The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964)

When Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is discovered by the authorities grave robbing in order to obtain a human heart, he escapes along with his assistant (Sandor Eles) and returns to his hometown in secret. When he discovers the Creature (Kiwi Kingston) he had created but thought destroyed preserved in a block of ice, he thaws him out. Directed by Freddie Francis, this is basically a rehash of many of the Frankenstein films that preceded it. Of all the famous movie "monsters" (Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, Invisible Man, etc.), Frankenstein has always been my least favorite. He's not really frightening, more to be pitied than anything and he's so slow moving that it would be easy to outrun him though of course, in these movies the people just freeze which allows him to throttle them to death. That being said, as usual for a Hammer film, it's a handsome looking movie with a nice atmosphere. Cushing remains the definitive Frankenstein but the Creature here seems more Peter Boyle than Karloff. With Peter Woodthorpe, Katy Wild and David Hutcheson.