Frankenstein Created Woman

[countchocula]

I don't really have time to write about this one, but I was curious as to how others felt about it (namely Cushing :D ). It skimps on Frankenstein fixtures, and primarily functions as a Hitchcockian thriller with sci-fi undertones. As a Frankie flick, it didn't do much for me; as a Hitchcockian thriller, it still didn't do much for me.

[spacemonkey]

I liked certain aspects of it, like for example that opening sequence were they decapitate that guy! And I liked the way that gillotine looked, the angles that were used were beautiful, and the movie itself was beautifully shot thanx to Terence Fisher (the man!)

I also liked those scenes with Frankenstein in the lab trying to figure out a way to trap a persons soul, but after the 'creature' is brought to life it just turns into a very predictable film, not only that but it has a very very unspectacular hum drum ending. Why end it so BLAH?

I did hate those three "gentlemen" they got what they deserved.

I was a bit dissapointed with this one too, but I liked Peter Cushing (who doesnt) even though he wasnt really evil in this one, as is the norm in most Hammer frankenstein films. I just like the way he acts, very solid very gentleman like.

[countchocula]

Originally posted by spacemonkey
I also liked those scenes with Frankenstein in the lab trying to figure out a way to trap a persons soul, but after the 'creature' is brought to life it just turns into a very predictable film, not only that but it has a very very unspectacular hum drum ending. Why end it so BLAH?

Yeah, most Hammer films aren't sure how to conclude themselves, so they pretend that everything is resolved by projecting "THE END" across the screen. I have to applaud Frankenstein Created Woman for deviating from the archetypal Frankenstein formula. It was certainly unique, but the execution was off. I hope this minor disappointment doesn't sway you from knocking back the rest of Hammer's Frankie features. The ones you haven't seen are top-notch.

[Cushing]

Frankenstein created Woman is a pleasant diversion but nothing more . It's more of a morality play than anything else but then again that could be said for most of Hammers Gothic output .
Good old Pete is his dependable self and he's ably supported by Thorley Waters as his bumbling assistant but the whole thing's just too cutesy for me .
The Baron seems almost as if he's the head of this little family instead of the cold calculating creature we know and love .
Susan Denberg is lovely to look at and manages quite well in her most famous screen role but her acting skills just can't portray the tortured soul the character has .
Having said that there's still much fun to be had watching some thouroughly bad chaps meet their end .
I'd give it a 5 out of 10 .

[spacemonkey]

Hey count, dont worry that wont happen Im still gonna see all the Frankie flicks. In fact that Hammer Horror special on the dvd actually made me want to watch them even more! They showed bits of all the Frankie hammer films and they do look very good specially Frankenstein and the monster from hell, wich is next on the Hammer chopping block for me. Hey did you see that preview they gave of Terrence Fishers first Frankenstein flick called The Four Sided Triangle? It was in black and white and was made before Curse? Hey, I thought Curse was the first ever Hammer flick...what gives?

Maybe Cushing can shed a little light on this?

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[countchocula]

Originally posted by spacemonkey
Hey did you see that preview they gave of Terrence Fishers first Frankenstein flick called The Four Sided Triangle? It was in black and white and was made before Curse? Hey, I thought Curse was the first ever Hammer flick...what gives?

Hammer Films was instituted in 1934. The Curse of Frankenstein was their first colorized production. They had been financing and distributing films long before they achieved infamy. And while Four-Sided Triangle deals with a mad scientist, it's not a Frankenstein flick.

[spacemonkey]

Originally posted by countchocula
Hammer Films was instituted in 1934. The Curse of Frankenstein was their first colorized production. They had been financing and distributing films long before they achieved infamy. And while Four-Sided Triangle deals with a mad scientist, it's not a Frankenstein flick.

Interesting I was not aware of that at all, I was allways under the impression that it all started with Curse, then Horror of Dracula and so on and so forth.

But hey I guess we learn something new everyday. Four sided triangle aint a straight Frankenstein flick but it is heavily influenced by it therefore I guess it can be considered Frankenstein like.

[Cushing]

Four Sided Triangle , whilst having themes of a similar nature to Frankenstein is , by no means , a horror .
It's more of a sci-fi romance if there is such a thing . It's worth seeing but I would'nt purchase it unless it was at a knockdown price .
Hammer started way back in 1934 under the banner " Exclusive Films " One of their first full length movies actually starred Bela Lugosi in 1935's " The Mystery Of The Marie Celeste .
From then on they specialised in transposing popular plays and / or radio broadcasts into movies . It was as a direct consequence of this policy that brought them to Quatermass which was , of course , a highly succesful BBC TV series .
By then the name had changed to Hammer and the rest , as they say , is history .
So much for a potted history of Hammer . The Gothic Hammer , which is what they became world famous for DID start with Curse Of Frankensein ................. by the way , you'll love Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell . It's a fitting end to The Barons saga .

[Cushing]

PS. If anyone's wondering what happened to the lovely Miss Denberg , I'm sorry to say she died a few years later of a drug overdose . Too many swinging sixties parties ..... what a waste .