Your brain will fry...Peter Cushing, known usually for his downright good characters in the Hammer Horror movies here opts for the anti-good and instead plays a man that could very well be described as mad and mean. Baron Frankenstein's obsession is with a once brilliant doctor who has all of sudden gone mad and been sent to an asylum. By blackmailing an innocent young couple to help him he believes that he can actually cure the madman by replacing his brain with that of another. The only difficulty is getting another brain...
I'm not sure how I felt about seeing Peter Cushing in a part that wasn't good and safe, I have no doubt that he is a very talented actor, however I'm biased towards his other, earlier characters where I feel he fits the roles with greater passion.
Not to say that there aren't many scary scenes in this movie, from opened-brained men on operating tables to hands coming alive under blankets, so there will be plenty of hiding behind a cushion to enjoy!
Rating 2.5/5
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