Peter Cushing is captured as Baron Victor Frankenstein during the filming of THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964) in this fascinating behind-the-scenes production photograph. Seated aboard the cart used in the sequence, Cushing performs before a large projection screen while the surrounding studio equipment remains completely exposed, revealing the practical back-projection technique used to create the illusion of traveling through an exterior landscape.

PETER CUSHING - THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964) Back Projection Cart Rare Hammer Horror Behind-the-Scenes Photo

The photograph provides an exceptional look beyond the finished Hammer production. Cushing sits prominently aboard the cart in costume while the large screen fills the space immediately behind him. Studio lighting units, stands, cables, curtains and other production equipment remain visible around the edges of the setup, transforming what audiences would experience as an exterior journey into a revealing study of filmmaking technique.

Back projection, also commonly called rear projection, allowed previously photographed moving scenery to be projected onto a screen behind actors and foreground elements during studio filming. When photographed from the intended camera position, the projected background and live foreground performance could appear to occupy the same exterior environment.

Seen from this wider production perspective, however, the illusion disappears. The relatively compact cart setup, enormous screen and surrounding studio apparatus demonstrate how Hammer's filmmakers could create the impression of a much larger outdoor environment within controlled studio conditions.

The photograph is particularly appealing because Peter Cushing remains fully in character as Baron Frankenstein while everything around him exposes the mechanics of the production. It preserves both sides of filmmaking simultaneously: the performance intended for the audience and the technical apparatus necessary to create the completed screen image.

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN is a 1964 Hammer Films production directed by Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein, alongside Peter Woodthorpe, Sandor Elès, Katy Wild and Kiwi Kingston as the Creature. It was the third entry in Hammer’s Frankenstein series starring Cushing as Baron Frankenstein.

For collectors of Hammer and motion-picture production history, this photograph offers something substantially different from a conventional scene still. Peter Cushing, the cart, projection screen and exposed studio equipment provide a rare visual record of the practical filmmaking methods behind THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN and the craftsmanship involved in creating Hammer’s Gothic world on screen.

Carefully restored and professionally printed from archival source material, this museum-quality photograph is a distinctive collectible for admirers of Peter Cushing, THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN, Freddie Francis, Hammer Films, Hammer Horror, Bray Studios, back projection, rear projection and classic British filmmaking techniques.