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Its anti-colonial, culturally sensitive perspective feels distinctly modern, and Val Guest’s direction has ensured that it remains tense viewing.

A real oddity, one of those curiosities which become landmarks in cinematic history.

Director Terence Fisher thoroughly enjoys himself, his use of vivid colour bringing an extra dimension to the usual doom-laden gloom.

The sensitivity of Lee’s performance helps to draw out the ambiguities in Shelley’s work, and the moral complexities which, acknowledged or not, are a critical component of the story’s staying power.

One of the better examples of a style of horror that was soon thereafter to disappear forever.

Delivers all-out adventure with refreshingly little messing about.

Constantly chilling and never less than eerie, this first colour outing for Vlad is undoubtedly the stuff of nightmares.

When those metal monsters take to the screen, it's non-stop fun and extermination.

Geeson is impressive in a role which requires her to show weakness and mental fragility yet still keep viewers identifying with her.

Cushing delivers his lines with a clipped precision that brings absolute conviction to the role.

Though the drama is crudely drawn with familiar Hammer strokes, this is a film that benefits from both tight scripting and a willingness to push boundaries.

A decidedly postmodern piece that nevertheless retains an emotional punch thanks to the sterling efforts of its two leads.

It’s really Lee’s performance which gives the film its soul.

Cushing, increasingly cadaverous with age, presents us with a character who may well be beginning to wonder about his own mortality.

The film builds a historical and literary niche for itself which could be seen as pretentious in the extreme but which is carried by the excellent cast.

Few can deny the great storytelling of Lucas' true first episode of his space-opera.

Though it’s a bit stagey in places, the film...hits on something meaningful in the way that it uses 18th Century social conventions to address to the discomfort and hypocrisy of a subsequent age.