A dreary parlour intrigue enlivened by Peter Cushing's reptilian Baron. Director Terence Fisher's Frankenstein is a cold-blooded man-child who grew up wealthy and, therefore, indulged. He treats the people in his life like possessions, pouring over when they have value to him and then discarding them when they don't. Jimmy Sangster's screenplay for The Curse of Frankenstein introduces duplicity and a calculating sort of psychosis to the Baron's actions. He uses his steely, detached determination to go shopping amongst his social circle, selecting prize body parts to build his idea of a perfect man. Unfortunately, the Monster's brain is damaged between cadavers. Christopher Lee's stiff reanimated highwayman therefore has but two gears - cowering or homicidal.
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