Monday, January 27, 2020

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

A fun and sexy re-telling of the Frankenstein story. Young Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is a man of passions and plenty of sneers. Obsessed with his dark medical research, he arranges for his father's death simply because he is in the way. Now with his father's castle and money behind him he is ready to push the boundaries of science and make... man...

All this happens while his friend Wilhelm (Graham James) increasingly becomes disgusted of Victor's experiments and buxom maid Alys (Kate O'Mara) looks on with bewilderment (when she isn't in Victor's bed). Victor arranges for human body parts to be stolen from graves by the wonderfully sinister Dennis Price and begins to create his monster (David Prowse)...

Although the story covers no new ground as far as the story is concerned Bates is great as a cocky bonking and utterly amoral young Frankenstein. The only really flaw in the film is the monster itself which hasn't got the best Frankenstein's monster make-up ever. Prowse certainly looked better in his Vader suit.