Frankenstein Created Woman

Date: 1967
Director: Terence Fisher
Production Company: Hammer Films, Seven Arts Productions

Stars: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Surrey

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After being brought back to life, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Watched from a distance by his young son Hans, a Prisoner (Duncan Lamont) is led towards the scaffold. Frensham Common in Surrey.

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A Priest (Colin Jeavons) arrives and attempts to ward away the youngster before the blade falls onto his father's neck. IMDB lists Frensham Common as a location. The common and the ponds feature in several other productions including 'Carry on Jack', 'Skyfall', 'The Riddle of the Sands', 'The Mummy' from 1999, 'The Touchables', 'The Night Caller' and 1959's 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.

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Years later, an older Hans (Robert Morris) runs towards Kleve's inn to get champagne to celebrate the success of an experiment carried out by Baron Victor Frankenstein and Dr. Hertz. This is a set at Bray Studios, Down Place in Oakley Green, Berkshire.

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Following an evening of drinking and taunting the landlord's disfigured daughter, Anton (Peter Blythe), Johann (Derek Fowlds) and Karl (Barry Warren) return to the inn where they kill Kleve whilst attempting to steal wine. Another set at Bray.

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Devastated by the death of her father and the execution of her lover Hans after he's convicted of the murder, Christina throws herself from a bridge into the river.

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Villagers drag Christina's lifeless body is from the water and take her to Dr. Hertz. This may be Black Park, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire as suggested on IMDB.