create a gruesome but almost sympathetic monster and a Frankenstein who is compelled to continue his experiments no matter what.
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