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| The Curse of Frankenstein | |
|---|---|
 Original UK quad poster | |
| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Screenplay by | Jimmy Sangster |
| Based on | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds[1] |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Hazel Court Robert Urquhart Christopher Lee |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher[1] |
| Edited by | James Needs[1] |
| Music by | James Bernard |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £65,000[2][3] or $270,000[4][5] |
| Box office | $8 million[4] 728,452 admissions (France)[6] |
The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.[7] It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their Frankenstein series.[8] Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and it was also followed by new versions of Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959), establishing "Hammer Horror" as a distinctive brand of Gothic cinema.[9]
The film was directed by Terence Fisher and stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the Creature, with Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart.[7] Professor Patricia MacCormack called it the "first really gory horror film, showing blood and guts in colour".[10]
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- ^ Vincent L. Barnett (2014) Hammering out a Deal: The Contractual and Commercial Contexts of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34:2, 231-252, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2013.847650
- ^ a b Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p124-126
- ^ "Gimmicks did well in 1957". Variety. 6 November 1957. p. 6.
- ^ Box office information for Terence Fisher films in France Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Box office Story
- ^ a b "The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Hammer Film Productions Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Sinclair McKay (2007) A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films
- ^ "Frankenstein: Behind the monster smash". BBC. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.