The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

Film details

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Year1958
CountryUK
GenreGothic
TypeMovie
Runtime90m
CastPeter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Lionel Jeffries, Oscar Quitak, Richard Wordsworth, Charles Lloyd Pack, John Stuart

Review

"Frankly, it's about as close as Hammer ever came to an outright masterpiece: great mood combining with outstanding performances and writing, and at 89 minutes, the film understands the value of not screwing around. It is one of the great horror films, then and now, unerringly assembled by talented craftsmen who weren't looking to redefine cinema, and didn't; but in no small way, The Revenge of Frankenstein helped to set in stone the high standard of excellence that kept Hammer at the forefront of genre filmmaking for almost ten years; though Dracula probably did more to catapult the studio to financial acclaim, and it's great all around, Revenge trumps it across the board." - Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

Ranking history

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Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME2018Unranked—
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James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death2010Unranked—
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Monster Mania's The 13 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1950s2012Ranked#8
Murray Leeder's Horror Film - A Critical Introduction2018Unranked—
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Roy Huss and T. J. Huss' Focus on the Horror Film1972Unranked—
The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor2010Unranked—
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