A ★★★★ review of The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Hammer Film Productions made 7 Frankenstein movies and as a cinephile and completist I have decided to watch them all in release date order. Universal Studios wasn't too keen on Hammer making movies based on the same characters they were famous for: the two previous Frankenstein films (1957, 1958), Dracula (1958), Mummy (1959) and Wolf Man (1961) pictures. But as long as Hammer didn't copy the likeness of the Universal versions, these public domain characters were fair game. Universal decided that instead of fighting them, that they would distribute these movies in the States. This change in rights is why
