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| name        = Frankenstein
| image       =
| caption     = 
| director    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Terence Fisher]]<br>(1–2, 4–5, and 7)
* [[Freddie Francis]] (3)
* [[Jimmy Sangster]] (6)
}}
| screenplay  = {{Plainlist|
* Jimmy Sangster (1–2 and 6)
* [[Anthony Hinds]] (3–4 and 7) 
* Bert Batt (5)
* [[Jeremy Burnham]] (6)
}}
| producer    = {{Plainlist|
* Anthony Hinds (1–3)
* [[Anthony Nelson Keys]] (4–5)
* Jimmy Sangster (6)
* [[Roy Skeggs]] (7)
}}
| starring    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Peter Cushing]] (1–5 and 7)
* [[Ralph Bates]] (6)
}}
| editing     = {{Plainlist|
* [[James Needs]] (1, 3, and 7)
* Alfred Cox (2)
* Spencer Reeve (4)
* [[Gordon Hales]]
* Chris Barnes (6)
}}
| music       = {{Plainlist|
* [[James Bernard (composer)|James Bernard]] (1, 4–5, and 7)
* [[Leonard Salzedo]] (2)
* [[Don Banks]] (3)
* [[Malcolm Williamson]] (6)
}}
| studio      = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hammer Film Productions]]
}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros.]] (1)
* [[Columbia Pictures]] (2)
* [[The Rank Organisation|Rank Film Distributors]] (3)
* [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]] (4)
* [[20th Century Fox]] (4)
* [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] (5)
* [[AVCO Embassy Pictures]] (6)
* [[Paramount Pictures]] (6)
* [[EMI Films#MGM-EMI|MGM-EMI Distributors]] (7)
* [[Walter Reade|Continental Films]] (7)
|-
}}
| released    = 
| runtime     = 634–643 minutes
| country     = United Kingdom
| language    = [[English language|English]]
| budget      = 
| gross       =  
}}
'''''Frankenstein''''' is a British [[Horror film|horror]]-[[Adventure film|adventure]] film series produced by [[Hammer Film Productions]]. The films, loosely based on the 1818 novel ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]], are centered on [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Victor Frankenstein]], who experiments in creating [[Frankenstein's monster|a creature]] beyond human. The series is part of the larger [[Hammer horror]] oeuvre.

==Background==
[[File:Hammer's Frankenstein's monsters.png|thumb|341x341px|The [[Frankenstein's monster|creature]]s from the first three films ([[Christopher Lee]], [[Michael Gwynn]] and [[Kiwi Kingston]])|left]]
The original series of films consisted of seven installments, which starred well-known horror actors such as [[Peter Cushing]] and [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Victor Frankenstein]] and [[Frankenstein's monster|his creature]] respectively.

Producer [[Max Rosenberg]] originally approached [[Michael Carreras]] at [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]] with a deal to produce ''Frankenstein and the Monster'' (Rosenberg claims that he came up with the title) from a script by [[Milton Subotsky]]. Later, both men were cut out of their profit participation making only a $5000 fee for bringing the production to Hammer.<ref>Interview with Max Rosenberg for the Blu-ray of "Asylum", December 2017</ref> Rosenberg and Subotsky later established [[Amicus Films]], Hammer's main rival in the production of horror films during the 1960s. Screenwriter [[Jimmy Sangster]], who adapted [[Mary Shelley]]'s novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' for Hammer, never mentioned seeing Subotsky's script or being aware of Rosenberg's involvement. Sangster had worked as a production manager and said that he was keenly aware of production costs and kept the budget in mind when writing the script. Sangster said that his awareness of cost influenced him to not write scenes involving the villagers storming the castle that was typically seen in the Universal horror films "because we couldn't afford it". Sangster in an interview with film historian Jonathan Rigby indicated that he hadn't seen any of the ''Frankenstein'' films that [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] made. He just adapted the book "the way I saw it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/jimmy-sangster|title=The British Entertainment History Project - Jimmy Sangster -|website=historyproject.org.uk}}</ref>

Peter Cushing, who was then best known for his many high-profile roles in British television, had his first lead part in a film with ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''. Meanwhile, Christopher Lee's casting resulted largely from his height (6'5"), though Hammer had earlier considered the even taller (6'7") [[Bernard Bresslaw]] for the role. Universal fought hard to prevent Hammer from duplicating aspects of their [[Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 film]], and so it was down to make-up artist [[Phil Leakey]] to design a new look for the creature bearing no resemblance to the [[Boris Karloff]] original created by [[Jack Pierce (makeup artist)|Jack Pierce]]. Production of ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' began, with an investment of £65,000, on 19 November 1956 at [[Bray Studios (UK)|Bray Studios]] with a scene showing Baron Frankenstein cutting down a highwayman from a wayside gibbet.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rigby, Jonathan|title=English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema|publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd|year=2000|isbn=1-903111-01-3}}</ref> The film opened at the [[London Pavilion]] on 2 May 1957 with an [[X certificate]] from the censors.

== Films ==
* ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' ([[1957 in film|1957]])  <br /> Victor Frankenstein ([[Peter Cushing]]) is a brilliant scientist willing to stop at nothing in his quest to reanimate a deceased body. After alienating his longtime friend and partner, Paul Krempe ([[Robert Urquhart (actor)|Robert Urquhart]]), with his extreme methods, Frankenstein assembles a hideous [[Frankenstein's monster|creature]] ([[Christopher Lee]]) out of dead body parts and succeeds in bringing it to life. But the monster is not as obedient or docile as Frankenstein expected, and it runs amok, resulting in murder and mayhem.
* ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]'' ([[1958 in film|1958]])  <br /> With the help of Karl ([[Oscar Quitak]]), the crippled dwarf hangman, whom he promises a new body, Baron Frankenstein escapes from the guillotine and goes to Germany, where under the name Stein, alongside his eager young assistant Hans Kleve ([[Francis Matthews (actor)|Francis Matthews]]), they transplant Karl's brain into the new patchwork body ([[Michael Gwynn]]). The operation is successful but as the body's limbs begin to return to the old crippled positions of Karl, Karl escapes and goes on a [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]]istic rampage, calling out the name of "Frankenstein".
* ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' ([[1964 in film|1964]])  <br /> Dr. Frankenstein returns destitute to his home village to recommence his experimental research into the reanimation of dead tissue, and stumbles upon his old monster ([[Kiwi Kingston]]) suspended in ice. Though he revives the creature, Frankenstein must seek the help of [[hypnotist]] Zoltan ([[Peter Woodthorpe]]) to repair its mind. Zoltan then assumes control of the monster, using him to wreak havoc. But when Frankenstein tries to regain power over his creation, he becomes Zoltan's next target.
* ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]])  <br /> After being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of his unjustly framed and guillotined assistant Hans Werner ([[Robert Morris (actor)|Robert Morris]]) into the body of Hans's lover [[Bride of Frankenstein (character)|Christina Kleve]] ([[Susan Denberg]]) after she had subsequently committed [[suicide]], prompting her, with his memory, to kill the men who wronged them and avenge their deaths.
* ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]'' ([[1969 in film|1969]])  <br />When Frankenstein, who looks forward to meeting and working with former associate Dr. Frederick Brandt ([[George Pravda]]), learns about his unstable mind and subsequent confinement to a lunatic asylum, he decides to transplant Brandt's brain into Professor Richtor's body ([[Freddie Jones]]) in an attempt to cure him, and to acquire the information behind a secret formula known only to him.
* ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]'' ([[1970 in film|1970]])  <br />A tongue-in-cheek [[black comedy]] chiller and remake of ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' about a ruthlessly sadistic student who will stop at nothing in pursuit of advancing his shocking scientific experiments, Young Victor Frankenstein ([[Ralph Bates]]) murders his own father Alphonse (George Belbin) in order to inherit his title and fortune, and drops out of school to concentrate on his unholy attempts to resurrect the dead ([[David Prowse]]).
* ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' ([[1974 in film|1974]])  <br />Convicted of [[body-snatching]], Dr. Simon Helder ([[Shane Briant]]) is sentenced to an insane asylum. On arrival, he recognizes the resident surgeon as the infamous Baron Victor Frankenstein ([[Peter Cushing]]), who has been hiding out there under the guise of Dr Carl Victor, discovering that Frankenstein has been assembling a new creature using the body of Herr Schneider, an insane murderer ([[David Prowse]]), the brain of Professor Durendel, a musical and mathematical genius ([[Charles Lloyd-Pack]]) and the hands of Tarmut, a sculptor ([[Bernard Lee]]). Unable to operate himself due to his hands having been burnt, Frankenstein has been relying on his mute assistant Sarah Klauss ([[Madeline Smith]]) to stitch the body parts together, now turning to Helder for help. After the operation is a success, the creature is torn between the conflicting aspects of itself – an intelligent, artistic person imprisoned in the body of a murderous hulk. Escaping from its cell, the creature then sets out to hunt down those who abused him – starting with the asylum’s corrupt director Adolf Klauss ([[John Stratton (actor)|John Stratton]]).

==''Tales of Frankenstein'' television pilot==
{{main|Tales of Frankenstein}}

In 1959, Hammer shot a half-hour [[Television pilot|pilot]] episode for a [[Television show#Seasons/series|television series]] to be called ''[[Tales of Frankenstein]]'', in association with [[Columbia Pictures]], directed by [[Curt Siodmak]]. [[Anton Diffring]] played the Baron, and [[Don Megowan]] his creation. The series was scrapped, largely because of the two companies' disagreement over what the basic thrust of the series would be: Hammer wanted to do a series about Baron Frankenstein involved in various misadventures, while Columbia wanted a series of loosely-connected [[science fiction]] stories based around the idea of science gone wrong. Though unreleased at the time of its production, the episode is available on DVD from several public domain sources. It is also available as a Special Feature on the 2012 Blu-Ray release of ''The Curse Of Frankenstein'' by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]. Though the series was never produced, Anthony Hinds commissioned several scripts that provided Hammer with material for their later ''Frankenstein'' films, specifically ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]'' and ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]''.{{sfn|Meikle|2008|p=58-60}}{{sfn|Meikle|2008|p=139}}

==Cast and characters==
{{Cast indicator|appeared=the series|U|Y}}
* {{Cast indicator/note|possessed|P|an appearance possessed by another character}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; font-size:100%"
! rowspan="3" style="width:12.5%;" | Character
! colspan="6" | Main series
! Remake
|-
! style="width:08.0%;"| ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''
! style="width:09.0%;"| ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]''
! style="width:07.0%;"| ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]''
! style="width:09.0%;"| ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]''
! style="width:10.5%;"| ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]''
! style="width:11.5%;"| ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]''
! style="width:09.0%;"| ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]''
|-
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1957'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1958'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1964'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1967'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1969'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1974'''}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|'''1970'''}}
|-
! [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Victor Frankenstein<br>{{small|Doctor Victor Stein / Franck / Carl Victor}}]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Cushing]]<hr>[[Melvyn Hayes]]{{ref|young|Y}}
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Cushing]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Ralph Bates]]
|-
! [[Frankenstein's monster|The Creature<br>{{small|Herr Schneider / The Monster from Hell}}]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Christopher Lee]]<hr>Jock Easton
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Gwynn]]<hr>[[Peter Cushing]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Kiwi Kingston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Susan Denberg]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Freddie Jones]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[David Prowse]]
|-
! Priest
| style="text-align:center;"| Alex Gallier
| style="text-align:center;"| Alex Gallier{{ref|uncredited|U}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[James Maxwell (actor)|James Maxwell]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Colin Jeavons]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Chris Lethbridge-Baker
|-
! [[Elizabeth Lavenza|Elizabeth Heiss]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Hazel Court]]<hr>Sally Walsh{{ref|young|Y}}
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Veronica Carlson]]
|-
! Schoolmaster
| style="text-align:center;"| Henry Caine
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Neil Wilson
|-
! Burgomaster of Karlstaad
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Andrew Leigh (actor)|Andrew Leigh]]
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[David Hutcheson]]
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Burgomaster's Wife
| style="text-align:center;"| Ann Blake
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Caron Gardner
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Fritz
| style="text-align:center;"| Josef Behrmann
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Lionel Jeffries]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Doctor Hans Kleve
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Francis Matthews (actor)|Francis Matthews]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sandor Elès]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Robert Morris (actor)|Robert Morris]]<hr>Stuart Middleton{{ref|uncredited|U}}{{ref|young|Y}}<hr>[[Susan Denberg]]{{ref|possessed|P}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Chris Cunningham
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Doctor Karl Holst
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Oscar Quitak]]<hr>[[Michael Gwynn]]
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Barry Warren]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Simon Ward]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Professor Durendel<br>{{small|President of the Medical Council}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Landlord
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Alister Williamson
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Ivan Beavis]]
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jerold Wells]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Chief of Police
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Duncan Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Madden (actor)|Peter Madden]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Timothy Davies
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Police Sergeant #1
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Anthony Blackshaw
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Allan Surtees]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Police Sergeant #2
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| David Conville
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Windsor Davies]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Christina Kleve
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Susan Denberg]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Doctor Waldman|Dr. Paul Krempe]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Robert Urquhart (actor)|Robert Urquhart]]
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Justine
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Valerie Gaunt]]
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Aunt Sophia
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Noel Hood]]
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Professor Bernstein
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Paul Hardtmuth]]
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Grandpa
| style="text-align:center;"| Fred Johnson
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Little Boy
| style="text-align:center;"| Claude Kingston
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Warder
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael Mulcaster
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Lecturer
| style="text-align:center;"| Middleton Woods
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Uncle
| style="text-align:center;"| Raymond Ray
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Margaret
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Eunice Gayson]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Bergman
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Up Patient
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Richard Wordsworth]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Janitor
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[George Woodbridge (actor)|George Woodbridge]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Kurt
| {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Ripper]]
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Zoltan
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Woodthorpe]]
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Rena
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Katy Wild
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Drunk
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Howard Goorney]]
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Doctor Hertz
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Thorley Walters]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Anton
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Blythe]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Johann
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Derek Fowlds]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! The Prisoner<br>{{small|Hans' Father}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Duncan Lamont]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Kleve
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alan MacNaughtan]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Mayor
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Philip Ray]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Bystander
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bartlett Mullins]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Spokesman
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alec Mango]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Anna Spengler
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Veronica Carlson]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Dr. Frederick Brandt
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[George Pravda]]<hr>[[Freddie Jones]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Professor Richter
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Freddie Jones]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Inspector Frisch
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Thorley Walters]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Ella Brandt
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Maxine Audley]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Police Doctor
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Geoffrey Bayldon]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Madwoman
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Colette O'Neil]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Guest - Plumber
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Frank Middlemass]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Guest - Smoking pipe
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Norman Shelley]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Guest - Reading newspaper
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Gover]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Guest - Playing chess
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| George Belbin
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Principal
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Copley]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Dr. Heidecke
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Jim Collier
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Dr. Simon Helder
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Shane Briant]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Sarah "Angel" Klauss
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Madeline Smith]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Asylum Director Adolf Klauss
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[John Stratton (actor)|John Stratton]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Transvest
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Wild One
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Elsie Wagstaff]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Police Sergeant
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Norman Mitchell]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Judge
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Clifford Mollison]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Bodysnatcher
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Patrick Troughton]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Ernst
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Philip Voss]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Brassy Girl
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Andria Lawrence]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Old Hag
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919)|Lucy Griffiths]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Tarmut
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bernard Lee]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Muller
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sydney Bromley]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Gerda
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Sheila Dunion
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Twitch
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Mischa de la Motte
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Smiler
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Norman Atkyns
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Letch
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Victor Woolf]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Mouse
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Winifred Sabine
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Chatter
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Janet Hargreaves
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Coach Driver
| colspan="5" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Peter Madden (actor)|Peter Madden]]
| {{cEmpty}}
|-
! Alys
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Kate O'Mara]]
|-
! The Graverobber
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Dennis Price]]
|-
! Lieutenant Henry Becker
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jon Finch]]
|-
! Professor Heiss
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bernard Archard]]
|-
! Wilhelm Kassner
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Graham James
|-
! Bailiff
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]]
|-
! Graverobber's Wife
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Joan Rice]]
|-
! Stephan
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Stephen Turner
|-
! Dean
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[James Cossins]]
|-
! Maggie
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Glenys O'Brien
|-
! Instructor
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Geoffrey Lumsden]]
|-
! First Bandit
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Terry Duggan]]
|-
! Baron Frankenstein I
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| George Belbin
|-
! Woodsman
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Hal Jeayes
|-
! Woodsman's Daughter
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| Carol Jeayes
|-
! Workman
| colspan="6" {{cEmpty}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Goldie]]
|-
|}

==Crew==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" "width:99%;"
|-
! rowspan="3" | Crew/detail
! colspan="6" | Main series
! Remake
|-
! ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''
! ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]''
! ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]''
! ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]''
! ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]''
! ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]''
! ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]''
|-
! 1957
! 1958
! 1964
! 1967
! 1969
! 1974
! 1970
|-
! Director(s)
| colspan="2" | [[Terence Fisher]]
| [[Freddie Francis]]
| colspan="3" | Terence Fisher
| rowspan="2" | [[Jimmy Sangster]]
|-
! Producer(s)
| colspan="3" | [[Anthony Hinds]]
| colspan="2" | [[Anthony Nelson Keys]]
| [[Roy Skeggs]]
|-
! Writer(s)
| colspan="2" | [[Jimmy Sangster]]
| colspan="2" | Anthony Hinds<br>{{small|(as John Elder)}}
| Bert Batt<hr>Anthony Nelson Keys
| Anthony Hinds<br>{{small|(as John Elder)}}
| Jimmy Sangster<hr>[[Jeremy Burnham]]
|-
! Composer(s)
| [[James Bernard (composer)|James Bernard]]
| [[Leonard Salzedo]]
| [[Don Banks]]
| colspan="3" | James Bernard
| [[Malcolm Williamson]]
|-
! Editor(s)
| [[James Needs]]
| Alfred Cox
| James Needs
| Spencer Reeve
| [[Gordon Hales]]
| James Needs
| Chris Barnes
|-
! Cinematographer
| colspan="2" | [[Jack Asher]]
| [[John Wilcox (cinematographer)|John Wilcox]]
| colspan="2" | [[Arthur Grant (cinematographer)|Arthur Grant]]
| Brian Probyn
| [[Moray Grant]]
|-
! Production companies
| colspan="7" | [[Hammer Film Productions]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | Distributor(s)
| rowspan="2" | [[Warner Bros.]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Columbia Pictures]]
| [[The Rank Organisation|Rank Film Distributors]] {{small| (UK)}}
| colspan="2" | [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]] {{small| (UK)}}
| [[AVCO Embassy Pictures]] {{small| (UK)}}
| [[EMI Films#MGM-EMI|MGM-EMI Distributors]] {{small|(UK)}}
|-
| [[Universal-International]] {{small|(US & worldwide)}}
| [[20th Century Fox]] {{small|(US & worldwide)}}
| [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] {{small|(US & worldwide)}}
| [[Paramount Pictures]] {{small|(US)}}
| [[Walter Reade|Continental Films]] {{small|(US)}}
|-
! Runtime
| 83 minutes
| 89 minutes
| 84 minutes
| 92 minutes {{small|(uncut, US)}}<hr>86 minutes {{small|(cut, UK)}}
| 101 minutes {{small|(uncut, US)}}<hr>98 minutes {{small|(cut, UK)}}
| 99 minutes
| 95 minutes
|-
! Release date
| May 2, 1957
| June 1, 1958
| April 19, 1964
| March 15, 1967
| May 22, 1969
| May 2, 1974
| November 8, 1970
|}

== Reception ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:40%;" | Film
! style="width:40%;" | [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''
| 82% (22 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/curse_of_frankenstein |access-date=April 3, 2020 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]''
| 87% (15 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/revenge_of_frankenstein |access-date=December 8, 2018 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]''
| 57% (7 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/evil_of_frankenstein |access-date=November 19, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]''
| 62% (13 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_created_woman |access-date=November 19, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]''
| 70% (10 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_must_be_destroyed |access-date=November 19, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[The Horror of Frankenstein]]''
| 58% (12 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_horror_of_frankenstein_1971 |access-date=November 19, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]''
| 63% (8 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_and_the_monster_from_hell |access-date=November 19, 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|}

== Legacy ==
Hammer's first colour horror film, its worldwide success led to several sequels, the studio's new versions of [[Dracula (1958 film)|''Dracula'']] (1958) and [[The Mummy (1959 film)|''The Mummy'']] (1959), and established "Hammer Horror" as a new distinctive brand of [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] cinema.<ref name="Sinclair McKay 2007">Sinclair McKay (2007)'' A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films''</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Hammer Film Productions Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/455323/index.html |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Dracula (Hammer film series)]]
* [[Hammer filmography]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{citation|last=Meikle|first=Dennis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMbANBcdOrwC&pg=PA59|title=A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008|edition=Revised|isbn=978-0810863811}}

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