THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
CREATURE FEATURES
RECREATING HAMMER’S ICONIC TAKE ON FRANKENSTEIN’S CREATURE
WORDS: ROBBIE DUNLOP
Christopher Lee in The Curse Of Frankenstein.
I HAVE A WALL OF inspiration in our bathroom and on it is The Curse Of Frankenstein,” says Academy Award-winning special make-up effects artist Dave Elsey. “There’s even a picture of it in my kitchen!”
He’s speaking to SFX about a set of behind-the-scenes photos from the Hammer horror classic – lurching back to life this month in a lavish UHD Collector’s Edition box set – that capture Christopher Lee’s transformation into the grotesque Frankenstein’s monster.
Elsey – whose credits include The Wolfman (2010) and The Substance – says that making monsters is hard enough, but making iconic monsters is another matter entirely.