The Horror of Frankenstein | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster, promoted as part of a double feature with Scars of Dracula | |
Directed by | Jimmy Sangster |
Screenplay by | Jeremy Burnham Jimmy Sangster |
Based on | Victor Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
Produced by | Jimmy Sangster |
Starring | Ralph Bates Kate O'Mara Veronica Carlson David Prowse |
Cinematography | Moray Grant |
Edited by | Chris Barnes |
Music by | Malcolm Williamson |
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Distributed by | MGM-EMI Distributors (U.K.)1 Continental Films (U.S.) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £200,000[1] or £176,000[2] |
The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and semi-remake of the 1957 film The Curse of Frankenstein, of Hammer's Frankenstein series. It was produced and directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson and David Prowse as the monster.[3] It was the only film in the Frankenstein series which did not star Peter Cushing. The original music score was composed by Malcolm Williamson.