THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) 1/2* The curse of Frankenstein is, of course, that so many mediocre talents feel compelled to retell the story without adding anything or altering it in any creative way. Unless the rendering is highly literate and philosophical (this one isn't) like the original Shelley-Byron-Keats-Shelley version the entire point is getting to the monster as quickly as possible and having there be something entertaining about him. Here they go on forever before Christopher Lee staggers out looking like a big ugly guy with flour on his face. Then they shoot him, and he eventually reappears even though you'd just as soon he not. Peter Cushing is the thespian equivalent of boiled liver.
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