The villagers pressure the Mayor into allowing them to destroy Frankenstein's castle. Bohmer refuses, claiming it would be murder. Copyright © Fandango. With Rich Koz, Dana DeLorenzo, Ted Raimi, Ray Santiago. Forgot your password? Running less than seventy minutes, it’s unbearably boring from the twenty-five minute mark, once the picture focus on Cedric Hardwicke. Cinemark Just like a haunted house, however, there's still fun to be had if you buckle up for the cheap more than honest-to-goodness thrills. The Ghost of Frankenstein is a film that was first released March 13, 1942. That is the most fearful prospect which the picture manages to convey. The Ghost of Frankenstein is pretty bad stuff. Much was made in the trade press, even by Universal, of the impact on proceedings of Karloff’s absence in the key role of the Monster. Overall, 'Ghost of Frankenstein' is a sterling example of Universal's carte blanche with Mary Shelley's classic novel. All Critics (12) Also the first to feature Bela Lugosi as Ygor. [6] It was released again as a double feature with Son of Frankenstien on July 24, 2007. | Rating: 4/5 With The Ghost of Frankenstein Universal no longer cared too much for the artistic quality of the film, and treated in as a product to draw in some cash and fill up a B slot for a bigger movie. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. . [3][4] Universal submitted its script to the Production Code Association under the title There's Always Tomorrow. Ygor tells Bohmer that he should not be subordinate to Ludwig. The Ghost of Frankenstein begins with angry villagers storming Frankenstein's castle. They're not convinced that the monster died at the end of Son of Frankenstein (1939). Instead of a story about the revitalization of dead tissue, the plot is more sinister and conniving with Igor hoodwinking the estranged son of Dr. Frankenstein to transplant his brain in the monster's brawny body. Bela Lugosi Ygor . The Frankenstein Monster, one of the best-loved feature creatures ever imagined, returns to the screen in The Ghost of Frankenstein, a witty and inventive cinematic gem featuring the talents of Lon Chaney Jr., Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Bela Lugosi. It began production in December 1941 and finished in January 1942. The film is the fourth film in the Frankenstein series by Universal Pictures and was the follow-up to Son of Frankenstein. Shepherd Ygor (Bela Lugosi) rescues the monster (Lon Chaney) from a sulfur pit and brings him to Dr. Frankenstein's other son (Cedric Hardwicke). The Ghost of Frankenstein is a 1942 film about Ygor seeking to revive the Monster. Son of Frankenstein stars Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein who, with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan), return to his late father's estate. He was nice, gentle with me and easy to work with - better than anyone else! The spirit emplores him to perfect his creation rather than to destroy it. View All. Shopping. However little it adds to the brand name of Frankenstein, you could never say that it's shameful. They go to a small town to encourage the younger son of Dr. Frankenstein (portrayed by Cedric Hardwicke) to continue his father's experiments, so that Ygor can hav… Ghost of Frankenstein trailer - YouTube. Picking up right where the last chapter left off and forsaking continuity for combustibility, Part 4 tries completely turning Dr. Frankenstein's once-sympathetic patchwork man into just a one-note rampaging Boogeyman. Worried about the monster kills Dr. Kettering and Dr. Theodore Bohmer, has a successful practice in Visaria [. 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