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The Evil of Frankenstein is a 1963 British horror film directed for Hammer by Freddie Francis.

It stars Peter Cushing as Frankenstein and New Zealand wrestler Kiwi Kingston as the Monster. It is most well-known for recreating elements from Universal's famous Frankenstein series of the 1930s and '40s, including the flat-headed look of Jack Pierce's monster make-up originally designed for Boris Karloff and the distinctive laboratory sets.

While loved by some, others regard the film as a less-than-satisfactory entry in the horror studio's run of Frankenstein films (which began with The Curse of Frankenstein
in 1957 and ended with Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell in 1974) and like the studio's later The Horror of Frankenstein
in 1970, is considered by most fans to be "one off" from the series proper, rather than part of the actual continuity.

When the film was shown on US network television in 1968, it had been altered . Some "intense" scenes were excised or shortened and new footage , shot by a different director, was added to pad the film's length. These new scenes featured a cast not associated with the rest of the film and were filmed in the US. This was a common practice at the time and also occurred with The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film) and Kiss of the Vampire which was retitled Kiss of Evil.

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