Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Date: 1969
Director: Terence Fisher
Production Company: Hammer Films
Stars: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Location(s): Hertfordshire, London
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
Baron Frankenstein kidnaps a mentally sick Doctor in order to perform brain surgery to cure his condition.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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Dr. Heidecke's Hackney approaches as a masked Baron Frankenstein carrying a hat-box and a scythe hides himself in the surgery doorway. This is a set constructed at Elstree Studios.
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With the hat-box now containing the Doctor's head, Baron Frankenstein returns to his laboratory in a dilapidated mansion where he disturbs a burglar before killing him. Stanmore Hall on Wood Lane in Stanmore, Greater London. The hall is also seen in 'Nothing But the Night', 'Murder by Decree' and in the background during 'The Abominable Dr. Phibes'.
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Fleeing from his hideout after destroying evidence of his experiments, the Baron makes his way to a village where he finds accommodation at Anna Spengler's house. Aldenham Country Park in Hertfordshire appears on IMDB's list of locations.
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Bystanders watch as the Police search every house after Dr. Frederick Brandt is taken from the asylum where Anna's lover Dr. Karl Holst works. The sun shines on Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for this scene.
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Inhabiting Professor Richter's body, Dr. Frederick Brandt returns to his former home where his wife Ella is asleep. Another Elstree set is likely as the building Freddie Jones is approaching is seen in flames at the end of the film.