Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
“The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!”
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
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Part of Frankenstein (Hammer) Collection
7 films
Cast
31 people
Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Known for
Star Wars
Dracula
Veronica Carlson
Anna Spengler
Known for
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Freddie Jones
Prof. Richter
Known for
The Elephant Man
Dune
Simon Ward
Dr. Karl Holst
Known for
The Tudors
Around the World in 80 Days
Thorley Walters
Insp. Fritsch
Known for
Vampire Circus
Murder She Said
Maxine Audley
Ella Brandt
Known for
Peeping Tom
A King in New York
George Pravda
Dr. Frederick Brandt
Known for
Holocaust
Thunderball
Geoffrey Bayldon
Police Doctor
Known for
To Sir, with Love
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Colette O'Neil
Mad Woman
Known for
Shetland
Frank Middlemass
Guest - Plumber
Known for
Barry Lyndon
All in Good Faith
George Belbin
Guest - Playing chess
Known for
Eye of the Needle
Norman Shelley
Guest - Smoking pipe
Known for
I Know Where I'm Going!
I, Claudius
Terence Fisher Director · Bert Batt Screenplay Anthony Nelson Keys Story
United States release February 11, 1970 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Hammer Film Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · May 22, 1969
Premiere
United Kingdom · June 8, 1969
Theatrical
United States · February 11, 1970
Theatrical
Germany
September 19, 1969 · Theatrical · Warner-Seven Arts
September 13, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray (Anolis Entertainment)
Sweden
May 22, 1969 · Theatrical
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