The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions. The story follows Baron Victor Frankenstein after his escape from execution as he continues his experiments in creating life under a new identity. Starring Peter Cushing, the film is part of Hammer’s Frankenstein series and expands the character’s scientific ambitions and moral conflict.

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One of Hammer’s most enduring and successful releases, 1958’s The Revenge of Frankenstein was a swift sequel to The Curse of Frankenstein, their box-office smash of the year before. It ushered in Hammer’s most commercially lucrative period, and secured their new-found reputation as purveyors of gruesome Gothic horror.

Expertly and ingeniously re-working the classic tale, Jimmy Sangster’s script sees the titular doctor continue his grisly experiments under a new guise in a pauper’s hospital. Peter Cushing, in sparkling form, clearly relishes the role of Dr Frankenstein – creating an enduring anti-hero that would come to define both Hammer’s, and his own, on-screen personas.

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Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.