Review – Frankenstein Created Woman

Of all the Hammer Frankensteins, this is the most convoluted. The orphan of an executed murderer grows up to be a gopher for the good doctor (Peter Cushing) and his assistant. After an altercation at a local pub, the young man ends up tried and convicted for a murder he didn’t commit. After seeing him guillotined, his distraught girlfriend (former Playboy model Susan Denberg) drowns herself. Enter Dr. Frankenstein, who uses an energy field to trap the lad’s soul until it can be inserted into the girl’s body. Back from the dead and thirsty for revenge s/he goes on a killing spree targeting the actual culprits. Though we’ve clearly strayed a distance from Mary Shelly’s creature and creator, I guess I’ve seen worse things done with the Frankenstein name. Mildly amusing