
So there's really few things more murderously infuriating than entitled, taunting rich dudes. This movie has some good ones. Also entangled in this story are perhaps one of the early examples of the modern "switch movie". This film is of course much darker than something like 18 AGAIN, VICE VERSA or LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, so the comparison is a loose one at best. Nonetheless, given my own personal fascination with such films, I found this intertwining of Frankenstein-ian conventions and body swapping to be quite entertaining. The Blu-ray looks quite nice too.
Special features included on this Blu-ray Collector's edition include two episodes of the WORLD OF HAMMER series, one on the making of CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and a second episode, ‘Hammer Stars: Peter Cushing’ which gives a nice overview of his quite epic career.
Also here is a new documentary called HAMMER GLAMOUR featuring actresses Caroline Munro(who I have such a crush on), Martine Beswick and Madeleine Smith. I'm less familiar with Beswick and Smith, but I'll be sure to check out some of their films after seeing this doc.
Lastly there's a commentary track by actors Morris and Derek Fowlds, moderated by UK critic/Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby in which they recall tons of details from the making of FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN. It's an affectionate look back and one with a good amount of humor contained therein as well as much information for the hardcore or even newbie Hammer film fan.
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My favorite of the Hammer Frankenstein films so very well done. Used to watch it a lot as a kid.
It's definitely one of the most interesting of the Hammer Frankenstein movies. Mind you, all of the Hammer Frankenstein movies are very much worth seeing. Cushing added a slightly different dimension to the character every time he played the role.
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