Casey Chong with seven great portrayals of Frankenstein’s Monster… Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, has inspired countless adaptations, with hundreds of movies dating way back to 1910. The story of how an obsessive Dr. Frankenstein is willing to go against nature by playing God to bring a corpse to life is […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Melvyn Hayes, Valerie Gaunt, Paul Hardtmuth. SYNOPSIS: Limited edition box set of Hammer’s first foray into full-blown horror. 1957s The Curse of Frankenstein is a movie of firsts, for not only was it the first of Hammer’s […]
Hammer Films bringing The Curse of Frankenstein to 4K Ultra HD
It’s the film that put Hammer Horror on the map, and made international stars out of future genre icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein is now coming to 4K Ultra HD as the latest limited edition release from Hammer Films. Arriving in October, the deluxe six-disc box-set features an […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 15 – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, and Robert Urquhart. SYNOPSIS: Baron Victor Frankenstein is a burgeoning mad doctor who decides to embark upon a dangerous and controversial experiment, building a creature from the remains of the dead in the hopes of creating a new life. […]
Five Essential Hammer Horrors
Simon Moore selects his Five Essential Hammer Horrors… There was a time when horror cinema wasn’t about jump shocks and buckets of red paint. When ‘horrifying’ an audience meant casting a deep, impending sense of dread over them; a feeling certain to stay with them long after the theatre lights came up and they left […]
