Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

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The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

• Released: 1969-05-22
• Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 41m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 137 votes

Directed by Terence Fisher.

Top cast

• Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein
• Veronica Carlson as Anna Spengler
• Freddie Jones as Prof. Richter
• Simon Ward as Dr. Karl Holst
• Thorley Walters as Insp. Fritsch
• Maxine Audley as Ella Brandt
• George Pravda as Dr. Frederick Brandt
• Geoffrey Bayldon as Police Doctor
• Colette O'Neil as Mad Woman
• Frank Middlemass as Guest - Plumber

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

• United States: watch free on Kanopy, Plex; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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