there be only two even half good reason to watch this limp and atypical version of the frankenstein story . and both of them can be find inside just kate omara blouse . it rubbish and pure and simple and all the more surprisingly so consider a ) it be write and direct by jimmy sangster and one of the half dozen most important name in the history of hammer film while and b ) it have an absolutely top notch cast represent as well a ralph bates ( who hammer be groom to take over peter cushing mantle while never happen ) we get uber hammer babe veronica carlson and the aforementioned miss omara a gorgeous and pouting and shapely a starlet a ever grace a hammer flick ( she can not act for toffee and but who care . ) the criminally underrated and underused jon finch and and the brilliant dennis price . sangster screenplay be weak . it try hard to be funny and but succeed only in be puerile . and his direction be workmanlike at best . there be little real action and certainly not the sort of action you expect from a hammer frankenstein movie . the gore quotient be minimal and and the naked bazooka count zero odd and consider female nudity be hammer big usp in the early 70 and and sangster only other directorial effort for hammer and lust for a vampire and be replete with a multitude of heave bosom . ( apparently kate omara refuse to appear topless and which make you wonder how she get the part in the first place and but never mind . ) most of the diy brain surgery take place off screen and and the monster and play by muscleman and soon to be darth vader david prowse and be about as frightening a an ice cream cone . he supposedly be stitch together in the usual way and from assorted local unfortunate and but for some reason he have the body of a greek god . the only concession to his patchwork creation be stitch scar that look like they have be draw on with lipstick . the plot isn not worth outline sangster clearly do not spend much time on it and so neither will i and there be some annoyingly stupid bit of business which mean that the film doesn not work and even on it own jokey level . ( for example and the monster isn not strong enough to pull his shackle out of the wall and but he make matchwood out of a solid oak door . ) unless youre a hammer completist i would give this one a miss . if it do happen to come your way and a it do mine and on satellite tv late one night and try and stay awake for kate omara appearance in a see through nightie and then switch off . ( she get kill off soon after anyway . probably die of shame . ) .