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Frankenstein Created Woman (1967 England

 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:21 pm    Post subject: Frankenstein Created Woman (1967 England Reply with quote

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In the late 1950s Hammer studio began their revival of the Frankenstein character with a very traditional approach to the subject, but by 1967 they had wandered into weirdness such as this.

Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) discovers a process that allows him to transfer the soul of a wrongly executed man into the body of his former lover, a homely young girl whom the doctor (A) saves from a suicide drowning and (B) transforms into a blond beauty by using plastic surgery.

Clearly this isthe man who invented multi-tasking! Shocked

The executed man's soul in the girl's body sets out to use his/her beauty to entrap-and-kill the men responsible for (A) his phony conviction and (B) her attempted suicide.

Susan Denberg (Playboy's Miss August 1966) plays the vengefully possessed woman. The weirdest scene involves a dream in which the girl-with-a-man's soul is shown talking with his own guillotined head (?).

Directed by Terence Fisher.

Question: How come the foreign versions of the posters for these movies always look so much better than the domestic versions?


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay, embarrassing admission -- on the night of my junior prom, I drove a car full of friends (and my brother) to the Lakewood Drive-In Theater where we saw, and only mildly enjoyed, FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN and THE MUMMY'S SHROUD.

For what it's worth (very little), two of my friends in the car were missing their Senior Prom that same night.

At the time I was not embarrassed at all. In those days I took delight, even pride, in skipping every possible extra-curricular activity. A year after that night, on the occasion of my senior prom, I attended the 70mm revival of GONE WITH THE WIND at a theater less than a block from where the prom was being held.

So there.

Anyway, I wasn't that taken with either end of that double-feature but I don't think I've seen either of them since then, so I don't think I should cast no 'spersions.

Must remember to revisit both of those flickers.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As much as I like Hammer films, I just can't get worked up over this one, in spite of my favorite actor in it.

BTW, I always got the feeling that, chronologically speaking, the studio or the writers got the action of the films wrong.

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like this movie should go after Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (released in '69). Can't explain why exactly, a lot of little details.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:03 pm    Post subject: I spit on your soul! Reply with quote

Frankenstein Created Woman is a Hammer Films production that is directed by Terence Fisher. Written by Anthony Hinds under the alias of John Elder, it stars Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris & Derek Fowlds. Cinematography is by Arthur Grant and the music score by James Bernard.

Baron Frankenstein (Cushing) is dabbling with transference of the soul, when Christina (Denberg), a disfigured local who girl commits suicide after her lover Hans (Morris) is wrongfully executed, comes his way for revival, it sets the wheels in motion for violent and bloody revenge.

Bonkers plot and bonkers movie, but one that's well regarded in critical circles and by fans of Hammer Horror in general, and even one Martin Scorsese has it on his favourite movies list. Reworking Bride Of Frankenstein into a metaphysical based tale is close to being a genius idea, even if at times it's difficult to know if it's meant to be funny or not. The thematics most certainly are intelligent and well played out, not just the notion of transferring a peasant boy's soul into that of a former cripple who now looks like (and is) a playboy model, but also class snobbery, corrupt justice system, bullying and of course revenge. All crammed into a 90 minute movie.

However, some scenes are just too daft to take seriously if they were meant to be so in the first place? After crafting bona fide horror classics like Curse Of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy, Terence Fisher owes Hammer Horror fans absolutely nothing. But gauging his efforts here is tough to do, for the blend isn't quite right. Moody and almost dreamlike in tone, it's also low on production values and, Cushing excepted, performed all very hammy by the overacting cast. But again, that may well have been the remit when shooting began?

It's a safe recommend to Hammer fans because it's entertaining on either front, as a comedy or a dark little chiller. But personally I wouldn't be surprised to see it rated from anything between 1/10 to 10/10 across internet sites because it's really an odd piece of Brit cinema. So I'll sit on the fence and go 7/10 for it.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weird to think that Susan Denberg had been gracing the corridors of the Starship Enterprise just before starring in this Hammer film!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I had to remind myself who Susan Denberg was. In case anybody else needs a reminder, here's a few subtle clues. Wink




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