A 1973 British Made-for-TV Movie directed by Jack Smight that has the Creature (Michael Sarrazin) seeking revenge against Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting).
The movie also stars James Mason, David McCallum, Jane Seymour (Actress), Nicola Sarrazin, Michael Wilding, Clarissa Kaye Mason, Agnes Moorehead, and Margaret Leighton.
Tropes for the film:
- Conveniently Interrupted Document: Just before Clerval and Frankenstein are prepared to animated their creation, Clerval discovers that an arm they had reanimated earlier is becoming horribly deformed. He has a heart attack and leaves a partially-completed note: "The process is re-". He intended to write "reversing", Frankenstein interpreted the note to mean "ready".
- Dr. Frankenstein: Victor Frankenstein is a young, idealistic doctor who obsesses into recreating life after his younger brother drowns. He at first is delighted by the beautiful creature he made, treating the latter like a friend, until the creature gets disfigured because of a flaw in the resurrection process. The creature is Driven to Suicide, much to Victor's relief; however, he survives and goes after his creator but finds Victor's castle occupied by Dr. Polidori, the real Mad Scientist of the story. He blackmails Victor into resuming the experiments with the dead and tries to kill the creature. It doesn't end up well for everyone.
- The Film of the Book: Loosely based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
- Tagline: "He created the perfect man - then something went wrong".
