Plodding, occasionally queasy screamer from Hammer Films set in Victorian England. Baron Frankenstein blackmails a young doctor and his fiancée into helping him kidnap a mental patient from an asylum in order to transplant the brain of a professor into the patient's noggin. Beginning with some whiplash bloodletting--and carrying on through a messy surgery sequence (not to mention a violent rape)--this is one of the most distasteful of the Hammer horrors. Peter Cushing, the possessor of the finest cheekbones ever to grace a blood-spattered monster movie, retains his cool, detached dignity in the lead, and there are a handful of well-directed moments, including a fiery finale. *1/2 from ****

All right...it's Cushing acting, it's Fisher directing, it's Hammer Studios, it's Frankenstein. I should have had a great time with this...and I was glad I saw it. But...Here's my problem. This 5th chapter of the series takes the story in the only direction it could really go without becoming stale: it becomes less and less about the Monster, and more and more about the utterly ruthless and despicable bastard that Frankenstein himself turns into in his pursuit of the mastery of life after death. This makes perfect sense...but it's no fun to watch. Without the lightning storms, with city rooming houses replacing the castles, without the villagers and the burgermeister, with casual murder replacing the grave robbing, with blackmail replacing the friendship turning to alienation and fear, with pathetic victims and brain transplant cases replacing the patchwork monster...this fifth film just replaced too many of the story elements that made the earlier films such a blast to watch.That's not to say this isn't a well made film. It's very well made, one of Fisher's best. The setups are perfect, the dialog is lively, the actors work it like it's Shakespeare, the music punches things up, and everything looks great.(The final fiery scene of destruction in which Frankenstein finally meets his end (?) is excellent.) But it just isn't fun any more, and I just don't want to see Cushing's Frankenstein in action anymore because he's completely lost his charm and likability.There may well be another in the series, and if I find it, I will watch it...but I'm not sanguine about it.

This is one of the best films of the Peter Cushing Frankenstein series. I found it to be superior to parts 3 & 4 (just my personal taste in films). This 5th film is equal to parts 1 & 2 in my opinion. It is a fantastic Sci-Fi Horror film.I find this film more graphic than the others - that is a fair warning for first time viewers. There is indicated rape, murder, insanity, some blood-letting, among other things that really shows how far Dr. Frankenstein will go to prove himself and his theories true to the medical community - he will stop at nothing.This film is highly recommend viewing for fans of Hammer Horror and Peter Cushing. It is a most excellent film! 9.5/10

This is a very scary movie. It is a sequel to Frankenstein created woman. This one of the scariest movie ever made. Doctor Frankenstein turns his assistant into a monster. I if you do get scared of this movie then no movie will scary you. This movie as a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It is very intense. This movie is a must see. It is a true horror classic. The Evil of Frankenstein is a little better. The cures of Frankenstein is also better. Dracula vs Frankenstein is also better. Frankenstein conquers the world is also better. Still this is a very scary movie. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say.