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Overview

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Director:
Erle C. Kenton
Writers:
Scott Darling (screenplay)
Eric Taylor (story)
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Release Date:
13 March 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Stark Terror! Added Thrills! in a Spine-Tingling Experience ! more
Plot:
Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's son, Ludwig, for help... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
It's Fun...For a 'B' Level Entry ! more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Cedric Hardwicke ... Frankenstein (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Ralph Bellamy ... Erik
Lionel Atwill ... Doctor Bohmer

Bela Lugosi ... Ygor
Evelyn Ankers ... Elsa
Janet Ann Gallow ... Cloestine
Barton Yarborough ... Dr. Kettering
Doris Lloyd ... Martha
Leyland Hodgson ... Chief Constable
Olaf Hytten ... Hussman
Holmes Herbert ... Magistrate

Lon Chaney Jr. ... The Monster (as Lon Chaney)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
67 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-15 (2004) | Spain:13 | USA:Approved (PCA #8125) | Sweden:15 | Sweden:7 (re-rating) | Germany:12 | Finland:(Banned) (1948)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Chaney would play the Monster a number of times later: footage from "Ghost" appears as stock shots in _House of Dracula (1945)_; he doubled Glenn Strange for three shots in _Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)_ when Strange twisted his ankle; he played the role in a half-hour version of "Frankenstein" on TV's _Tales of Tomorrow (1952)_; and he appeared (masked) in two comedy sketches with Abbott and Costello on a 1952 "Colgate Comedy Hour" show. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Elsa is reading Dr. Frankenstein's notes, we see flashbacks of the monster being created, superimposed on the screen over the notes. When Elsa gets to the part of the notes that reads, "And now to find a brain", the flashbacks have shown the monster charged with electricity and brought to life. In proper history, the brain was put in first. more
Quotes:
[the monster is struck by lightning]
Ygor: The lightning. It is good for you! Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) more

FAQ

What is Ludwig's rationale for transplanting a new brain in the monster?
How does the monster get out of the sulfur pit?
Is Dwight Frye in this movie?
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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
It's Fun...For a 'B' Level Entry !, 21 September 2002
6/10
Author: jbirtel (jbirtel@bluefrognet.net) from United States

Boris Karloff was right; to leave the party while the leaving was good. This 4th entry didn't do much to expand the story or the Monster's character. All that was left to do was put new angles on what was already done before (& better).

Nor was Lon Chaney Jr the actor to fill the Monster's boots. Physically, he was bigger and taller than Karloff (just look at their scenes together in 'House of Frankenstein' where Chaney half lifts Karloff off the floor during his panic from the upcoming full moon), but except for his rampages, he was unable to inject any emotion in the Monster's eyes (could hardly see them), or express mime acting to symbolize the Monster's torment.

But this movie is acceptable fun if you can ignore the higher quality of the first three movies. The rest of the cast is way above average and so is the acting. And the ironic fate of all the characters displays the story's dark humor. Frankenstein, Ygor and even the Monster have a difference of opinion of whose brain should ultimately be popped into the Monster's skull.

A nice touch was the three uncredited cameo roles in the opening scene carried over from 'Son of...': the Burgomaster (Lawrence Grant) and the two jurors previously killed by the Monster in 'Son of...'; Lang (Lionel Belmore) and Neumuller (Michael Mark). And of course, Dwight Frye.

A necessary chapter to the next sequel that started the Monsterfest! But you'll need to watch 'The Wolf Man' (before or after 'Ghost of...') before moving on to 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'.

6 out of 10 ! Some classic moments!

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