Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Artur Machado Sequel to 1935' "The Bride of Frankenstein". Wolf Frankenstein, son of Dr. Henry Frankenstein, decides to move in with his wife and son to the castle where his father had the laboratory where he created the Monster. It is clear that the inhabitants did not warmly welcome him because the stigma of past events still existed, but the police helped calm the moods. Wolf meets Ygor, a hunchback who becomes his assistant in the laboratory and tells him that the Monster has not been destroyed but instead is in a coma. Wolf Frankenstein, also a doctor and scientist, fascinated by his father's experiences, revives the Monster, but this one seems to have a connection with Ygor and only obeys him. Ygor then uses the Monster to take revenge and kill some of the villagers who tried and condemned him years ago.The atmosphere of this film seems minimalist compared to the previous two and does not have the horror impact of the predecessors, although the story is still very interesting and with some memorable performances, especially Inspector Krogh. But the end disappointed me: although in the end Wolf had 'saved the day', he was the main responsible for the chaos because it was he who revived the Monster, but what we get is him leaving with his family in a train and the whole population waving him goodbye cheerfully instead of being judged and blamed for his acts that led to the deaths of some more people. Does one good action erases the bad ones? Otherwise, interesting at least one viewing.

alexanderdavies-99382 "Son of Frankenstein" is definitely a step down from the previous excellent "Frankenstein" films.The above film suffers from some poor direction and a narrative that is a bit hard-going at times. Boris Karloff has been reduced in the sense that his character has become a one-dimensional, killing machine. The actors own concerns about the creature character were justified.Basil Rathbone is way over the top as the Baron who inherits his late fathers estate.This film has some good moments but it doesn't help that the dialogue kept being re-written every day of shooting. Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill give the best performances by far. The former proved he was worth far more than playing Dracula. Lugosi was effectively cast against type. The running time of 95 minutes is far too long - about 20 minutes should have been edited.

Hitchcoc I now realize where a good deal of Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" was drawn from. Since it is primarily from the first film and "Bride," I now see how the idea of the return to the castle works. The one armed guy, the game of darts, and the railroad station bits are out of this movie. Also, the book with all the secrets, "How I Did It," is a hilarious response to the book found in this film. This is good. It has the atmosphere, the townsfolk, the village masters, the fears from previous years, and so on. Karloff is the monster again and he is manipulated by Lugosi's Ygor. Of course, it's more of the same. The Son can't help himself. He has to go back and recreate his father's experiments. He loses track of the incredible danger he is putting his family through. The door is also left open for further sequels.

John T. Ryan WHEREAS SOME SAY that many believe hat this is the last of the Universal Pictures "A" picture Frankenstein movies, we beg to differ. In our view, the next installment, the GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1940) was sufficiently produced and framed along with a correspondingly generous budget to merit its being classified in the very first order.THAT THIS PRODUCTION followed Director James Whale's masterpiece of the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) definitely put an additional burden on the production team to succeed in "keeping up the Joneses" or rather, in this case, the Waleses. The project was given to top rated Rowland V. Lee; whose credits included THE TOWER OF London done that same year at Universal.WE'VE RERAD THAT plans had called for this picture to be done in Technicolour. We did see some color production stills in some publication some time ago. It would have been interesting, but good old Black & White has always served Horror Pictures quite well. (It's only those "modern" productions that have become addicted to colour; being that they tend to substitute blood & gore for true horror.) THE ORIGINAL MUSICAL score was done by Frank Skinner, who replaced classically trained Franz Waxman; whose immortal score remains as memorable to this day. (Mr. Skinner, who would appear to have been a "hack", had done the themes and incidental themes for most of the remainder of the studio's "B" picture run. And confidentially, it mostly sounded the same!) THE OVERALL EFFECT is good and as unique as either of the previous outings. This rating is highly deserved and the story holds up very well. Story, direction, sets and budget all contribute to this success.AND LET'S NOT forget the outstanding cast. Headed up by Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi; one would be hard pressed to find a better or more appropriate crew for such a project.