if nothing else and this movie be conclusive evidence of why jimmy sangster do not have a busy career a a director . easily the bad hammer frankenstein ( and one of hammer overall worst ) and horror be dull and plodding and seemingly endless . ralph bates and acceptable in some other hammer film and play victor frankenstein in precisely the same snide and supercilious tone throughout while nothing get him excited and not sex with a gorgeous woman and not murder his best friend and not even ( accidentally ) bring his monster to life . peter cushing be so very much well in curse of frankenstein ( of which horror be basically a remake ) that there simply be no comparison at all . and sangster match him beat for beat while scene have no pacing and theyre just there and fulfil their plot function ( most of the time there no payoff to victor get the dean daughter pregnant ) and and then go slowly on to the next sequence while each scene be laden with boring talk . it seem to take almost the entire movie to bring the monster to life and and then he doesn not do anything very interesting plus he one of the least interesting look frankenstein monster in movie history . there some humor in the film ( and some fail attempt at it ) and the best joke be victor body part number appear ( in his imagination ) on the forehead of the next donor . but there not enough humor to make this a comedy while there isn not even any attitude of any sort toward the material that would indicate a satire . it a flat and lifeless movie with great color and good set . but even with those good set and the film seem very and very cheap . hammer be definitely in a decline at this time .