Son of Frankenstein

United States

1939

99 Min

1.37:1

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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CAST Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill

Synopsis

Wolf Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, returns with his wife, to his fathers estate to claim his inheritance. When he arrives with his family he recieves a hostile reception from locals.

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The weakest but most fun of the first Frankensteins. Maybe even the best set design. Mel Brooks basically just rebooted the script, heightened it only a tiny bit, and added some songs to make his masterpiece Young Frankenstein. For that alone we owe this movie great praise.

nowhere_fast

18Nov11

glorious

SALESK

9Oct11

Lee doesn't have Whale's facility for fluid camera movement but SON OF is a very good & overlooked chapter in the FRANKENSTEIN saga. Rathbone is especially excellent, but the film belongs to Lugosi, whose physicality--stoic/creepy, menacing/impish--is a lost art. Karloff, unfortunately, doesn't have much to do. Incredible set & production design. Welcome gallows humor but overly long.

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