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Film / 1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect …
The story
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
In the same saga
Frankenstein (Hammer) Collection
In release order
Cast
Peter CushingBaron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Shane BriantSimon Helder
Madeline SmithSarah
David ProwseMonster
John StrattonAdolf Klauss, Asylum Direktor
Michael WardTransvest
Norman MitchellPolice Sergeant
Elsie WagstaffWild One
Christopher CunninghamHans
Patrick TroughtonBodysnatcher
Clifford MollisonJudge
Philip VossErnst
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