Hammer’s Frankenstein films, ranked
*This is more of a ranking of the films where Peter Cushing plays Frankenstein than a list of…
50’s
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Directed by Terence Fisher The motion picture that invigorated British Gothic horror and…
Them! (1954)
Them! (1954) Directed by Gordon Douglas A rousingly entertaining piece of atomic-era paranoia and one of the most…
The White Reindeer (1952)
The White Reindeer (1952) Directed by Erik Blomberg Somehow Bergman metaphysics when Bergman metaphysics wasn’t even a thing…
While the City Sleeps (1956)
While the City Sleeps (1956) Directed by Fritz Lang Fritz Lang’s tabloid film about tabloid reporters covering a…
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Directed by Terence Fisher Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) manages to escape his sentence…
Vera Cruz (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954) Directed by Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich’s gritty western embraces the laborious task and adopts the…
The Prowler (1951)
The Prowler (1951) Directed by Joseph Losey Joseph Losey’s nasty, cheap rip-off of Double Indemnity is more mean-spirited,…
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957) Directed by Budd Boetticher Burt Kennedy’s screenwriting is sorely missed in this passive western…
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bad Seed (1956) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy The Freudian reading of the play’s perfidious psychology is too…