Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Produced by | Roy Skeggs |
| Written by | John Elder |
| Starring |
Peter Cushing Shane Briant David Prowse Madeline Smith John Stratton Patrick Troughton |
| Music by | James Bernard |
| Cinematography | Brian Probyn |
| Edited by | James Needs |
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| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy (United Kingdom) Paramount Pictures (United States) |
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Release date
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2 May 1974 |
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Running time
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99 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £137,200 |
| Box office | 88,788 admissions (France) |
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell is a 1974 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Shane Briant and David Prowse. Filmed at Elstree Studios in 1972 but not released until 1974, it was the final chapter in the Hammer Frankenstein saga of films as well as director Fisher's last film.
The film was released on UK DVD+Blu-ray on 28 April 2014, with all previously censored scenes restored.
Baron Victor Frankenstein (Cushing) is housed at an insane asylum where he has been made a surgeon at the asylum, and has a number of privileges, as he holds secret information on Adolf Klauss, the asylum's corrupt and perverted director (John Stratton). The Baron, under the alias of Dr. Carl Victor, uses his position to continue his experiments in the creation of man.
When Simon Helder (Briant), a young doctor and an admirer of the Baron's work, arrives as an inmate for bodysnatching, the Baron is impressed by Helder's talents and takes him under his wing as an apprentice. Together they work on the design for a new creature. Unknown to Simon, however, Frankenstein is acquiring body parts by murdering his patients.
The Baron's new experiment is the hulking, ape-like Herr Schneider (Prowse), a homicidal inmate whom he has kept alive after a violent suicide attempt and on whom he has grafted the hands of a recently deceased sculptor (Bernard Lee). Since Frankenstein's hands were badly burned in the name of science (possibly in The Evil of Frankenstein or Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed), the shabby stitch-work was done by Sarah (Madeline Smith), a beautiful mute girl who assists the surgeon, and who is nicknamed "Angel". Simon tells the Baron that he is a surgeon, and the problem is solved. The Baron reveals that Sarah is the daughter of the director and has been mute ever since he tried to rape her.
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