Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Plot: After being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed young man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.

Original Title: Frankenstein Created Woman

Director: Terence Fisher

Writer: Anthony Hinds

Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys

Type: movie

Year: 1967

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Cast: Cecil Paul , Ricky Lansing , John Cam , Victor Croxford , Hyma Beckley , Bill Hibbert , Eric Henderson , Fred Peck , Daniel Brown , Peter Cushing , Susan Denberg , Thorley Walters , Robert Morris , Duncan Lamont , Peter Blythe , Barry Warren , Derek Fowlds , Alan MacNaughtan , Peter Madden , Philip Ray , Ivan Beavis , Colin Jeavons , Bartlett Mullins , Alec Mango , Jack Armstrong , Patrick Carter , Kevin Flood , Lindsay Hooper , Lizbeth Kent , Howard Lang , John Maxim , Mark McMullins , Stuart Middleton , Arthur Sandifer , Paddy Smith , Nikki Van der Zyl , Antony Viccars , Fred Wood

Runtimes: 86

Countries: United Kingdom

Languages: English

Color Info: Color::(DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Sound Mix: Mono::(RCA Sound Recording)

Original Air Date: 15 Mar 1967 (USA)

Rating: 6.5

Votes: 5378

Year: 1967

Akas: And Frankenstein Created Woman (United Kingdom) , Frankenstein créa la femme (France) , Frankenstein creó a la mujer (Spain) , Y Frankenstein creó a la mujer (Venezuela) , I mnisti tou Frankenstein (Greece)

Production Companies: Hammer Films , Seven Arts Productions

Distributors: Warner-Pathé Distributors , Centfox , Pathé Distribution , Twentieth Century Fox , Warner Bros. , Dear Film , Twentieth Century Fox , Fox Norena Film A/S , CBS , Castle Pictures , Lumiere Pictures , Warner Home Video , e-m-s the DVD-Company , Paradiso Home Entertainment , StudioCanal , Millennium Entertainment , Scream Factory , i-catcher media , Anolis Entertainment , Anchor Bay Entertainment , Videolog

Synopsis: Abetted by the elderly Dr. Hertz (Thorley Waters) and handyman Hans (Robert Morris), Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) determines that the soul does not immediately leave the body upon death, and can be transplanted from one body to another with a special apparatus he has developed. Hans is in love with Christina (Susan Denberg), the disfigured daughter of a local innkeeper. Christina's father disapproves of their relationship because Hans's father was executed for murder -- an execution Hans witnessed as a young boy. One night, while visiting Christina at the inn, Hans fights with three upper class snobs -- Anton (Peter Blythe), Johann (Derek Folds) and Karl (Barry Warren) -- when they insult her. Later that night, the three snobs sneak back into the inn and assault Christina's father, killing him.Hans is arrested for the murder. Despite the sterling character references of Dr Hertz and Frankenstein, the testimony of Anton, Johann and Karl persuade the jury. Because Hans will not reveal his whereabouts during the time of the murder -- he was making love with Christina -- he is sentenced to die at the same guillotine that killed his father some twenty years earlier.Frankenstein sees this as an opportunity to test his new machinery on a human, and he has Dr Hertz arrange to receive Hans's dead body. Christina, unaware that Hans had been sentenced to death, stumbles upon the execution site and sees Hans die. Distraught, she throws herself off a bridge and drowns. Frankenstein and Hertz successfully trap Hans' soul. The authorities bring Christina to Dr Hertz's office. Frankenstein persuades Hertz to trap her soul; once they have healed her injuries and facial disfigurements, they will restore her soul to her body.The procedure is a success. At first Frankenstein refuses to reveal to Christina who she really he is or allow her to leave Hertz's house, but after a few weeks he takes her to see the guillotine. When Christina sees the device she cries out "Papa!" and faints. Frankenstein's suspicions are proven: both Hans's and Christina's souls are in her body. As Frankenstein devises more experiments, Hans's soul overtakes Christina's and urges her to avenge her father. She dresses up like a promiscuous woman, seduces Anton and Johann and kills them.Christina scrawls "Hans" in blood next to Johann's name, leading authorities to assume that Hans had sent someone else to the guillotine and had survived himself. They go to Hertz and Frankenstein, assuming their complicity. Frankenstein reveals the truth: Hans's soul is controlling Christina. He then tracks Christina to the woods where she has taken Karl for a picnic. He arrives too late: Christina has killed Karl and is now "speaking" with Hans's severed head which "informs" her that her work is done. Shocked at what she has done, Christina's soul resumes control and rushes to the river bank. Frankenstein promises to help her, but she cannot endure her guilt and throws herself to her second watery death. Frankenstein walks sadly away.

Cinematographer: Arthur Grant

Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys

Production Manager: Ian Lewis

Art Direction: Don Mingaye

Box Office: $250,779

Certificates: Australia:M , Finland:K-18::(self applied) , Finland:(Banned) , France:12::(new rating) , France:13 , Ireland:15::(DVD) , Italy:VM14 , Netherlands:16 , New Zealand:R16 , Norway:16 , Portugal:M/12 , Sweden:15 , United Kingdom:12::(video rating) , United Kingdom:15::(video rating) , United Kingdom:X , United States:Unrated , United States:TV-14 , United States:Approved , West Germany:16::(nf)

Composer: James Bernard

Editor: Spencer Reeve

Editorial Department: Chris Brennan , James Needs , Elizabeth Redstone

Sound Crew: Charles Wheeler , John Souter , Alan Lavender , Cyril Hunt , Roy Hyde , Ken Rawkins , Gerry Humphreys , Robin O'Donoghue , Alan Thorne

Music Department: Philip Martell

Miscellaneous Crew: Robert Webb , Alan Thompson , Pat Sims

Make Up: George Partleton , Frieda Steiger

Assistant Director: Joe Marks , Douglas Hermes , Christopher Neame

Art Department: Feliks Sergejak , Thomas Goswell

Camera and Electrical Department: Moray Grant , Eddie Collins , Tom Edwards , Bob Jordan

Costume Department: Rosemary Burrows , Larry Stewart

Production Design: Bernard Robinson

Special Effects: Les Bowie , Ray Caple , Ian Scoones

Videos: Video 1

Script Department: Eileen Head

Stunt Performer: Peter Diamond

Seasons: Irene Lamb