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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974. The sequel to 1969’s Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed, but NOT connected to 1970’s Film/TheHorrorOfFrankenstein (which is a remake/parody of Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein)

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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974. The sequel to 1969’s Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed, ''Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed'', but NOT connected to 1970’s Film/TheHorrorOfFrankenstein ''Film/TheHorrorOfFrankenstein'' (which is a remake/parody of Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein)
''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein'')
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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974. The sequel to 1969’s Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed, but NOT connected to 1970’s Film/HorrorOfFrankenstein (which is a remake/parody of Film/CurseOfFrankenstein)

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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974. The sequel to 1969’s Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed, but NOT connected to 1970’s Film/HorrorOfFrankenstein Film/TheHorrorOfFrankenstein (which is a remake/parody of Film/CurseOfFrankenstein)
Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein)
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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974.

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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974.
1974. The sequel to 1969’s Film/FrankensteinMustBeDestroyed, but NOT connected to 1970’s Film/HorrorOfFrankenstein (which is a remake/parody of Film/CurseOfFrankenstein)
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* TornApartByTheMob: The monster is overpowered by the inhabitants of the insane asylum and ripped to pieces after it attacks Sarah.
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* RealNameAsAnAlias: Baron Victor Frankenstein [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] and returns under the alias Dr. Karl Victor.
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Sarah--who has been mute since a childhood trauma--regains her voice when she sees Simon being attacked by the monster.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The film ends with Baron Frankenstein cleaning up his lab and musing about where the last experiment went wrong: already planning his next experiment and intending to drag Simon and Sarah along with him.

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* HereWeGoAgain: The film ends with Baron Frankenstein cleaning up his ruined lab and musing about where the last experiment went wrong: already planning his next experiment and intending to drag Simon and Sarah along with him.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The film ends with Baron Frankenstein cleaning up his lab and musing about where the last experiment went wrong: already planning his next experiment and intending to drag Simon and Sarah along with him.


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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: It was learning that the asylum director attempted to rape Sarah that drove Professor Durendel into a homicidal fury in which he attempted to murder the director. After his brain is placed in the monster's body, he tries again and succeeds.
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* AbusiveParents: Late in the movie it is reveled that the asylum director is Sarah's father and that he attempted to rape her. This was the event that caused her muteness, and caused her to be consigned to the asylum.
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* NapoleonDelusion: Muller, one of the inmates in the asylum, believes that he is God.
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* BigGuyRodeo: The Baron saves Simon from the monster by jumping on the monster's back and [[ClothingCombat holding his ether-soaked coat over the monster's head till he passes out]].


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* ClothingCombat: Baron Frankenstein smashes a bottle of ether inside his coat and then [[BigGuyRodeo jumps on to the monster's back]] and wraps his coat around the monster's head: holding it there until the monster passes out from inhaling the fumes.
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* CareerEndingInjry: Baron Frankenstein has suffered burns to hands which render him incapable of performing delicate surgery. When a talented young surgeon (and fan of the Baron's work) is committed to asylum alongside him, Frankenstein recruits him as a protege and uses him as a proxy set of hands for surgery.

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* CareerEndingInjry: CareerEndingInjury: Baron Frankenstein has suffered burns to hands which render him incapable of performing delicate surgery. When a talented young surgeon (and fan of the Baron's work) is committed to asylum alongside him, Frankenstein recruits him as a protege and uses him as a proxy set of hands for surgery.
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* CareerEndingInjry: Baron Frankenstein has suffered burns to hands which render him incapable of performing delicate surgery. When a talented young surgeon (and fan of the Baron's work) is committed to asylum alongside him, Frankenstein recruits him as a protege and uses him as a proxy set of hands for surgery.


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* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Baron Frankenstein takes over the asylum for the criminally insane to which he has been committed and uses it as a base from which to continue his fiendish experiments.
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* WardensAreEvil: The director of the asylum is a weak man who has surrendered running of the asylum to Baron Frankenstein and uses his position to force himself on female inmates, while his two chief keepers are sadistic thugs who enjoy tormenting new arrivals.
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* ShovelStrike: The bodysnatcher (played by Creator/PatrickTroughton) is stealing a body from a grave when his surprised by the local police sergeant. He throws his shovel at the sergeant, knocking him into the open grave.
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"Baron" is not Frankenstein's first name. It's his title. He shouldn't be referred to a just "Baron."


One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein (Creator/PeterCushing), and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work. Work that involves creating a new monster (Creator/DavidProwse)...

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One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein (Creator/PeterCushing), and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron Frankenstein himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron Frankenstein takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work. Work that involves creating a new monster (Creator/DavidProwse)...



* BedlamHouse: The state asylum, where patients are brutalized for fun by the orderlies and are sexually abused by its director when Baron Frankenstein isn't overseeing things. Baron also implies that things were much worse before he took control of the place.

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* BedlamHouse: The state asylum, where patients are brutalized for fun by the orderlies and are sexually abused by its director when Baron Frankenstein isn't overseeing things. Baron Frankenstein also implies that things were much worse before he took control of the place.



** Baron got a hold on caveman-like Schneider's body when he tried to kill himself by jumping through a window.
** To get access on Professor Durendel's brain, Baron arranges him to kill himself by leaving notes about his insanity's incurability in his cell.
* EyeScream: When Simon finds the partially stitched-together Schneider in Baron's private laboratory, he takes note that his eyes are missing. Baron then tells him that Schneider lost them when he leapt to his death from his cell, and was impaled on the spiked railing beneath.

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** Baron Frankenstein got a hold on of the caveman-like Schneider's body when he tried to kill himself by jumping through a window.
** To get access on Professor Durendel's brain, Baron Frankenstein arranges him to kill himself by leaving notes about his insanity's incurability in his cell.
* EyeScream: When Simon finds the partially stitched-together Schneider in Baron's Frankenstein's private laboratory, he takes note that his eyes are missing. Baron Frankenstein then tells him that Schneider lost them when he leapt to his death from his cell, and was impaled on the spiked railing beneath.



* SecretPath: Baron has a secret laboratory next to his practice, entrance to which is hidden behind an anatomical chart.
* TheSpeechless: Sarah, Baron's personal nurse in the asylum, doesn't speak due to going through trauma of her father trying to rape her. The shock of seeing Frankenstein's creation attacking Simon gives the ability back to her.

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* SecretPath: Baron Frankenstein has a secret laboratory next to his practice, entrance to which is hidden behind an anatomical chart.
* TheSpeechless: Sarah, Baron's Frankenstein's personal nurse in the asylum, doesn't speak due to going through trauma of her father trying to rape her. The shock of seeing Frankenstein's creation attacking Simon gives the ability back to her.
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One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein (Creator/PeterCushing), and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work.

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One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein (Creator/PeterCushing), and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work.
work. Work that involves creating a new monster (Creator/DavidProwse)...
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The title of the film.

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* FakingTheDead Officially, Baron Frankenstein is dead and buried on the asylum grounds.

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* FakingTheDead FakingTheDead: Officially, Baron Frankenstein is dead and buried on the asylum grounds.



* TheSpeechless: Sarah, Baron's personal nurse in the asylum, is doesn't speak due to going through trauma of her father trying to rape her. The shock of seeing Frankenstein's creation attacking Simon gives the ability back to her.

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* TheSpeechless: Sarah, Baron's personal nurse in the asylum, is doesn't speak due to going through trauma of her father trying to rape her. The shock of seeing Frankenstein's creation attacking Simon gives the ability back to her.her.

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One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein, and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work.

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One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein, Frankenstein (Creator/PeterCushing), and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work.



* GrievousBottleyHarm: While he was alive, Schneider had a fascination with broken glass, which led to him to stab people with broken bottles. He continues to do so even when another man's brain is put inside his head.

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* GrievousBottleyHarm: While he was alive, Schneider had a fascination with broken glass, which led to him to stab people with broken bottles. He continues to do so even when another man's brain is put inside his head.
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The last installment in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Production]]'s ''Frankenstein'' series, released in 1974.

One Simon Helder is caught trying to replicate the works of Baron Frankenstein, and is sentenced to spend five years in the state asylum for the criminally insane, where Baron himself was sent to several years ago. Upon arriving there, he finds out that Baron Frankenstein now works under the name Dr. Karl Victor and has taken the place over. Baron takes Simon under his wing to aid him in his official, and later, private work.

!!This film has examples of:

* BedlamHouse: The state asylum, where patients are brutalized for fun by the orderlies and are sexually abused by its director when Baron Frankenstein isn't overseeing things. Baron also implies that things were much worse before he took control of the place.
* TheDreaded: Baron Frankenstein holds the asylum in an iron grip, and workers and patients alike are afraid to go against him.
* DrivenToSuicide:
** Baron got a hold on caveman-like Schneider's body when he tried to kill himself by jumping through a window.
** To get access on Professor Durendel's brain, Baron arranges him to kill himself by leaving notes about his insanity's incurability in his cell.
* EyeScream: When Simon finds the partially stitched-together Schneider in Baron's private laboratory, he takes note that his eyes are missing. Baron then tells him that Schneider lost them when he leapt to his death from his cell, and was impaled on the spiked railing beneath.
* FakingTheDead Officially, Baron Frankenstein is dead and buried on the asylum grounds.
* GraveRobbing: The film opens with Simon's alcoholic assistant digging up a specimen for his studies. A constable catches him on the act, leading to Simon's capture and trip to the asylum.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: While he was alive, Schneider had a fascination with broken glass, which led to him to stab people with broken bottles. He continues to do so even when another man's brain is put inside his head.
* SecretPath: Baron has a secret laboratory next to his practice, entrance to which is hidden behind an anatomical chart.
* TheSpeechless: Sarah, Baron's personal nurse in the asylum, is doesn't speak due to going through trauma of her father trying to rape her. The shock of seeing Frankenstein's creation attacking Simon gives the ability back to her.

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