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Originally Posted by FryeDwight
GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942)- While the writing is on the wall, this still is a fun little flick with a lot of cool actors, especially Bela Lugosi. Also, You gotta love that line "What Good is a Brain without Eyes To See?!?"...think I may use that at work and social functions! At any rate, I enjoy this much more than SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. ***
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Son of Frankenstein (1939)
6/10
Frankenstein's son (Basil Rathbone) takes over his father's estate and work on the monster (Boris Karloff), with the help of degenerate Ygor (Béla Lugosi).
Back to the serious tone of Frankenstein (1931), in contrast the oft silliness of Bride of Frankenstein. I wish I had seen Son of Frankenstein before I saw Young Frankenstein, as I would have gotten 30% more of the parodies. But sadly, I never saw Son of Frankenstein aired on TV. Oddly, had quiet a cultural impact on horror and film.
It comes across as an episodic adjunct to Frankenstein '31, not attempting to say or do anything significant, original, scary, horrifying nor suspenseful. In that sense, it's rather dull... but at the same time it manages to be mostly succinct, with some odd and ultimately iconic characters and scenes, becoming marginally culturally significant, like the first two films.