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Name: Son of Frankenstein
Released: 1939-1-13
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson

Son of Frankenstein

NR
1h 39m
1939

95%

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Boris Karloff stars in the role that made him a screen legend in this, the second sequel to the famous horror classic. The son of Dr. Frankenstein returns to the ancestral family castle 25 years after the explosive death of the monster. There he meets Ygor (Bela Lugosi), a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose body of the creature. Hoping to clear the family name, the young Dr. Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone) revives the creature and attempts to rehabilitate him. But his noble goals are circumvented when Ygor sends the creature on a killing spree that spreads a new panic in the village. Praised by critics as one of the best of the Frankenstein series, Son of Frankenstein is a worthy heir to the landmark original.

Director:

Rowland V. Lee

Producer:

Rowland V. Lee

Writer:

Willis Cooper

Cast:

Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan, Emma Dunn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

95%

Critics Consensus: Boris Karloff's final appearance as the Monster is a fitting farewell before the series descended into self-parody.

Reviews

Den of Geek

Duncan Bowles

Works as a healthy reminder of how superb horror can be, balancing tragedy and humour and making me yearn for a return to using strong actors and plot to give the genre the respect it really deserves.

The Son of Frankenstein is, in short, a missed opportunity for all save the most unsophisticated.

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Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Josephine O'Neill

The job of welding fantasy and everyday into one whole falls mainly upon Basil Rathbone, as Frankenstein; and he does it magnificently. No lesser actor could have succeeded.

Guaranteed to scare you.

Universal has a worthy successor in this to the first "Frankenstein" picture, for, though less horrific, it is as exciting as the other.

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