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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed poster
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Genre
science fiction film, horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 131 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Baron Victor Frankenstein terrorizes people around him as he tries to get secrets from a former colleague who is locked in a mental hospital. The film follows Frankenstein's ruthless methods and the suffering he causes.

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What happens

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a 1969 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films, starring Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward. The film is the fifth in a series of Hammer films focusing on Baron Victor Frankenstein, who, in this entry, terrorises those around him in a bid to uncover the secrets of Dr. Frederick Brandt, a former associate confined to a lunatic asylum. It marked the final movie by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to be released under Warner Bros. Pictures when the company was acquired by Kinney National Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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