Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byTerence Fisher
Screenplay byBert Batt
Story byAnthony Nelson Keys
Bert Batt
Based onVictor Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
Produced byAnthony Nelson Keys
StarringPeter Cushing
Simon Ward
Veronica Carlson
Thorley Walters
Freddie Jones
Maxine Audley
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byJames Bernard
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors (United Kingdom)
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (United States)
Release dates
  • May 22, 1969 (1969-05-22) (UK)
  • February 11, 1970 (1970-02-11) (US)
Running time
98 minutes (UK)
101 minutes (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£186,331
Box office586,439 admissions (France)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a 1969 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films, starring Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward. The film is the fifth in a series of Hammer films focusing on Baron Victor Frankenstein, who, in this entry, terrorises those around him in a bid to uncover the secrets of Dr. Frederick Brandt, a former associate confined to a lunatic asylum.

It marked the final movie by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to be released under Warner Bros. when the company was acquired by Kinney National Company.