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For the fourth time in approximately ten years, horror legend Peter
Cushing gives image to the eerie Baron Victor Frankenstein. This
chapter seems to be Hammer's take on the classic "Bride of
Frankenstein" tale, although there's no real connection with the
Universal classic or Mary Shelley's legendary tale. It does, however,
guarantee a lot of entertainment, action and black comedy. The mighty
Baron has retired to a small, deeply catholic town where he continues
his ambitious experiments with the help of the local doctor and his
servant. Frankenstein discovers that a man's soul continues to live
even though flesh and tissue have died. So, if he could find a way to
capture the soul and preserve it, he's able to transfer the essence of
being into another body! The perfect occasion to test this suddenly
occurs when the servant is falsely accused of murder and sentenced to
the guillotine. When his girl then also takes her own life,
Frankenstein immediately has a host body for the preserved soul.
Naturally, things get a little out of hand and before he realizes it,
our beloved Baron is wanted for witchery and blasphemy again! The story
is amazingly grotesque and exaggerated but it nevertheless remains
fascinating to see Peter Cushing play God. His overly sophisticated
style and his "I'm better than you and I know it"-attitude are a joy to
watch. It's intriguing to see Cushing's character develop over the
series. He becomes more malevolent every sequel while his opponents
only get dumber. There's a good dose of suspense, some really nice
scenery (the guillotine close-ups!) and enough bloodshed to satisfy
well-trained Hammer fans. This isn't Hammer's best film but certainly
one of the most entertaining ones. They simply don't make 'em as cool
as this anymore! Two more sequels followed as well as a sort of remake
that didn't star Cushing (The Horror of Frankenstein).

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Fourth film in Hammer's Frankenstein series is probably the one that
really shouldn't have been part of the series at all. This time out a
deformed woman (Susan Denberg) commits suicide after her boyfriend
(Robert Morris) is put to death for a murder he didn't commit.
Thankfully the boyfriend was working for Dr. Frankenstein (Peter
Cushing) who has been experimenting with soul swapping. Frankenstein's
plan is to put the soul of the man into the body of the woman and after
it's done she goes out for revenge against those who really didn't
commit the crime. What I enjoy most about Hammer's series is that
they're willing to go out on a limb and even if the end result isn't a
complete success you still have to give them credit for trying
something different and not just trying to rehash the same old thing
over and over. The Frankenstein character simply could have been left
out of this film and you almost feel that any doctor could have been
used but the name Frankenstein carried some weight with ticket buyers
so they used it. The main focus on the film is the love story between
the deformed Christina and her boyfriend Hans. The first portion of the
film deals with some back story of Hans and the screenplay certainly
plays up the sympathy card to make sure we care for the girl and want
to see her get revenge. The three real murders are all classic jerks
and you can't help but see them and think that perhaps Stanley Kubrick
had seen this movie as they share some similarities to the characters
in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. The screenplay's ideas of soul swapping are
fairly interesting even if you do think about them too much you could
probably rip the theory apart. It goes without saying but Cushing is
once again very good in his role as is Thorley Walters who plays his
assistant. I thought Morris was extremely good in his moments on screen
and Peter Blythe, Barry Warren and Derek Fowlds are all good in their
roles of the punks. Denberg does a fantastic job as both the deformed
woman as well as the "other" part of the beautiful murderer. I thought
she handled both roles quite well and certainly helped keep the film
moving. FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN is certainly the strangest of the
Hammer Frankenstein films but its strangeness helps keep it moving
along and even though it's the longest it's also the quickest. This
certainly isn't a masterpiece but there are enough interesting moments
to make it worth viewing..