Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), having moved from his familial castle into a tastefully decorated townhouse, is working on a plan with his Dr. Watson to transfer the soul of a recently executed man into the body of his dead lover. What could possibly go wrong.

No longer content to build monsters from spare parts, the good Baron is now in the soul transference business, and the result is a hot chick out for revenge. And calling Thorley Walters’ Dr. Hertz “Doctor Watson” isn’t far off the mark, having played the Watson character several times on film and TV. 60’s party girl Susan Denberg plays our fetching reanimated corpse. Her film career was very brief before leaving it all behind. She was one of Mudd’s Women.

Frankenstein Created Woman is a fresh take on the story, but it's a horrorless horror film that lacks the sex appeal of contemporary Hammer films. Stylish with some appropriately good performances, but pretty bland overall. And apart from box office considerations, there is no reason to link it to the Frankenstein franchise. Cushing could just as easily have been playing Dr. Jekyll. Very much a lesser Hammer. AMRU 2.5.