Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2022
- It's Hammer time with the OG Hammer Frankenstein movie "The Curse Of Frankenstein", starring Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee.
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Stop...Hammer time!
Will you ever do Curse of the Werewolf?
Thats what i was gonna say.
Can't touch this.
cant touch dis
Such an amazing movie! THANK YOU!
Rest In Peace Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing became best friends during their time working on the Hammer films.
I read that they became friends during the filming of this movie. Lee came to Cushing’s dressing room to complain that he didn’t have any lines, and Cushing replied “You’re lucky-I’ve read the script.”
These two along with, Terrence Fisher. Became a new Trio of Horror.
@@fromthecheapseats7126 both also became iconic star wars characters in Grand Moff Tarkin and Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannus (my top 3 favorite sith Lord )
@@fromthecheapseats7126 LOL
@@Chuck_EL Cushing told Lee if ever got the chance to do a Star Wars film do it, it'd be fun.
2:35 As Christopher Lee himself once said, "As an actor, you will be appear in bad films, but try not to be what makes them bad." I might have paraphrased a bit.
Oh heck, this one's WAY better than "The Castle of Fu Manchu". I'm still wondering how they got Lee to do that one...
@@johntumahab323 Horror Express is one of my fav horror films , its very x-files-y
she he was one of those actors like Tim Curry or Vincent Price, where forever one star a movie gets, they're the reason they get that star
The power of a youthful duo of Tarkin and Dooko is unmatched.
And their friendship was absolutely heartwarming. They were BFF goals
I did always find it crazy that they both ended up in Star Wars films.
@@johntumahab323 not really surprising, George grew up watching and admiring both actors especially their Hammer horror films. It would be like me if I was a incredible film maker hiring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford later in their careers. 😃
"Cushing for the pushing"
You win the internet today Brandon.
with the addition of the that adjusted scream of terror towards the end, I think he wins the internet for half the year, if not, the entire burrito~!
*_AAAA!!_*
Hey, as someone who owns ALL of Christopher Lee's metal albums, that man knew how to perform. His "Charlemagne" duology is a work of art. If only we could have gotten him to collab with Mastodon or Devin Townsend...
That sounded like a Sabaton album.
Well we did get him with rhapsody of fire so that’s something
He provided narration for "KIng of Elfland's Daughter" which was a Steeleye Span metal rock album.
He did some fun Christmas metal albums too.
Richie Faulkner from Judas Priest played guitar on one of those albums, that stuff was legit metal.
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee aren't the only Hammer actors to be in Star Wars films. David Prowse(Darth Vader) was the monster in "Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell" and "The Horror of Frankenstein."
He also played a space monster in Space 1999! 😃❤️😃❤️😃❤️
The Hammer crowd called Peter Cushing "Props Pete". Apparently he was in the habit of spending hours on the set prior to shooting, handling props and getting used to the place. That way, his actions would incorporate physical memory and seem natural.
What dedication to his craft, especially since he didn’t have a very high opinion of the script.
FUCKING THANK YOU for making me aware of Christopher Lee's metal career. Fuck, his singing career in general. I just found out he was involved in an all star cast album of Rocky Horror Picture Show back in the same year I was born. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!
Sorry. Very excited here.
I never knew that existed before this video
Growing up in 60s and 70s, Hammer films were the only horror films you could get, they filled a void left open by Hollywood.
“The Only”?🤔
@@4411825 TX Chainsaw was banned in several euro countries
I find it interesting that Universal and Hammer took their Frankenstein movies in different directions.
Universal focused on the Monster, with various actors playing the mad scientist; while Hammer chose to focus on the Baron and his various attempts at creating life. Which is probably for the best as it allowed us to see Peter Cushing as the monster and not his creations.
Very much so. This is one of Cushing's best roles and he does such a splendid job playing an amoral bastard for whom his work is everything and yet still showing glimpses of humanity to show he's not completely gone to the dark side.
And then a year after this, he played the exact opposite of this role with his Dr. Van Helsing, which is still the definite take on the character.
@@mst3KGfyes! My thoughts exactly!
Well, Universal had various Frankenstein characters, rather than actors playing the same character. Colin Clive was Henry Frankenstein in both of his appearances. Then Basil Rathbone was his first son Wolf von Frankenstein. Then Cedric Hardwick was his second son Ludwig Frankenstein. And then Illona Massey was his daughter Elsa. And she was the last Frankenstein to appear in a Universal film.
This also makes Viktor feel a lot like Herbert West from the Locecraft story.
@@baysideplace9194 I was thinking of West. You are right. They are very similar to each other.
The reason there is less of the creature and more Peter Cushing is that Hammers' take was that the real monster of the story was Dr. Frankenstein, as opposed to the Universal production where it was the Monster as the real villain. Fortunately they hit a grand slam casting Peter Cushing in the role. This allowed for a different version of the story that would not be just a copy of the Universal production. Once Universal saw how well this and Horror of Dracula did - they opened up the rights to other Universals horror franchises to Hammer. This allowed them to basically profit off of these films and their sequels without having to spend a dime while Hammer fronted the production.
I think seeing Victor as the real monster just works when the creature is the nice guy
@@loschrodproductions4519 65 anniversary Dracula '58 this yr
And also, if they didn't want a copy of Universal, so why didn't they make something more similar to the book?
Possibly fear of copyright infringement?
@@loschrodproductions4519
YES!!! I was born when this came out and every movie our parents took us as kids to the drive-in either included a Hammer film or was a Hammer double bill. The leads of the top films link to "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings". This one had such great shock moments I realized, along with Hitchcock films, the English have a horror/gothic edge. Hammer will always rule.
@@scottneil1187 Yes, thank you.
Now this is a Halloween treat. Brandon Tenold reviewing Curse of Frankenstein featuring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. My mom showed these to us as kids.
What a way to send off that Halloween season, a throwback to the Glory Days of hammer. Icons of Horror like Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Lord Christopher Lee, and beautiful European women with perfect breasts, this is a bygone era that should never be forgotten. Happy Halloween, Brandon and everyone else.
I had a spit-take at "Let not a monster be judged by the color of its rotting flesh, but rather by the content of his GGRRRRRRR" 🤣🤣🤣
Gold
As a lover of the album "Astro Creep 2000", discovering where "Perhaps you better start from the beginning" came from put a smile on my miserable face
I noticed that too. 🤘
Indeed..after that line I hear electric head kicking in
One of the greatest album intros of all time
That dog turned out better than the cat from Re-Animator.
I feel like you and James Rolfe need to remake this where you play the monster and James plays the scientist.
Come on, it's Halloween
17:24 - "Jerry Lee Lewis-stein." Ha! Jerry Lee Lewis just passed away (Oct. 28) and I love how he and the Hammer Horror franchise exploded in popularity the same year (1957.) Great review!
Well, that Jerry Lee Lewis joke was surprisingly well timed.
Been searching for this comment.
I know he’s most popular as Dracula, but Christopher Lee is underrated as Frankenstein’s Monster, his lanky body really adds to the lumbering and almost scarecrow like demeanor of the monster
Such a classic. Peter Cushing OWNS this role. He is so creepy and intimidating in this role.
Also great HH Holmes reference.
Heck, I’m surprised Hammer never made a movie about H.H. Holmes.
The impact this movie had on history can't be understated.
"It´s Bernstein, not Bernsteen..."
To paraphrase another legendary Frankenstein movie.😉
Thanks Eye-gor! 👍
@@robfellows4096 "Blucher!"
11:20-Paul’s kind of the follower type that every Lovecraft story seemed to need! No wonder he’s so trusting!
Two fantastic actors getting a great sarcastic review. What a treat!
3:27 -- He just likes making the experiments fun. You know, your mouse dies in the trap, and then see if it reanimates. Fun for the whole family!
This was the first movie to use Frankenstein's real name as written in the book, "Victor." In Universal's monster series, he was called Henry. Also, Hammer made "The Curse of the Werewolf," starring Sir Oliver Reed as the werewolf.
Godsdamn Christopher Lee was awesome. And so was Cushing.
AND DAMN RIGHT THAT SONG ABOUT MASSACRING SAXONS IS REAL!
Two of my favorite albums. Even in his 90s, Lee appreciated the power of metal!
Hear! Hear!
It looks like the makers of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" drew their inspiration for Frank-n-furter's laboratory and mummy-wrapped creature from this movie.
They shot in Bray Studios so there's definitely an influence.
5:59 "...so his real name is Jerry Lee Lewis-stein"
Hilarious in hindsight as Jerry Lee Lewis has just died
The movie that began a life-long friendship, working partnerships & the Hammer “remakes” of Universal’s classics. One of my favorite anecdote from Sir Christopher Lee’s memoir is how he described bursting into Cushing’s dressing room saying it was stupid he had no lines while Cushing said “good, I’ve read the script”
It was at that moment that Lee and Cushing knew they would get on well together as co-stars
@@christopherwall2121 they complimented each other so well
The Creature, as soon as fire is applied "D'OH!!!"
Christopher Lee....Top actor and served in the S.A.S ... legend !!!
Can we talk about the stunt at 7:41 ?? That was incredible and looked like it was painful
I thought the doctor was going to get a hold of the brain by just taking it straight out of the guy’s skull, which you think would have busted open from the impact. And I can’t tell if they used an actual stuntman or not.😳
I know right? You can see the padded floor give in a little bit, but it still looks like the stunt man broke his neck!
I feel like he must've broken a collarbone at least.
@@RailedRobin in Ninja strikes back in a fight scene you can see faux Bruce fall during a fight scene and he doesnt have padding to land on , easy to get hurt
The hammer takes on the universal monsters were always my favorite as a kid. No matter how low budget anytime Lee and Cushing are on screen together it's a treat.
If imagine hammer made the creature from the black lagoon
The poster for this movie take a closer look at the monster, it looks like Nicoles Cage. 1:10
damn, what a timely jerry lee lewis joke
The whole cousin thing will likely be his enduring legacy, so it still works.
@@someguy3752 oh i meant it as brandon uploading the video with that joke the day he passed away, it's timely
The one with Robert De Niro as the Monster is pretty good. De Niro realy plays the Monster believeble.
I never see people talk about that one so i just assumed i fever dreamed De Niro as the monster lol
Heck yeah! Cushing's performance is just terrific in this film.
2:36 "Perhaps you better start from the beginning"....a White Zombie album starts with that sample
So the weird thing is that this and the Branagh version are actually the closest to the original novel we've ever gotten. And as always, someone has to say it: (nasal voice) "Acshually, the _doctor_ is the monster, the creature is the victim!"
Uh, you're forgetting 1977's "Terror of Frankenstein" (a.k.a. "Victor Frankenstein"). Possibly the most faithful of all film adaptations of the Shelley novel.
The Hammer version is far from being one of the closest adaptations. I agree that the Brannagh one is pretty faithful, though.
@@DarkmanPoe another faithful adaptation is a tv movie from 1992.
I remember watching a documentary on him about during the Star Wars prequels which he looked at the stunt coordinator cross-eyed when they had the audacity in trying to teach him how to use a lightsaber. He was like "son I was swordfighting before your were born" what a legend. ❤️❤️❤️
Curse of the Werewolf is still my favorite Hammer film.
the werewolf episode of Batman TAS is pretty cool
A perfect Halloween treat, Brandon reviewing not only Hammer but on of my all time favourite films.
"perhaps you had better start from the beggining..." 2nd movie in a row you've done that rob zombie lifted lyrics from
That line "Perhaps you better start from the beginning" I am certain is sampled in White Zombie, Astrocreep, Electric Head, Part 1 (The Agony)
I think the sequence where Cushing pushes the old professor over the stair rail is the best stunt ever filmed. So visceral.
how did he not break his back?! Almost broke mine just watching it!
I agree. That's the most realistic movie or tv fall I've ever seen. I could hear and see bones breaking. No falling into an off camera pile of pillows! Right onto the hard floor! You never see that! It must have been a dummy, man it looked good.
@@alwaystinkering7710 it wasn't a hard floor. If you look again, you'll see the floor bend and flex slightly
Also wondering how the brain was supposed to still be any good after falling on his head from that high up.
I always cringed at this scene as well. I read a review in a magazine years ago and the reviewer also thought that this scene was shockingly brutal.
Wow, I completely forgot about this film, I remember watching it with my Grandad. Thank you for the nostalgia, great video :)
YES!! I have this movie and 15-16 other films of the Hammer Horror Films in Blu Ray!
"Jerry Lee Lewis time"... the real world timing of that joke is spectacular
Oh no.
Interesting, he just happened to die today.
Right? Wicked timing Brandon.
I gotta say, Peter Cushing playing Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee playing the Monster is impressive. Two actors from two separate Star Wars film trilogies play their roles in a horror film based on a novel by Mary Shelly, and the two actors may rest in peace. May the Force be with you all!
"Jerry Lee Lewistein"... and on the day he died too. Another great review, man.
This scared me so much when i was 6. Dead puppy, floating eyes that follow you, severed arm that crawls on the floor. I love how Victor just keeps on trying to prefect the experiment in all the sequels. Someday he might get it right.
Great review. The studio that got me into the horror genre. In the UK during the 70s, Hammer films were played as a double bill on the BBC channel late every Saturday night. My folks let me watch them (my dad was a big horror fan) and I fell in love with the whole gothic, gory style Hammer was renowned for. Fast forward nearly 50 years and I still absolutely adore them.
I have to admit. I'd love to see an update to the Frankenstein story. One where a scientist makes the monster, starting at the genetic level and building it into a fully grown human.
That's what happens in the novel.
That's actually how the Edison Frankenstein came to life
That "perhaps you should start from the beginning" has bugged me for years and years. White Zombie had it as a sample at the start of a track, and I had no idea where it was from! 😂
This is one of the movies sampled by White Zombie. "Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning" was used in "Electric Head Pt. 1 (The Agony)"
@@scottneil1187 it's an interview with one of the ladies involved with the Manson Family murders. Kasabian I think?
The Jerry Lee Lewis Comment should make this review golden. Rip Jerry Lee Lewis
As always, thanks Brandon. Another top notch and extremely entertaining review.Oh and did you do this before we found out Jerry Lee Lewis had died?
My favorite Lee/Cushing film is "The Creeping Flesh"
Cushing and Lee made some top tier cheese together.
Gotta admire their friendship, too.
SHUT UP ALREADY 😫!
I don’t know if it was intentional, but this version of Victor Frankenstein seems more like Dr. Pretorius, Dr. Frankenstein’s mentor from “Bride of Frankenstein.”
Can’t forget Horror of Dracula! Can’t do one without the other!
One of my favourite films of all time. It has a good script, a great cast, rock solid direction, wonderful photography and a tense score by James Bernard.
I'm pretty sure Martin Luther King would have had a good laugh at that paraphrase Brian, well done!
Christopher Lee was actually a descendant of Charlemagne. AND he was Metal! Peter Cushing on the other hand was just awesome.
Hammer Films are always a highlight of my viewing during the month of October or whenever a movie channel does a Dracula marathon. Very happy to see a review for one before Halloween comes.
8:17 I can stop you using his brain.
"Why he has no bloody use for it ".
Dude was made for his role. 😂👍
The Legend Of The Curse Of The Return Of The Son Of The Ghost Of Frankenstein... 's Revenge - now that's a hammer mash-up we would all want to see, right?
And where can I go to get a copy of that "Massacre Of The Saxons" album? I want one!
I'm sure it isn't intentional in any way, but Peter Cushing as this version of Victor Frankestein is like what Grand Moff Tarkin is in Star Wars. Cold, calculating, no morals, willing to put his own agenda ahead of others, etc. And since Tarkin oversaw the construction of the Death Star, you could say it was his "monster". Maybe I'm reaching just a bit, but it's still fun to think about :D
Funny, I am so used to Peter Cushing playing nice guys and heroes, despite first seeing him as Grand Moff Tarkin. :) As for the cousin thing, they could be twice removed, you know... means basically no real relation.
Great timing with this, not just for Halloween but also the reminder of Christpher Lee we're getting with those new Count Dooku animated shorts.
This really is such a great example of a remake, flipping the focus onto presenting Frankenstein himself as a villainous rather than sympathetic character, and the moments with the actual monster having a far harsher tone than the misguided sympathetic moments we got with Karloff in the original are great and definitely pushed the envelope for the time.
I agree the monster in this is nowhere near as memorable as Karloff's, but I appreciate that they chose to keep the focus on Frankenstein himself, the monster and how it's created had been focused on already by Universal, so why not instead emphasize the character of Frankenstein and how far he's willing to go with complete disregard for those around him. It definitely foreshadows the direction they take the series which again, was a very smart direction to take seeing as the monster became the star of the Universal films.
This was such a great video, Brandon - thank you so much for this awesome start to the weekend! Your content never fails to put a smile on my face, as well as interesting movie trivia into my brain. I always learn something new when I watch one of your videos. Keep on being amazing! 🖤
Excellent timing for that Jerry Lee Lewis joke
“Get frankencucked.” Im stealing this
After building the monster Victor went on to build the Death Star.
Hazel Court! She is awesome in horror flicks.
The timing on that Jerry Lee Lewis joke 😂
It's Hammer Time and by that I mean British cheesy horror🔨🔨🔨
7:49 One of my new favorite criticisms I've heard regarding this story:
"Knowledge is knowing Frankenstein is the doctor. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein is the monster."
I think that this was the right direction for Peter Cushing and Hammer to take the character. The Victor Frankenstein of the novel never would have resorted to murder, but otherwise I think that this is the more faithful adaptation.
I still prefer him as a tragic victim of his own ambition rather than as a villainous figure, but Peter Cushing still gave an enjoyable performance. It was also a nice touch that he wasn't thoroughly possessed of evil, but rather saw murder as a necessary means to an end.
Hell yeah, it's Hammer time!
I lost it at the freaking Martin Luther King quote🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
the professor's head plant off the balcony is scary
Perfectly timed Jerry Lee Lewis joke on the day he died! 😂😂😂
Actually we could argue this Paul-guy is the one who create real monster here. Vic isn't undead criminal and yet he killed this old man in cold blood.
7:41 Ouch! That stuntman landed flat on the top of his head!
The Curse of Frankenstein is one of my most favourite of the Hammer Films ever made by Terrance Fisher. The colours and the gothic atmosphere are incredible,plus they won’t be a Hammer Film without Peter Cushing and the late Sir Christopher Lee.
Hey Brandon, that painting in in the Frankenstein home was Rembrandt's "'The Anatomy Lesson'. Also I think Hazel Court was the only actress to be the love interest in both the Hammer Gothic AND the American International Poe films.
I wouldn't mind seeing Brandon review the rest of Hammer's Frankenstein series.
He could do months of Hammer series given how many Frankenstein & Dracula sequels they made
I grew up watching Peter Cushing films but it's only in recent years that I realize what a truly fantastic actor he was.
6:40 this scene was spoofed in 1983's Top Secret starring Val Kilmer, where Cushing plays a Swedish Doctor. Search 'Top Secret Peter Cushing' if you don't know what I mean!
I just want him to randomly say "now princess tell me the location of the hidden rebel base "
"The villagers won't arrive. We can't afford the extras."
" Jerry Lee Lewisstein!!!" LMAO
One of my earliest Hammer film memories. You had fun with this i can tell.
What I love about this video is your absolute outpouring of love for these movies.