The Curse of Frankenstein is a landmark film for horror. Hammer and its legacy of “Hammer Horror” might not have existed if it wasn’t for the success of this movie. Before 1957, Hammer didn’t really ...

Author Mary Shelley died in 1851, which means she couldn't have even conceived of the very concept of her iconic Gothic novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" being adapted to film. Never ...

Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein, on a smokey blue and green background with flames leaping at the edges. Image by Zanda Rice A lot can be said about how desirability plays a role in the creature ...

Great performances from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, the Lennon & McCartney of Brit horror. Terrific overstuffed sets and overall look. Grim black humor and general sense of evil. Monster makeup ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Frankenstein's monster is the original science fiction horror monster. Born in the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein and his ...

Americans are practical. We're tinkerers — nuts and bolts people. Even when the bolts happen to be on the neck of a lurching, flat-topped, scar-faced monster created by a do-it-yourselfer named ...