This isn't the best Hammer movie I've seen by any stretch of the imagination, but it still has some redeeming qualities. One, Peter Cushing is absolutely brilliant (again) as the good Baron. He is Frankenstein, and he cannot possibly be faulted for wanting to expand the boundaries of science and what is possible. As he says in the film "if the experiment had succeeded my work would have been hailed as a work of genius!". An interesting Frankenstein tale, with a young doctor recognizing the supposedly executed Baron in his new identity of Dr. Stein. The good baron realizes the young doctor's potential and takes him as an apprentice in his macabre practices.
Not the scariest film, but worth a watch as most Hammer films are.
Not the scariest film, but worth a watch as most Hammer films are.