Frankenstein (1931 film) in "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) after his apparent murder in the earlier film). This character — a deranged blacksmith whose neck was broken and twisted due to a botched hanging — befriends the monster and later helps Dr. Wolf Frankenstein, leading to the "hunchbacked assistant" called "Igor" commonly associated with "Frankenstein" in popular culture. Frye also appears in later films in the series, such as in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943). Guillermo del Toro had expressed interest in directing the reboot film for Universal. Del Toro said his "Frankenstein" would be a faithful "Miltonian tragedy", citing Frank Darabont's
The Evil of Frankenstein 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. In North America, the film was released on 6 September 2005 along with seven other Hammer horror films on the 2-DVD set "The Hammer Horror Series" (ASIN: B0009X770O), which is part of MCA-Universal's "Franchise Collection", with two films per each side of the discs. In 2015, the set was released as a 4-DVD set putting two films per disc due to major glitches the original set had. This set was re-released on Blu-ray on 13 September 2016. The Evil of Frankenstein The Evil of Frankenstein is a 1964 film directed by Freddie Francis. It stars Peter