Product Details

• Actors: Peter Cushing, Peter Woodthorpe, Duncan Lamont, Sandor Elès, Katy Wild
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300185877
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Has it's moments, July 1, 2000

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Mark McKinney (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evil of Frankenstein [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I always put off seeing this one because I heard a lot of negative things about it, but it is far better than it is given cradit for. I think this film gets a great deal of slack due to the fact that it followed up the first two Frankenstein films which were just outstanding. This film is certainly not in the same league as those two, but I would say it is the fourth best of the seven Hammer Frankenstein films. one of the major criticisms about this one is the monster's appearance because they switched to using the old Karloff make-up, only cheaper. The make-up does like several layers of old oatmeal, but it is certainly no worse than the make-up used in Horror of Frankenstein and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. Peter Cushing puts forth a good performance, some people say his character begins changing in this one, but I don't think that is true. The story does get a little shaky once the hypnotist is brought, but it is still entertaining. Films of Freddie Francis always seemed to have some fine visuals here and there, and this film is no exception. The scene where the body snatcher is carrying the body along the ridge and the scenes of the castle are the stand-outs. This is certainly a step down from the first two, but it still fairly good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars predictable - yes - but terribly entertaining!, October 11, 1999

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Luis ([e-mail]) (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evil of Frankenstein [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Is this predictable? YES! Yet, is it cheesy to the core and entertaining? YES! Here, Peter Cushing is great - though not at his best - and the supporting csat is cheesy enough to carry this Hammer entry.

There is only one problem - the monster himself looks rather mediocre. If anything, this is an insult to the fans.

Yet, in all, this one is a cheesy, guilty treat.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FrankenHood!, September 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Evil of Frankenstein [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Um,except for a mildly eerie opening sequence & a scene that involves the monster bashing man's head against wall, this movie is basically scare-free. It also makes a concerted effort to whitewash the icy, amoral Baron Frankenstein of the previous 2 movies. The net result is a somewhat goofy and shallow but genuinely entertaining quasi-swashbuckler about a swaggering, athletic scientist (Frankenstein), his loyal (almost to the point of homosexual infatuation) assistant, the mute beggar girl who trails along after them, the disreputable hypnotist they take in, and the monster they revive. All living as outlaws, dodging the authorities, making their way the only way they know how, which is just a little more than the law will allow. A popcorn movie par excellence.