Dissecting Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

In the continuing tradition of celebrating Halloween, I wrote a new Hub on a classic 1960's British horror film - Hammer's Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is -- arguably -- the second best Hammer Frankenstein film after the original Curse of Frankenstein. FMBD was a TV staple in the 1970's and 1980's on UHF and was notorious for its incredibly grim and downbeat subject matter. Hammer Frankenstein films were only marginally profitable in comparison to the Dracula films and would even be outperformed by the Karnstein vampire trilogy. The offbeat Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde would be a big (surprise) hit for Hammer, but the Frankenstein films just didn't ignite the box office. The next two films in the series The Horror of Frankenstein and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell were a major step down in quality from FMBD...what a shame.

Please click the above link to read the full Hub - its a good one!