Peter Cushing returns for his fourth outing as Baron Frankenstein but here he's something of a bystander in a film that would make more sense as a straight revenge thriller without him. This is a dull mechanical effort which makes only the most perfunctory attempt to explain Frankenstein's activities.
It starts with a not very relevant prologue of a man guillotined in front of his young son Hans. We then meet Hans as a young man Robert Morris helping Dr Hertz ( Thorley Walters ) unfreeze his hero Frankenstein. He then falls foul of three young rakes ( including Derek Fowlds ) who are teasing his deformed sweetheart Christina and ends up being wrongfully executed for her father's murder. That's when Frankenstein gets to work.
Susan Denberg ( as Christina )
Sex : Christina lures the three young men into positions where she can kill them
Death : Drowns herself after accomplishing her mission
Susan was actually Dietlinde Zechner from Austria, a former Playboy centrefold who had to be dubbed because her accent was too strong. This was the last film of her brief acting career and she returned to Austria. She is now 73.
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