THE HORROR JAR:  HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN Series

 

By Michael Arruda

 

For those of you who love lists, welcome to THE HORROR JAR, your home for lists of odds and ends about horror movies.

 

Up today, a list of the HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN movies, those Frankenstein films produced by England’s famed Hammer Films Studios:

 

 

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

Baron Frankenstein:  Peter Cushing

The Creature:  Christopher Lee

Directed by Terence Fisher

Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster

Music by James Bernard

Running Time: 82 minutes

 

THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958)

Baron Frankenstein:  Peter Cushing

The Monster:  Michael Gwynn

Directed by Terence Fisher

Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster, with additional dialogue by Hurford Janes

Music by Leonard Salzedo

Running Time:  89 minutes

 

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964)

Baron Frankenstein: Peter Cushing

The Monster:  Kiwi Kingston

Directed by Freddie Francis

Screenplay by John Elder

Music by Don Banks

Running Time:  84 minutes

 

FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN (1967)

Baron Frankenstein:  Peter Cushing

The “Monster”/Christina:  Susan Denberg

Directed by Terence Fisher

Screenplay by John Elder

Music by James Bernard

Running Time:  92 minutes

 

FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969)

Baron Frankenstein:  Peter Cushing

The “Monster”/Professor Richter:  Freddie Jones

Directed by Terence Fisher

Screenplay by Bert Batt and Anthony Nelson-Keys

Music by James Bernard

Running Time:  101 minutes

 

 

THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970)

Baron Frankenstein:  Ralph Bates

The Monster:  David Prowse

Directed by Jimmy Sangster

Screenplay by Jeremy Burnham and Jimmy Sangster

Music by Malcolm Williamson

Running Time:  95 minutes

 

FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL (1974)

Baron Frankenstein:  Peter Cushing

The Monster:  David Prowse

Directed by Terence Fisher

Screenplay by John Elder

Music by James Bernard

Running Time:  93 minutes

 

Thanks for reading!

 

—Michael