Once we reach the modern part of the story she looks far better and a lot happier. Arthur Woods' direction makes the plot feel a lot less snappy than it is, and he can't get much mileage from the big emotional set-pieces. This is mainly due to casting nonentities to play opposite Miss Daniels. John Meehan, Tommy Phipps. Not a patch on the original or even Leslie Howard's modern dress version Pimpernel Smith four years later.
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Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis, Adrian Brunel. Hammer's follow-up to their smash hit The Curse of Frankenstein . It's not as good. Reasoning that the public liked the gore in the original, they upped the quota in this one. They also upped the stupidity quota as the doctor uses his position in a clinic to get the bits he needs, but still puts in a brain from someone with more than his fair share of grudges to work out.