Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970)

Very well executed

Touches You

Memorable, crazy movie

good back-story, and good acting

When a burglar breaks into his house, "Baron Frankenstein" (Peter Cushing) is forced to leave town immediately due to some rather disturbing items he had placed inside the cellar. To that end, when he finally reaches his destination he rents a room at a boarding house and proceeds to resume his experiments from there. To further his work he blackmails a young physician named "Karl" (Simon Ward) and his lovely fiancé "Anna" (Veronica Carlson) into helping him. And part of his plan involves kidnapping a colleague named "Dr. Brandt" (George Pravda) who has gone completely insane and is locked up in a well-guarded asylum. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this particular movie put Baron Frankenstein in a much more cruel and evil light than any of the other preceding films of the Frankenstein legacy. At least, that is how it seemed to me. Yet, having said that, I thought this sinister depiction actually helped from a horror aspect and Peter Cushing was certainly able to use this diabolical change to his advantage. Likewise, having a beautiful actress like Veronica Carlson certainly didn't hurt this movie in any way either. In any case, I thought that this was a pretty good horror movie and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.

This was the fifth entry in this British Hammer (Horror) Studios series of Frankenstein movies, based on the classic Mary Shelley story, it was already up and down with the previous three sequels, so I hoped this one would be good, directed by Terence Fisher (Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy). Basically Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) has moved to a new town and formed a laboratory for his illegal experimentation, he has obtained a new brain for his next experiment. But a thief surprises him, he is forced to destroy the evidence and move on, also Police Inspector Frisch (Thorley Walters) is on his trail. Frankenstein finds a room at a boarding house run by Anna Spengler (Veronica Carlson), her fiancé is Dr. Karl Holst (Simon Ward), who works at the local insane asylum, where the Baron's former scientific collaborator Dr. Brandt (George Pravda) now resides, having lost his mind. Frankenstein discovers Karl is stealing narcotics to help her sick mother, the Baron tells him and Anna the consequences and blackmails them to help him. Frankenstein wants to kidnap the now insane Dr. Brandt, he wants to operate on Brandt, to cure his insanity, the Baron also seeks Brandt's knowledge of brain transplantation. The Baron and Karl go to the asylum, but Brandt suffers a heart attack during the break out, forcing Frankenstein to operate, to transfer his brain into another body, they kidnap asylum director Professor Richter (Freddie Jones) and transfer Brandt's brain into his body. Brandt's now useless body is buried in the garden, but it almost discovered when a water main bursts and unearths it, the police are searching the area following the break out of the insane doctor, Anna manages to cover up these instances, she is much more fearful of Frankenstein after he forced himself upon her. Brandt's wife Ella (Maxine Audley) sees Frankenstein walking the street and recognises him, she confronts him, but he persuades her that he has cured her husband of his insanity, the near conscious body he has created, under bandages, is responding, the Baron asks for time. After Mrs. Brandt leaves, Frankenstein forces Karl and Anna to help him escape with the "Creature", they relocate to a deserted manor house. While Frankenstein is away, he is unaware that the Creature has awoken, the cured mind of Brandt is horrified by his new appearance, he scares Anna walking about, she stabs him with a scalpel, he escapes, Frankenstein returns and is angered by the escape and Anna's actions, he kills her in rage. The Creature goes to its former home, Mrs. Brandt does not recognise the voice or appearance of the Creature claiming to be her husband and refuses to accept him. The Creature lets his wife go free, he seeks revenge and pours flammable liquid around the house, Frankenstein arrives, with Karl following him, the fight between the Creature and Frankenstein causes a fire, the Creature knocks out Karl, and the end sees the Creature carrying Frankenstein into the burning house, to be engulfed by the inferno. Also starring Worzel Gummidge's Geoffrey Bayldon as Police Doctor, Harold Goodwin as Burglar and Colette O'Neil as Mad Woman. Cushing remains impeccable as the mad doctor, and Jones is fantastic as the victim of his terrifying experiment, this is one of the most well crafted of the sequels, the gory sequences are disturbing, and the rape sequence is shocking, all in all it is a satisfying and worthwhile horror film. Good!

This is a very scary movie. It is a sequel to Frankenstein created woman. This one of the scariest movie ever made. Doctor Frankenstein turns his assistant into a monster. I if you do get scared of this movie then no movie will scary you. This movie as a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It is very intense. This movie is a must see. It is a true horror classic. The Evil of Frankenstein is a little better. The cures of Frankenstein is also better. Dracula vs Frankenstein is also better. Frankenstein conquers the world is also better. Still this is a very scary movie. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say.

Dr. Frankenstein is at it again. With the unwilling assistance of a young doctor (Simon Ward) and his beautiful fiancée (Veronica Carlson) he attempts to transfer the brain of a man into another's body. Naturally everything goes wrong."Frankenstein Created Women" has my vote for the best Hammer Frankenstein but this runs a close second. It has an interesting plot, moves pretty quick, has one of Hammer's most beautiful actresses ever (Carlson) and has a few nice gruesome scenes (but all within a PG-13 rating). There's an especially horrifying sequence involving Carlson and a broken water main. Cushing gives another great performance as the doctor. This is the one when he gets REAL mean and he's the monster not his creation. Ward is given nothing to do and neither is Carlson who gets attacked by Cushing in a particularly sick scene that Cushing didn't want to do. The only real faults here are it's a little too long and I hate how Carlson's character was treated. That aside this is one of the best Frankenstein. Worth catching.