The Curse of Frankenstein 4K 1957 Ultra HD 2160p

Sentenced to death, Baron Frankenstein insists on seeing a priest and tells him his story. After his mother's death, when he was still a young man, having lost his father at the age of ten, he inherited his parents' fortune and settled in a Swiss village, finding work with Professor Krumph, who taught him his knowledge of biology. Together they conducted numerous experiments and once managed to revive a dead dog.

As an adult, Frankenstein already knew that his life would be devoted to science. He had an ambitious idea to create a living being from organs taken from corpses...

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Cunning producers from Hammer Studios (in the second half of the 1950s) decided to pull off an interesting scam. Specifically, they wanted to reboot Universal Studios' classic monsters (The Mummy, Dracula, etc.).

The first to be targeted was James Whale's legendary Frankenstein. The producers understood that they could be caught red-handed (after all, copyright laws still applied), so they changed the title, adding the word “Curse.” They also had to completely rewrite the script.

The film begins in prison, where Victor Frankenstein is being held. After some time, a priest comes to visit him. Victor is facing the death penalty. The man tells his terrifying story...

Here it is important to note that Hammer horror films (no matter how much they are praised) are very specific, guys. They have their own aura, their own atmosphere, their own gothic style, and their own palette. Even if the creators had remade Whale's film (exactly the same), I assure you, it would have been a completely different Frankenstein. Yes, yes, because it's Hammer!
How the films differ from each other, two striking moments. 1 - the color, of course. This is the very first color Frankenstein. 2 - the monster appears at the 50-minute mark. That is, director Fisher focused specifically on Victor. We see him in his youth. We see his constant arguments with his teacher Paul.
The image itself is somewhat different. Wale had a scientist who gradually went mad. Fisher digs even deeper, turning Victor into a real killer (and he also harassed the maid, ha-ha, he really let himself go). For 1957, hand on heart, it's a pretty harsh movie. I won't even mention the ending.

The monster was played by Christopher Lee. Victor was played by Peter Cushing. The actors became friends on set, and the producers made a killing. That's how Hammer Studios (literally) rose from the ashes. Movie fans were thrilled. A year later, a sequel called The Revenge of Frankenstein was released.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (64.6 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1, 1.66:1, 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1

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#English: FLAC 1.0
#English: FLAC 2.0
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#English: DTS 2.0 (Commentary by author/critic Kim Newman, horror anthologist/writer Stephen Jones and author Barry Forshaw)
#English: FLAC 2.0 (Commentary by screenwriter/film historian Steve Haberman and filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr)
#English: DTS 2.0 (Commentary by film journalist/film historian Heidi Honeycutt and film historian/author Toby Roan)
#English: DTS 2.0 (Commentary by authors/film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby)

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