Director Terence Fisher’s swansong (and Hammer’s sixth and final Frankenstein film) finds the Baron (Peter Cushing) in Bedlam with young apprentice Dr Helder (Shane Briant), a busty mute known to the inmates as “Angel” (Madeline Smith) and plenty of inmates to wreak the usual mayhem with.
Although it suffered a critical pasting, it’s more fun retrospectively.
Cushing (literally) sinks his teeth into the role, and there’s a colourful supporting cast, even if the philosophical musings have dated better than the makeup – The Monster (played by Dave ‘Darth Vader’ Prowse) looks like a mangy Wookie.
Baron Frankenstein (Dr Victor)
Peter Cushing
Dr Simon Helder
Shane Briant
Sarah (“Angel”)
Madeline Smith
Monster
David Prowse
Asylum Director
John Stratton
Transvest
Michael Ward
Wild One
Elsie Wagstaff
Police Sergeant
Norman Mitchell
Judge
Clifford Mollison
Bodysnatcher
Patrick Troughton
Ernst
Philip Voss
Hans
Christopher Cunningham
Professor Durendel
Charles Lloyd Pack
Old Hag
Lucy Griffiths
Tarmut
Bernard Lee
Muller
Sydney Bromley
Brassy Girl
Andrea Lawrence
Landlord
Jerold Wells
Gerda
Sheila D’Union
Twitch
Mischa De La Motte
Smiler
Norman Atkyns
Letch
Victor Woolf
Mouse
Winifred Sabine
Chatter
Janet Hargreaves
Coach Driver
Peter Madden
Director
Terence Fisher
