Frankenstein (1931 film) the deliberately farcical "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). Though it is unrelated to the Universal series, the later "Frankenstein 1970" has the scientist Frankenstein, here played by Karloff, animate the Monster using a nuclear reactor. Although Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant is often referred to as "Igor" in descriptions of the films, he is not so called in the earliest films. In both "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein", Frankenstein has an assistant who is played both times by Dwight Frye who is crippled. In the original 1931 film the character is named "Fritz" who is hunchbacked and walks with the aid
The Revenge of Frankenstein 92% approval rating on movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews. The Revenge of Frankenstein The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn and Eunice Gayson. In the US, it was released in June, 1958 on a double bill with "Curse of the Demon". "The Revenge of Frankenstein" was a sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein", the studio's 1957 adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein". In 1860, Baron Victor Frankenstein, sentenced to death, escapes execution by the